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Garage Burnt Down in Lidgerwood
Lidgerwood, ND – At around 1:52 Wednesday morning (July 24th), the Richland County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency call of a garage fire on 3rd Avenue in Lidgerwood, ND. The Lidgerwood Fire Department quickly responded to the residence and began fire suppression on the fully engulfed structure. The...
Man hospitalized after being wounded in accidental shooting in rural Wahpeton
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A man was wounded in an accidental shooting while in a car Wednesday afternoon. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened in the parking lot of Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in rural Wahpeton. The 42-year-old victim is a contract-employee at the sugar beet...
Large dairy operations to move into North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The Department of Agriculture reported there are 24 dairy farms left in North Dakota. A Minnesota dairy plans to expand to two proposed sites in eastern North Dakota — one near Wahpeton and one near Hillsboro. A Riverview Dairy worker said they are looking to...
Letter: Legislative support helped pave the way for dairy operations in North Dakota
The recent announcement of two potential dairy operations in eastern North Dakota, including a 25,000-cow dairy herd in Traill County and a 12,500-head dairy north of Wahpeton in Richland County, were made possible, in part, by pro-animal agriculture legislation implemented during last session. The dairy industry in North Dakota has...
Severity of injuries unknown after Wahpeton woman collides with mail truck
Shandi Dufresne, Wahpeton, sustained injuries after colliding with a cargo truck carrying mail Friday evening. According to a Richland County Sheriff's Office press release, Dufresne was hospitalized, the severities of her injuries unknown. The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of County Road 87W and County Road 10....
Riverview Dairy hopes to add dairy farms to eastern North Dakota
WDAY RADIO — A Minnesota dairy company hopes to add two new dairy farms to eastern North Dakota, which would quadruple the number of dairy cows in the state. Riverview Dairy hopes to build a dairy farm southeast of Hillsboro in Trail County with 25 thousand dairy cows. They also want to have a 12-and-a-half-thousand-cow farm in Richland County.
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