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Injured McKenzie County Deputy Recovers from Crash at Home
Watford City, ND (KEYZ) An update on McKenzie County Sheriff's detective badly injured in a two vehicle crash back on June 7th. Sheriff Matthew Johansen tells news radio that 24 year old Natasha Skala is back home now recovering from her extensive injuries that included seven broken ribs, bruised lung, neck fracture, broken lower back vertebrates, broken clavicle, broken humerus, and a shattered
Meth Trafficking Suspect Due in McKenzie County Court
Watford City, ND (KEYZ) A preliminary hearing today for 61-year-old Shannon Kelly Lloyd of Floresville Texas, busted Saturday after McKenzie County deputies came upon his car, in a ditch off of US 85 just south of Watford City.
According to court documents deputies came across his vehicle, in the ditch and after giving the older model Ford Taurus a once over, came upon approximately four bags con
Williams County Sheriff Seeks Help finding missing Teen
Williston, ND (KEYZ) The Williams County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating an eighteen-year-old boy.
Saul Haataja has not been seen since 5 p.m. on Sunday south of Lewis and Clark State Park. He was wearing blue and green swim shorts, grey “Keen” sandals, and no shirt. He is 5’9”, 125...
Zebra Mussels Confirmed in Lake Ashtabula
(Fargo, ND) -- An invasive mussel species is causing problems for a lake in North Dakota. Officials say Lake Ashtabula has an infestation of Zebra mussels, which reproduce rapidly and eat food sources that other organisms and fish depend on.
Nathan Ols...
Monday is First Day of One Basin-One Way Safety Training
Williston, ND (KEYZ) If you're one of North Dakota's 32-thousand well service company employees, as of today you can start participation in the safety training program One Basin, One Way developed by the North Dakota Petroleum Council, state officials and the oil companies & service providers. Kari Cuttin...
Williston Public School District 1 Takes Learning Method to Twitter
Williston, ND (KEYZ) Williston School District number one's Superintendent is taking the method of personalized learning national tonight via social media. Dr. Jeffrey Thake tells news radio that he will hosting a Twitter chat tonight at 6 pm local time, explaining the new method and how it was implemented in Williston.
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Williams County Rain Induced Road Restrictions to be Lifted
Williston, ND (KEYZ) Effective at 1 pm CT today, 6/22, the rain-related restrictions placed on all County and Township gravel and chip seal roads will be lifted. The roads will be back to their regular road weight restrictions with the exception of Ellisville Township roads, which are still under the restriction of 12,000 LBS GVW.
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Sidney Fire Turns heads; Destroys private garage
Sidney, MT (KEYZ) A raging fire destroyed a private storage garage in Sidney Thursday, but quick work by fire fighters kept the fast moving blaze from spreading to nearby homes. Chief Larry Christensen with the Sidney volunteer Fire Department tells news radio the alarm went out at about 9:50 am about a garage fire in Clover Court and Sunflower lane, near the city softball fields.
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McKenzie County is top Oil producing County — says USEIA
McKenzie County, N.D. (US Energy Information Administration) Well a day never passes we don't hear that North Dakota is the number two producer in the United States, behind the Permian Basin in west Texas, but when the numbers are broken down, county by county, McKenzie County is actually the number one producing county in America, having produced 17.3 mi
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Spill reported west of Dickinson
Dickinson, ND (KEYZ) About 8,400 gallons of produced water has spilled in Stark County because of a pipeline leak.
North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality says the pipeline operator, Scout Energy Management, reported the spill earlier this week when it occurred west of Dickinson and contained it.
Produc...