Herald S erving the R egion S ince 1907
Dunn County
September 20, 2019
Killdeer, North Dakota
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Vol. 107, No. 38
Dunn County Herald
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The Halliday Rural Fire District ambulance preps for showing students at Halliday Elementary what it can do Sept. 13 with Shelley Flaget (left), Melody Kucera (center) and Halliday fire chief Trevor Hauck (right). HERALD/Brad Mosher
For Safety sake By Brad Mosher The Herald When it comes to lessons, Ethan Krebs hopes his students at Halliday Elementary never need to use what they learned on Friday the Thirteenth. The students were learning lessons on how to save lives. Krebs, the physical education and health teacher at the school had ar-
Students got a chance to ride on a gurney to learn about an ambulance from the point of view of the patients.
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Grassy Butte, Killdeer Ambulance part ways By Brad Mosher The Herald
Grassy Butte residents filled the ambulance board meeting Monday. Herald photos / Brad Mosher
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After about a year and with some contentiousness Grasy Butte residents were successful in getting separation from the Killdeer Ambulance Service Monday evening. The meeting of the board of the directors for the ambulance service was marked by a mass
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Index Bulletin Board.............2 Community..................2 Local.........................3,4 Church Directory........2
Health Directory.........9 Sports.......................7,8 Classifieds...................5 Advertising...............10
resignation when eight members of the Quick Response Unit (QRU) submitted their papers to Killdeer Ambulance officials. According to members of the unit, the resignations were done to help break the ties with the Killdeer Ambulance Service and enable the McKenzie County Commisioners to incorporate the Grassy Butte residents into their network of first responders.
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The discussion came to a stop after almost an hour when board president Daryl Duckart announced it was over and that the board would make arrangements to suspend their service to Grassy Butte by 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. At that time, the board would also have financial breakdowns
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