Wells County News

Voters in several North Dakota counties decided on Tuesday whether to approve more money for road and bridge work.

Hospitals play a big role in any city, especially one that is expanding. That`s why it came as a shock to some in Stanley when the community voted "No" to supporting the hospital.

Residents in some North Dakota counties and cities voted on medical service measures on Tuesday.

Voters in some parts of North Dakota will decide tomorrow whether to provide more money for ambulance service.

WELLS COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY A TRAIN WITH A HOT WHEEL LIT FIRES ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY YESTERDAY AS IT TRAVELED OVER A STRETCH OF ABOUT SIX MILES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 52 FROM ANAMOOSE TO MARTIN. via KFYR-AM Bismarck

“Of course in a body shop, I've got paint and a lot of flamable materials, but the fire department did a great job of making sure that it's safe, so I'm very happy and proud of them.”

Wells County officials say a hot train wheel was the cause of another fire in the area today. via KXMD-TV Williston

Wells County officials say a train with a hot wheel lit fires along the right of way as it traveled over a stretch of about six miles along U.S. Highway 52 from Anamoose to Martin today. via KMOT-TV Minot

“It can be like running. These things will go as fast as thirty or forty miles an hour if you have a wind pushing it and they create their own winds too. You will get fire tornados...and it is just nasty.”

They have become daily calls for rural fire crews across the region grassfires chewing through horribly dry pastures. via KXMD-TV Williston

After a Devils Lake jury convicted Aron Nichols and Tamara Sorenson in the murders of Donald and Alice Willey of rural Sykeston Thursday, a Willey family spokesman read a list of thank yous from the family Bill ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

NDFire Deaths Trial ,0149 Jurors adjourn for the night in Nichols-Sorenson trial DEVILS LAKE, N.D. Jurors deciding the fate of Aron Nichols and Tamara Sorenson have adjourned for the night. via KX News

The prosecution has finished up its case in the murder trial of Aron Nichols underway in Devils Lake. via KXMB-TV Bismarck

“There's just so many that match that basically it doesn't leave me any doubt that those two bullets were fired from the same gun”

An attorney who helped Donald and Alice Willey gain visitation rights with their granddaughter says the couple continued to have problems with the child's mother, who is accused of plotting to kill them.

Attorney Leslie Johnson Aldrich testified Thursday that the Willeys were granted visitation rights by a judge on Feb. 13, 2007, but still had difficulty seeing the child, now 8, who is Tamara Sorenson's daughter with the Willeys' late son, Andrew.

Sorenson is charged with being an accomplice in the deaths of Donald Willey, 70, and his wife, Alice, 67, whose bodies were found in their burned home near Sykeston last April. Sorenson's fiance, Aron Nichols, is charged with murder. He and Sorenson are on trial together in Devils Lake. Read more

Jurors told Nichols wrote letter confessing in couple's deaths DEVILS LAKE, N.D. Jurors were told today that Aron Nichols wrote a confession in which he took full responsibility for the deaths of Donald and ... via KXMD-TV Williston

A state crime bureau agent says investigators found a receipt for a magnifying scope that could be used on a handgun and packaging for ammunition when they searched trash outside the Fargo home of Aron Nichols ... via KMOT-TV Minot

“She did not die as a result of the fire. She was dead when the fire started.”

It took DNA and dental records to identify the badly burned bodies of Alice and Donald Willey after a fire at their farm home last April. via KXMD-TV Williston

Aron Nichols and his fiancee, Tamara Sorenson are on trial in Devils Lake in the deaths of 70-year-old Donald Willey and his 67-year-old wife, Alice, last April. via KFYR-AM Bismarck

Aron Nichols is charged with murder and Tamara Sorenson is charged as an accomplice in the deaths of 70-year-old Donald Willey and his 67-year-old wife, Alice. via KFYR-AM Bismarck

Jurors are to hear opening statements later this morning in the trial of two people charged in the deaths of a Wells County couple whose home burned last April. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a Fargo man and his fiancee, charged in the slaying of a Wells County couple. via KMOT-TV Minot

X - close this window 1 of 4 Photos > A pretrial conference is slated today before the trial of a Fargo man and his fiancee, charged in the slaying of a Wells County couple. via KXMB-TV Bismarck