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FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A man pleaded not guilty to misspending more than ,000 that belongs to his father, who lives in a Grand Forks nursing home. Forty-seven-year-old Leo Toay Junior faces up to 10 years in prison if he’s convicted.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – This week’s trial has been canceled for a Chicago truck driver who’s accused of causing a fatal pileup in North Dakota in late 2010. Instead, 28-year-old Nenad Sibinovic is set to have a change-of-plea hearing in June. The accident killed a 50-year-old Walcott man.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bobcat Company will create about 200 new jobs in Bismarck as part of an $8 million expansion. The announcement comes almost 2 1/2 years after the company closed a manufacturing plant in North Dakota’s capital city and laid off nearly 500 workers.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Despite rainy weather over the past week, crop seeding remains well ahead of the average pace in the Dakotas. More than a quarter of the North Dakota spring wheat crop is in the ground, compared to just 2 percent on average.