By Amy Dalrymple | Editor
“They were criminals and they killed two marshals in a gunfight.” - Rep. Larry Klemin, R-Bismarck, on why he would oppose a proposed resolution that would grant clemency to the men convicted of killing federal officers in the 1983 Medina shootout.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Cheshire Jr., left, and Marshal Kenneth Muir were killed in 1983 while trying to make an arrest in Medina, N.D. (Photos courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota)
By Michael Achterling and Jack Dura
A North Dakota lawmaker is proposing legislation to ask President Donald Trump to grant clemency for two men convicted in connection with the infamous 1983 Medina shootout that left two federal officers dead.
Sen. Jeff Magrum, R-Hazelton, said he plans to present a resolution to a key legislative panel on Monday regarding convicted killers Scott Faul and Yorie Kahl.
U.S. Marshal Kenneth Muir and Deputy Marshal Robert S. Cheshire Jr. were shot and killed. Three other officers were wounded.
By Cami Koons
The company planning to build a Midwest carbon sequestration pipeline is being sued by a second pipeline parts company, this time for $6.6 million.
SCS Carbon Transport LLC, an affiliate of Summit Carbon Solutions, is being sued by Patton Myhre Sourcing, a Texas-based company.
Patton Myhre Sourcing says Summit owes more than $6.6 million for valves it agreed to purchase in 2022. At the time of the contract, the pipeline would have transported sequestered carbon dioxide from biorefineries in Iowa and surrounding states to underground storage in North Dakota.
Conner Swanson has been named commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Human Services. (Photo courtesy of the governor’s office)
By Jack Dura
Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed a longtime aide to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, North Dakota’s largest state agency.
Conner Swanson has been a senior adviser to Armstrong since he took office in December 2024. Before that, he was a policy adviser and communications director for Armstrong from 2020-2024, when Armstrong was North Dakota’s sole U.S. House member. His appointment takes effect Aug. 29.
Swanson will be tasked with leading an agency comprising a $5.7 billion two-year budget and more than 2,000 employees
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An organization that helps people confront housing discrimination across the Dakotas is facing an uncertain future.
The Grand Forks-based High Plains Fair Housing Center is waiting on a federal grant that was expected in May. If the funding doesn’t arrive by September, the nonprofit will be forced to furlough half of its eight staff members.
Reporter Jack Dura joins host Craig Blumenshine to talk about the impact the cuts could have for people seeking help with housing issues.
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By Andrew DeMillo
President Donald Trump has nominated U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky of Arkansas, who has issued rulings narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act and in favor of a state ban on classroom “indoctrination,” to a federal appeals court post.
Trump on Wednesday announced he was nominating Rudofsky, a judge in the Eastern District of Arkansas, to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 8th Circuit includes North Dakota.
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