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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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30 years after slaying

Authorities claim they know killers’ identities in cold case
Every now and then someone confesses to killing Billy Wolf Jr. The problem is the real killers – the ones authorities say actually murdered and severed the body of this 21-year-old Fargo man – haven’t come forward.
 

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Man dies after van plunges into ditch

Intersection site of earlier fatality
A Glyndon man died after the van he was driving went off the end of a T-intersection and crashed into a deep drainage ditch northeast of Moorhead, Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist said Tuesday – exactly one year after a fatal motorcycle accident at the same intersection.
 

Duncan victim recalls torture

Jury watches video interview
A young girl who is the sole survivor of a murderous 2005 attack on her family told detectives that Joseph Edward Duncan III raped her, tried to kill her and forced her to watch him torture, molest and kill her brother.

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This model depicts the new North Dakota State University president’s house. The goal is for it to be completed next fall.
NDSU president’s house

Plans unveiled for NDSU president’s house

Joseph Chapman said he’s eager to get back to living on campus as work starts this week on the new North Dakota State University president’s house.

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Wahpeton revising emergency plan

Residents concerned about flooding response
City officials here are working to develop an emergency response plan for agencies and residents when weather and or untimely disasters strike.

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Library Director Tim Dirks looks out onto 1st Avenue North on the second floor of the new downtown Fargo library during a tour Tuesday evening. Jay Pickthorn / The Forum
Tim Dirks

Library’s new point of view

There shouldn’t be any trouble paying for the bricks and mortar for Fargo’s three libraries, the city’s Library Board was told Tuesday.

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Decision looms over work-zone fatality

A decision is expected soon on whether to charge the driver of a sport utility vehicle that hit and killed a Cass County Highway Department worker in a construction zone more than a month ago, officials said Tuesday.
 

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Salvage yard owner moves junked cars

David Habiger is having six semi loads of junked cars removed from his salvage yard in rural Cass County.
 

Revised pet policy gains Clay board’s approval

A policy to allow for common household pets while restricting keeping animals such as geese, sheep and pigs in Clay County residential areas met the approval of county commissioners Tuesday.
 

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NDSU, labs collaborate

Sandia officials say ventures could develop into long-term partnerships
New partnerships between North Dakota State University and national laboratories could help purify water, lower solar energy production costs and increase national security, officials said Tuesday.
 
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Bud “The Fireman” Mermon spins Jeanette “Yoga Diva” Larson, both of Lake Park, Minn., during the potato wrestling event at the 2007 Potato Days.
Bud “The Fireman” Mermon

Mash bash

Barnesville’s Potato Days offers fun, food for all ages
Lefse, a french fry feed and grown adults trying to sculpt Michelangelo’s “David” from mashed potatoes.

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Broc Coffman

Three pitchers key RedHawks’ run

Coffman, Bakker and Weitzman spark F-M’s playoff bid
With 11 games remaining in the regular season, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks have clinched a spot in the Northern League playoffs and are closing in on the No. 1 seed.
 
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An ode to poetry of onions

Andrea Hunter Halgrimson
The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can be said to have a soul. – Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden (1871)
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Microwaved treat in a mug just peachy

Sue Doeden
Sweet, crisp dessert also a great gift
I’m not sure when it was that I fell in love with peaches. It may have been the first time I remember my dad coming home from a business trip in Benton Harbor, Mich.
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Start the obsessing over QBs

Mike McFeely
There are no tight end controversies. Middle-aged men do not sit on barstools and argue which left tackle deserves to start.

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Today's poll

Has the city of Wahpeton, N.D., done enough to protect residents from flooding?

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Wind: South 10
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Wind: South 10
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