North Dakota
Snowplows called in for cattle cleanup after multi-vehicle crash in North Dakota
DRISCOLL, N.D. — Heavy equipment had to be brought in to clear Interstate 94 near here on Monday, Oct. 7, after three vehicles hit livestock that had congregated on the roadway.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said the incident occurred on I-94 near Driscoll, approximately 35 miles east of Bismarck, at around 1 a.m.
Sgt. Jeremiah Bohn said a large amount of cattle escaped from an adjacent pasture and gathered on both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-94 under the Exit 190 overpass.
In the dark of night, he said, the black cattle were difficult to see.
A semi and a passenger vehicle, both eastbound, separately struck cattle, as did a westbound passenger vehicle.
There were minor injuries to the people involved, and 25 cattle were killed.
“It was a big mess,” Bohn said, adding that the state Department of Transportation deployed multiple snowplows and a street sweeper to clear and clean both lanes of the interstate.
The semi, driven by 57-year-old Ewert Nel of Edmore, hit the cattle first, went into the median and overturned.
A small fire started on the truck but was put out right away with fire extinguishers. Nel was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, the patrol said.
Soon after, a westbound Ford Fusion driven by Dina Diamanti, 41, of Bigelow, Minnesota, struck livestock in the roadway.
Also in the vehicle were passengers Anderson Casteava, 20, of Bigelow, a 13-year-old female and a 16-year-old male.
Everyone in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt and was checked for possible minor injuries, Bohn said.
The third vehicle to hit the cattle was an eastbound Ford Escape driven by Kaycee Anderson, 26, of Napoleon, North Dakota.
She also was wearing a seat belt and suffered minor cuts and bruises, the patrol said.
The cattle were owned by Gerald Schmidt, 60, of Bismarck.
During the response and cleanup, traffic was routed onto exit ramps and back down to the interstate, bypassing the overpass.
The westbound lanes of I-94 at Exit 190 reopened at approximately 5:05 a.m., while the eastbound lanes opened about an hour later, the patrol said.
North Dakota
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
Kate Almquist is the social media manager for InForum. After working as an intern, she joined The Forum full time starting in January 2022. Readers can reach her at kalmquist@forumcomm.com.
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