Langdon News

Local, state and international canola experts provided the latest information on growing a better crop during Canola Day at the North Central Research Extension Center Monday.

Water is short in parts of Cavalier and Walsh counties. The manager of the Langdon Rural Water District says heavy use by farmers is one reason.

A Republican senator and three incumbent GOP House members are beating primary challengers in early returns.

Edward C. Schultz, 97, Minot, formerly of Detroit Lakes, Minn., died Saturday, May 24, 2008, in a Minot hospital.

North Dakota regulators have granted Otter Tail Power Company`s request for a special charge to cover the utility`s investment in wind energy.

A dedication ceremony was held today for the Langdon Wind Energy Center. The center in southeast Cavalier County is the largest in eastern North Dakota. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

The Langdon Wind Energy Center is being dedicated today. Energy and government officials will be on hand to dedicate the 159-megawatt center southeast of Langdon, in Cavalier County. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

The state Public Service Commission has approved a plan to expand a northeastern North Dakota wind project. via KMOT-TV Minot

“The economics were very good, which is important”

Clearfield, Inc. has been selected by United Telephone Mutual Aid Cooperative to assist in a 12,000 square mile fiber to the home deployment to 12,000 subscribers in the Langdon, N.D. area. via Fiber Optics Online

A man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in a methamphetamine-making operation that included a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a stolen fish house buried underground. via KMOT-TV Minot

Otter Tail Power wants to start charging its North Dakota electric customers for the cost of building a new wind farm. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

Three to four inches of snow are anticipated from Langdon, N.D., southeast through Grand Forks to Bemidji. via Grand Forks Herald

Straw vote scheduled on 3-class system BISMARCK, N.D. An advisory vote is scheduled today for members of the North Dakota High School Activities Association on a three-class system for boys and girls ... via KXMD-TV Williston

Norman J. Starr, 60, of Langdon, N.D., formerly of Stevens Point, lost his life in a fatal automobile accident Friday, Jan. via WisInfo

Now its developer wants to build a Barnes County project that is even bigger. F-P-L Energy has notifed North Dakota's Public Service Commission that it intends to build a 200-megawatt wind farm east of Lake ... via KFYR-AM Bismarck

The Highway Patrol has identified a man killed in the Friday crash of a semitrailer and a Jeep in Cavalier County. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

The director of the North Dakota State University experiment station in Langdon sees potential for grapes to be a cash crop in the state. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

Research into cold-weather grapes as a cash crop is expanding in North Dakota. A number of North Dakota State University centers will be involved in it next spring. via KXMD-TV Williston

A beef grading service has begun in North Dakota, offering cost savings to processors and more information to consumers. via KXMA-TV Dickinson