ND State Wire

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Monday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 6-14, White Balls: 5-20

(Red Balls: six, fourteen; White Balls: five, twenty)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Republican Party has a new leader.

Mandan businessman Perrie Schafer was elected chairman of the state GOP during the group's annual meeting this past weekend in Medora.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Active cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota have declined for 10 consecutive days and are at a level not seen since the early days of the pandemic last year, health officials reported Monday.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Police are investigating multiple reports of gunfire in Williston.

According to authorities, there were two places where gunshots were fired in the city early Sunday morning.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Sunday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 10-16, White Balls: 10-17

(Red Balls: ten, sixteen; White Balls: ten, seventeen)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Twin Cities woman was less than a week into her new marriage to a fellow Air Force veteran when she was allegedly shot to death by her ex-husband.

Police say Lauri Deatherage was killed inside her Robbinsdale home Friday, four days after both her 48th birthday and her wedding to Billy Deatherage.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Officials in drought-stricken North Dakota say wildfires have burned about 156 square miles of land across the state so far this year, more than seven times the amount from all of last year.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Saturday:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:

24-35-39-42-45, Star Ball: 6, ASB: 5

(twenty-four, thirty-five, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-five; Star Ball: six; ASB: five)

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:

04-22-35-38-39, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2

(four, twenty-two, thirty-five, thirty-eight, thirty-nine; Powerball: twenty; Power Play: two)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 5-10, White Balls: 3-15

(Red Balls: five, ten; White Balls: three, fifteen)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man who pleaded guilty to buying alcohol for a teenage girl and raping her while she was asleep or passed out has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The Bismarck Tribune reports 43-year-old John Burnette III appeared in court on Friday.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 4-08, White Balls: 3-14

(Red Balls: four, eight; White Balls: three, fourteen)

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a Minnesota man with transportation of stolen vehicles in what they say was a litany of thefts of golf carts.

An FBI affidavit filed in North Dakota this week says the man is suspected of stealing at least 63 carts in at least seven states, including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin in recent years.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have set another deadline for Meridian Energy Group to begin construction on its $1 billion oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park or risk losing its permit.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Thursday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 9-18, White Balls: 15-23

(Red Balls: nine, eighteen; White Balls: fifteen, twenty-three)

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — Opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project in northwestern Minnesota continued their protests this week by disrupting traffic in front of an Enbridge equipment site, leading to 31 arrests.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Colorado company has agreed to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations stemming from the company’s oil production activities in North Dakota, federal officials said Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Strong growth continues across rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states and three states now have more jobs than they did before the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a monthly survey of bankers released Thursday.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Burleigh and Morton counties have joined the city of Mandan in banning the private use of fireworks during the July Fourth holiday season due to the widespread drought in North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 14-17, White Balls: 19-22

(Red Balls: fourteen, seventeen; White Balls: nineteen, twenty-two)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:

01-14-22-28-41, Star Ball: 9, ASB: 4

(one, fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, forty-one; Star Ball: nine; ASB: four)

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Moorhead man was arrested and charged with a firearms violation in connection with the March death of a 6-year-old boy who was unintentionally shot with a handgun.

Phillip Jones Jr., 33, is charged in federal court with felon in charge of a firearm.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A commission that reviews emergency spending requests said Wednesday that it would not approve the allocation of millions of federal dollars sought by North Dakota agencies, due to a state law that limits the panel’s spending to $50 million each two-year legislative cycle.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of wildfires this year in North Dakota has increased significantly, according to state officials, who cite extremely dry conditions.

Data collected by the North Dakota Forest Service and the state Department of Emergency Services shows nearly 1,400 fires have consumed about 156 square miles since the beginning of the year.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:

18-22-27-38-52, Mega Ball: 11, Megaplier: 4

(eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-eight, fifty-two; Mega Ball: eleven; Megaplier: four)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 16-19, White Balls: 8-20

(Red Balls: sixteen, nineteen; White Balls: eight, twenty)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The body of a Bismarck kayaker who went missing earlier this month was recovered by a fisherman, who brought it to shore.

Joby Seagren, 41, went missing June 5 while kayaking with friends on the Missouri River in the Kimball Bottoms area south of Bismarck.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the first quarter of 2021 fell nearly 10% over the same period the previous year.

Taxable sales and purchases for January, February and March totaled $4.1 billion, a 9.9% decrease over the three-month span in 2020.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has ranked as the nation’s second-biggest oil producer for nine years, but it’s on the verge of losing that status because oil production is soaring in New Mexico.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Millions of dollars in state agency requests for federal funds may need approval of the full, recently adjourned Legislature due to a new law setting certain thresholds for such requests.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Monday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 19-23, White Balls: 18-25

(Red Balls: nineteen, twenty-three; White Balls: eighteen, twenty-five)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health confirmed eight new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total positives since testing began to more than 110,440.

The number of currently active COVID-19 cases in North Dakota stands at 286 as of June 13, down 17 cases from the previous day.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil industry no longer has to ship all its radioactive waste out of state.

A waste disposal facility in McKenzie County has started operating, and more sites could be on the way.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Sunday:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 14-15, White Balls: 3-14

(Red Balls: fourteen, fifteen; White Balls: three, fourteen)

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Popular boat ramps on Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota should remain in operation until freeze-up despite the dry conditions, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says.

The lake is about 6 feet lower than it was at this time a year ago.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ These North Dakota lotteries were drawn Saturday:

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:

08-25-34-38-41, Powerball: 10, Power Play: 3

(eight, twenty-five, thirty-four, thirty-eight, forty-one; Powerball: ten; Power Play: three)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "2 By 2" game were:

Red Balls: 6-19, White Balls: 20-25

(Red Balls: six, nineteen; White Balls: twenty, twenty-five)