Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is urging the FBI to reconsider plans to move a field office from the state to North Dakota. “When the FBI was looking to set-up an office in the area, Sidney community leaders recognized the importance of having these resources in the area and stepped up to offer…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A North Dakota farm is not where you’d expect to see a Predator drone. But Homeland Security loaned the drones – up to $34 million in value – to local authorities who wanted to spy on a farmer who was engaged in a standoff with police. Since the August 2011 incident, the Washington…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A $13 million Border Patrol is planned for North Dakota, the Associated Press reports. The building is expected to be 30,000-square-feet on 10 acres of land in Pembina, in the northeast section of the state. As the government wraps up the property purchase, construction could begin in a few months. The station…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Minnesota FBI, which also covers North and South Dakota, has moved. The Associated Press reports that the office has moved from downtown Minneapolis to a standalone facility in the suburb of Brooklyn Center, just northwest of the city. Features of the new facility include bulletproof glass and blast-proof walls.
