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Dickinson’s Kolling sentenced to 3 years for bank fraud

April 12, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A former North Dakota bank executive convicted of bilking nearly $1 million from her clients was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison. Continue Reading

Federal, state government make $11.4M in mineral rights auction

January 30, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The state of North Dakota and the federal government on Wednesday cashed in for more than $11.4 million after a mineral rights auction of nearly 3,000 acres in the Oil Patch. Continue Reading

FOTB: To charity goes the ‘gift’ of oil: Watford City couple passes along income from mineral rights

January 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WATFORD CITY – Konnie and Sharon Norstog don’t think they deserve the new income from the minerals they own, so they’re giving much of it away. Continue Reading

Dickinson couple sue Chesapeake Energy for mineral rights payments

September 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Amid news that it sold nearly $7 billion of petroleum-producing land and pipelines, oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy continued to wait Friday for a decision on a motion for dismissal it filed in a lawsuit involving a Dickinson couple. Continue Reading

Gravel mine halted near Elkhorn Ranch

July 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK (AP) Development of a gravel mine near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota will not continue, a Montana businessman said Wednesday. Continue Reading

Gas drilling in graveyards? Ohio community receives proposal to lease cemetery mineral rights

June 30, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Loved ones aren’t the only thing buried in the 122-year-old Lowellville Cemetery in eastern Ohio. Deep underground, locked in ancient shale formations, are lucrative quantities of natural gas. Continue Reading

Some SD oil activity not being properly taxed, lawmaker says

June 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic

In many cases in northwestern South Dakota, where the North Dakota oil boom is expected to spread, mineral rights have been severed from surface land rights.
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Officials: Gravel pit on Elkhorn Ranch jeopardizes historic site

May 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

A potential gravel pit on the Elkhorn Ranch near Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit should have limited effects on wildlife in the area, but park officials and environmentalists say both are in jeopardy. Continue Reading

Belfield mineral rights owners air grievances for non-producing oil wells

April 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Mineral rights owners for land about two miles northeast of Belfield are upset at an oil company sitting on potentially drillable oil. They demanded at a meeting held Wednesday at the North Dakota Geological Survey in Bismarck that the state Industrial Commission take action. Continue Reading

Dunn County commissioner to speak at SD Bakken conference

April 20, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Dunn County Commissioner Daryl Dukart will be speaking at the Black Hills Bakken Conference May 2 and 3, which will be held at the Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center in South Dakota, according to a press release. Continue Reading