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Some MN Families Now Divided By North Dakota Oil Boom
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — They are Minnesota families separated by more than 600 miles. Tammy and Jason Hardy of Brainerd are one of hundreds of Minnesota families now divided by the oil boom of North...
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Oil Boom Creating Dark Side Of Industry In North Dakota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The headlines we usually hear from North Dakota’s oil boom are about all of the jobs and the big money to be made. Now, we are hearing about the dark side of the boom. Tens of...
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Delta Adds Flights Between Mpls. & N.D.’s Oil Patch
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Airlines are boosting service to North Dakota to haul in workers drawn by the state’s oil boom. Delta Air Lines Inc. said Monday that it will add two round-trips a day between...
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Delta Getting In On Oil Boom, Offering Flights To N.D.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Delta Airlines is making a move to cash in on the oil boom in North Dakota. This week, the carrier announced two daily nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Williston, N.D. That’s...
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$150K Study Could Help Minn. Benefit From ND Oil
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A proposed $150,000 study would examine how Minnesota could leverage the North Dakota oil boom for its own benefit. The research would not focus “just on the effects (of the...
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Minnesota Leads In Income, Spending Growth
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New economic data is confirming Minnesota’s status as a top performer among Upper Midwest states. The U.S. Department of Commerce for the first time is releasing state-by-state...
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Minneapolis Artist Captures Bakken’s Life, Landscape In 25 Paintings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than two dozen paintings that depict life and landscape during different seasons in the heart of North Dakota’s oil boom, including workers operating machinery, a train loaded...
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