January 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska It could take until spring for crews to remove a grounded oil-drilling ship from rocks near a remote Alaska island, thanks to the fury of the North Pacific winter, a veteran marine salvager said. Continue Reading
April 6, 2012 in West Central Tribune
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year’s tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline.
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March 13, 2012 in The Daily Republic
South Dakota’s congressional delegation is requesting the Navy name the next Virginia class attack submarine the USS South Dakota.
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March 8, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend. Continue Reading
February 27, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire erupted in its generator room. The blaze was extinguished without causing any injuries, officials said. Continue Reading
January 27, 2012 in West Central Tribune
ROME (AP) Costa Crociere SpA offered uninjured passengers $14,460 apiece Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after their cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany. Continue Reading
January 16, 2012 in West Central Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS A retired Minnesota man and his wife are among more than a dozen people unaccounted for after a cruise ship hit a reef and capsized off the west coast of Italy, their family said in a statement Monday. Continue Reading
January 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Survivors from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over, leaving at least three dead and 69 people still unaccounted for, described today a chaotic evacuation, as plates and glasses crashed and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach safety. Continue Reading
December 27, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
Grants awarded by Minnesota Department of Public Health
JACKSON Jackson and Cottonwood are two of six southwest Minnesota counties to benefit from the second round of Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) grants awarded by the Minnesota Department of Health earlier this month. Continue Reading
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