Herald S erving the R egion S ince 1907
Dunn County
September 13, 2019
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Killdeer, North Dakota
Vol. 107, No. 37
Dunn County Herald
The Killdeer Police Department’s newest officers are Richard Carney (left) and Luke Olson.
Night & Day
Newest Killdeer police officers find what they need while sharing duties on shifts
HERALD/Brad Mosher
By Brad Mosher The Herald One works days. One works nights. Between the two newest patrol officers at the Killdeer Police Department, they both have similar views since they started in March. They both like the community they now call home. Richard Carney is from a suburb near Minneapolis, while Luke Olson was raised in North Dakota. Carney has almost 14 years of experience in law enforcement, while Olson has less than five. Both ike the city and the people enough already to put down some roots. Both started work in March.
Carney shares work day The two are on opposite 12-hour shifts, sometimes changing from days to nights. According to Carney, they are on the same schedule, just opposite shifts. “He’s a rotation partner,” Carney added. “We rotate every so many months,” he explained. “When I work nights, I sleep most of the days,” he explained. “It is a little better to get stuff during the days when you work the night shift. “You don’t have to sleep all the way to six o’clock,” he added with a chuckle. “I always liked the night shift be-
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By Brad Mosher The Herald
A 42-year old South Heart woman has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to four charges Sept. 3 involving a 2018 trespass on a Dunn County oil facility. Jody Lynn Kuntz pleaded guilty to four charges in Stark County District Court, criminal mischief, a Class C felony, and criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor. In addition, Kuntz will face $9,000 in restitu-
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District options three parcels, starts geological surveys
Woman sentenced for damaging oil well in 2018
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GARY WILZ
Superintendent
Our promise
The Killdeer School District Board decided Sept. 5 to option three prospective parcels for a new school campus, allowing geological testing to identify the best location. According to the Rose Hurt, the District Business Manager, the board optioned three parcels of land that are for sale. “We actually cut a check for $1,000 for
each one of them because the geology people have to go in there and test the soil to see which property would be the best to build on.” According to District Superintendent Gary Wilz, the board hopes to get the results of the testing in about a month. “The board took action (in the special meeting) and will look at three land options. The geotechnics (surveys) are
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