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Duncan gets death penalty for murder of Idaho boy

BOISE, Idaho - Joseph Edward Duncan III has been sentenced to death for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a northern Idaho boy.
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EGF city workers may strike

Workers at East Grand Forks’ water and light department may be striking by Friday morning.

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Edna Ellingson

Northwood stands strong

With flags flapping and flagpoles bending in 40-mph winds, friends and neighbors paused Tuesday evening to reflect on the EF-4 tornado that devastated this community exactly one year ago, to celebrate the strides made toward recovery and to collectively ponder the future.

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American Crystal cuts sugar-beet odor way down

Usually about this time of year, the East Grand Forks City Council would call representatives of American Crystal Sugar in to scold them about what many agree is an unbearable smell coming from the cooperative’s plant.

Police ID man killed in semitrailer accident

Larry Gilje, owner of Larry’s Towing in Grand Forks, is being remembered by other area wrecker operators as a hard worker with an optimistic outlook on life

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Sudden impact?

Kenny Watkins played high school football in Texas, where the sport ranks no more than a first down behind religion.

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Veterans Memorial Wall still inspires

So, when I went to Mahnomen, Minn., to see the American Veterans Traveling Tribute for “those who gave all,” I was rather hesitant because it was about war. But I found that you can honor service without honoring war, and this memorial was a good example.
Ryan Bakken

A giant golf ball is found — but not in the rough

HALLOCK, Minn. — In 1998, the huge and ancient oak in the yard of Yvonne and Duane Carriere was terminal.

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