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FAR SIDE OF FIFTY Monsters in the Fields
When we moved back here the first time, in 1986 when the girls were teenagers, I made them accompany me to the potato fields after the equipment was out of the fields, we gleaned enough potatoes..big ...
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UPDATE: Investigators say helicopter spun before fatal Wyoming crash 
Investigators say a rescue helicopter turned slightly to the left before it went into a spin and crashed in northwest Wyoming, killing one person. A National Transportation Safety Board report dated Thursday doesn't establish the cause of the Feb. 15 crash. It says the helicopter was 100 to 200 feet above the trees when it began spinning.
By Associated Press , February 24, 2012
7 Marines dead after military helicopters crash over California desert
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleTwo military helicopters collided over the California desert during nighttime training exercises, killing seven Marines in the latest of several aircraft accidents involving Camp Pendleton troops.
By Julie Watson , February 23, 2012
Minnesota snowmobiler dies, rescuer killed after Wyoming helicopter crash
Ray Shriver helped found a volunteer search and rescue group 19 years ago after he survived being buried in an avalanche. He even trained his own dogs for search and rescue missions. On Wednesday, after participating in some 800 missions over the years with Teton County Search and Rescue, Shriver died when the helicopter he was riding in crashed while responding to a call for help from snowmobilers in the snowy, remote backcountry of northwest Wyoming.
By Bob Moen , February 16, 2012
Army cuts ROTC helicopter training at UND
The U.S. Army will end the helicopter training UND has provided for ROTC cadets since the 1980s, it announced Friday. A statement released by the Army’s Cadet Command said it no longer had the money for the training.
By Christopher Bjorke , January 27, 2012
All 6 killed in U.S. copter crash in Afghanistan were Hawaii-based Marines
All six Marines killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were based in Hawaii, a Hawaii congresswoman said Friday. The helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.
By Robert Burns , January 20, 2012
Sanford Health gets fleet of new helicopters for Fargo, Sioux Falls areas
Sanford director of intensive air Mike Christianson says that instead of opening from the side, the new helicopter has a rear entrance. The stretcher also rolls out, rather than having to transfer patients to another bed. Christianson says that makes it easier to load in and out, and more comfortable for the patients.
By Associated Press , January 19, 2012
U.S. testing pilotless helicopter for cargo missions in Afghanistan
Surveillance drones for monitoring enemy activity and armed versions for launching airstrikes have become a trademark of America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. But this is the first time a chopper version designed for transport has been used operationally.
By Slobodan Lekic , January 07, 2012
3 killed on Florida flight to retrieve heart, transplant put on hold
The helicopter was carrying heart surgeon Dr. Luis Bonilla and procurement technician David Hines of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Sheriff's officials say the name of the pilot has not been released.
By Jennifer Kay , December 27, 2011
North Dakotans react to Washington state Army crash that killed native
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the tragedy of Capt. Anne Montgomery's death "is magnified by her young age and the promise her life held."
By Associated Press , December 15, 2011
Former North Dakotan dies in Army training accident
Capt. Anne Rockeman Montgomery, 25, a former western North Dakota resident was among four soldiers killed when helicopters crashed Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the Army said Wednesday.
She is from Watford City area.
By Forum Communications and Herald Staff Report , December 14, 2011
Former western North Dakota resident among those killed in helicopter crash at Washington base
A former western North Dakota resident was among four soldiers killed when helicopters crashed Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, family friend Nikki McAlpin, Grassy Butte, said this morning. A family email also confirmed the tragedy. Friends in the Grassy Butte and Watford City areas are among those mourning the death of Capt. Anne Rockeman Montgomery, 25.
By The Dickinson Press and Associated Press , December 14, 2011
Top Mexican Cabinet secretary dies in helicopter crash
The country's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico's battle with drug cartels, died Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderon said was probably an accident.
By E. Eduardo Castillo , November 11, 2011
VIDEO: NYC East River chopper crash kills 1; 4 rescued
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of article.A helicopter on a private tour with five people aboard sputtered and crashed into the East River shortly after takeoff from a riverbank heliport, killing one passenger and injuring three others.
By Colleen Long and Deepti Hajela , October 04, 2011
Dozens arrested in drug raid at Pennsylvania Boeing plant
Federal agents raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in a Philadelphia suburb and charged more than three dozen people with distributing or trying to get prescription drugs, among them powerful painkillers.
By Patrick Walters , September 29, 2011
Blackhawk landing, rappelling soldiers part of UND Military Appreciation Day
A North Dakota Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter landed in the middle of the UND campus quad Thursday morning to open Military Appreciation Day.
By Herald Staff Report , September 01, 2011
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