Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for Hardy

MINNEAPOLIS — After trying to trade for Milwaukee shortstop J.J. Hardy last offseason, the Minnesota Twins finally closed the deal Friday, believing the price had dropped considerably.

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• Should the Twins have traded Carlos Gomez?

UND hockey: Trupp keeps highlights coming in Sioux victory

Trupp was at it again on Friday, batting a puck out of the air from his knees for a highlight-reel goal in UND’s 4-2 win over Michigan Tech in the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

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GF to get its fifth public hockey arena

Grand Forks will be getting a fifth public hockey arena. It will, anyway, when construction begins on the proposed new fitness center.

• Plans for new fitness center are about $3 million away from goal

Teen in custody after Dunseith, N.D., mother says he took car and kids

Michelle Allery had just strapped her two toddlers, ages 3 and 4, into their car seats when she went inside to get her 11-month-old. It was about 5 a.m. Thursday, and the Dunseith, N.D., mom had to drop her kids at day care and be at work in Rugby, N.D., more than 30 miles away, in an hour. The baby was already bundled, so she picked him up and put a blanket over him. It was a matter of seconds before she was back outside to see her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am on the move.

Belcourt, N.D., soldier wounded during shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas

Army Sgt. Patrick Blue III, 23, was hit in the side by bullet fragments during the attack, and was hospitalized to remove the fragments and get stitches. His dad, Patrick Blue Jr., said he was released from the hospital Friday morning.

UND football: In search of more fans

Sioux hope for bigger turnout in their final home game
One theory for the drop in attendance focuses on the timing of Sioux games. For the first time since 1952, UND did not have a September home game — which could be considered an out-of-sight, out-of-mind factor.

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Two vehicles hit moose on Interstate 29 near Thompson, N.D., exit

The North Dakota State Patrol said a van and a semi struck and killed a moose on Interstate 29 near the Thompson, N.D., exit Thursday evening. Scott Gulsvig, 32, Moorhead, suffered minor cuts from glass when his GMC Safari hit the moose in the southbound lanes about 7 p.m., Trooper Ryan Panasuk said.

Police probe report of person in trunk

A Grand Forks radio show host tells police she saw a person in the trunk of a car in a parking lot Thursday, leaving investigators to wonder whether what she witnessed was foul play or just hi-jinks. “Certainly, we hope it’s a prank or something innocent, but we have to take it serious,” Lt. Rahn Farder said Friday.

GF man pleads guilty to sexual contact

A Grand Forks man has admitted to having sexual contact with three underage girls. Brandon Jon Kuntz, 21, pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition, a Class A felony, in a case involving a 14-year-old. In separate cases of contact with a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, he entered guilty pleas on two misdemeanor counts of corruption of minors.

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Alerus acquires more Twin Cities banks

Grand Forks-based Alerus Financial has acquired another Twin Cities bank, the company announced Friday.

UND Senate urges retiring nickname

The UND Senate on Thursday called on the State Board of Higher Education to retire the Fighting Sioux nickname at the next board meeting Nov. 19.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS: Alzheimer’s group gives families source for help

Life does not end with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
That’s one of the things that Jill Wulff learned that she wants to pass on to others. Wulff, Alzheimer’s Association of Minnesota-North Dakota rural care consultant, got involved in the association after her mother was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia, a neurodegenerative disorder.

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Orlando shooting suspect's money woes

A man so broke that he said he didn’t have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. As officers led a handcuffed Jason Rodriguez into a police station, a reporter asked the divorced 40-year-old why he had attacked his former colleagues.

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Fort Hood suspect: Methodical goodbyes

As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.

• Army: Suspect said 'Allahu Akbar!' before shooting
• GF native recounts lockdown at Fort Hood school
• AP VIDEO: Deadly shootings at Fort Hood
• Storming the grounds
• FORT HOOD: Neighbor says suspect emptied his apartment
• Mosques step up security after Fort Hood rampage
• Doctor: Some Fort Hood shooting victims still risk dying
• Fort Hood victims include St. Paul soldier
• Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes
• N.D. flags fly at half-staff for Fort Hood dead

Minnesota task force report urges improvements in broadband service

The task force’s recommendations, released Friday, call for a dramatic expansion and speeding up of broadband service. But the report stopped short of detailing how the expansion would be funded. The report did not call for state spending but left that option open. The group’s chairman said Adamec’s plight shows how many Minnesotans are at a disadvantage.

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