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Posted August 30 2008 - 08:10 PM

By BLAKE NICHOLSON, AP
Posted: 2008-08-29 10:54:23

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Industry officials say they are mystified by fuel shortages at terminals in the Upper Midwest in recent days, but they expect enough supplies for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Terminals have run out of fuel in West Fargo and Grand Forks in North Dakota; Alexandria, Minn.; and Sioux Falls, S.D.

Officials are trying to figure out why.

"That's the million-dollar question," said Dawna Leitzke, executive director of the South Dakota Petroleum and Propane Marketers Association.

Dozens of tanker trucks lined up in West Fargo on Wednesday, after a new batch of fuel was delivered.

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