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Stenehjem makes campaign stop in for Dickinson

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North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem touted his nearly four decades of political experience working with the state’s agriculture and energy industry Wednesday in Dickinson as part of his campaign seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

Stenehjem geared much of his 20-minute speech to a small but friendly crowd gathered at the West River Community Center around topics important to western North Dakotans — agriculture, oil and education.

“We also have to emphasize that North Dakota, more than ever, is truly a part of a global marketplace,” Stenehjem said. “We must redouble our efforts to secure global sales of all of our farm and energy commodities. If there is one thing we’ve learned, it’s the importance of diversifying our economy. We’re doing that in marvelous ways and we can do more.”

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Kat Perkins holding Christmas concert in Dickinson Nov. 30

Kat Perkins said her latest tour has been “years and years in the making,” and being able to squeeze in an show in Dickinson is the bow on top of her Christmas gift to fans.

As part of her Christmas concert tour throughout North Dakota and Minnesota, Perkins will hit the stage at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at the Astoria Hotel and Event Center ballroom as the highlight of a formal event that begins at 6:30 p.m. that includes a social and dinner for $100 a ticket.

“I’m so excited to finally be doing a Christmas tour,” said Perkins, who grew up in Scranton.

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Dakota Prairie Refinery posts losses, MDU Resources puts second refinery on hold

 

MDU Resources’ plans for a second refinery in North Dakota are being put on hold after a volatile mix of market conditions — largely paced by low oil prices — led the Dakota Prairie Refinery west of Dickinson to post larger-than-expected losses in 2015.

The company said in late 2014 that it had planned to build a second greenfield refinery in Minot. In its latest capital investment report filed Nov. 17 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, MDU Resources stated capital expenses for a second refinery had been removed from its forecast as it “focuses on optimizing its current refinery investment.”

“Once we reach the point where we can sit back and say this (the Dakota Prairie Refinery) is an optimized facility and it’s producing like we want it to be, then we’ll look at expansion,” MDU Resources public relations manager Tim Rasmussen said Thursday.

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Bismarck homicide suspect found dead in park

LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK — The suspect in a Bismarck homicide was found dead by apparent suicide in the Little Missouri State Park north of Killdeer early Monday morning.

Dunn County Sheriff Clay Coker said the body of Kirk Kwasniewski, 35, was found in an open-air pavilion about 50 yards from where his vehicle had been located earlier by a deputy following a 911 hangup.

At 1:09 a.m. Monday, a Bismarck woman living on the 600 block of North 22nd Street, called police to report Kwasniewski was in her home threatening her with a gun. She found her boyfriend, 30-year-old Caine Fischer, of Bismarck, dead in the home. She told police Kwasniewski had fled.

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Is the answer blowing in the wind?

Would you put a 350-foot wind turbine on your land?

That’s the question my dad was asked by a representative of NextEra Energy Resources not long after the company expressed interest in leasing a small corner of land in an area owned by our family about 2½ miles west of our farm.

The turbine would be part of the Brady Wind Energy Center II project NextEra plans to stretch across northern Hettinger County as a complementary project to the larger Brady Wind Energy Center I proposed for southern Stark County.

My dad promptly asked me the same question and others. “What do you know about the company?” And, “What do you think we should do?”

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