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A West Fargo construction company faces two citations from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration after an employee's death.

STUTSMAN COUNTY SHERIFF DAVE ORR SAYS 59-YEAR-OLD CARL JENSEN OF BRUCE, S.D., WAS LAYING A TARP OVER RECENTLY POURED CONCRETE MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE TARP, KNOCKING HIM THROUGH THE WOODEN SAFETY RAIL.

Paul Diederich, president of West Fargo-based Industrial Builders, says it was a ``freak'' wind and a ``horrible tragedy.'' A South Dakota man died when he fell while working on an Interstate 94 overpass construction project near Medina, in southeastern North Dakota.

DOUTS Attends First Ever FIRE ACADEMY of N.D. Mark Douts of Powers Lake was one of 13 students who attended the first ever Fire Academy of North Dakota.

In Medina this week, a dozen students are playing with flames, as the first-ever high school fire school heats up.

Santos, , and Alberto S. Lagunas, 54, are each charged with two counts of theft b9 accountability.

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract for maintenance and repairs of dikes in Jamestown to Guthmiller Earth Moving of Medina, N.D. The company would be called for non-emergency repairs to dikes and would have eight hours to respond to any call, said Todd Lindquist, flood manager for the corps.