North Dakota News
Dakotas deal with vaccine shortages
The uncertainty over weekly allotments of a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine has complicated efforts to organize immunization clinics and distribute it to hundreds of providers in North Dakota and South Dakota.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am
Farm talk turns to new energy line
MCCLUSKY - For weeks, the talk in McClusky has been whether the only grocery store will reopen, such a loss to a town with a small and aging population.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments
Higher Education Board, NDSU remain at odds on house funding
FARGO — The North Dakota State University Development Foundation says it remains in the dark about its proposal to pay for cost overruns on a new president’s house.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am
Grand Forks County mulls flood-fighting policy
GRAND FORKS (AP) — Grand Forks County commissioners plan to adopt an official written flood policy before the next spring flooding threat.
Nov 19, 2009 | 1:45 am
Second ND flu death reported
The surge of influenza cases in North Dakota this fall could be peaking.
Nov 18, 2009 | 2:50 pm | (5) Comments
Apps for unemployment extension being accepted
Job Service North Dakota says it has begun accepting applications for the latest extension of unemployment benefits.
Nov 18, 2009 | 10:25 am
Ray call center closing; 40 losing jobs
A call center in the northwestern North Dakota town of Ray is closing, putting 40 people out of work.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:50 am
Devils Lake irrigation project scrapped
The manager of a Devils Lake area water board says a test using lake water for irrigation has ended after it found much of the soil too poor to be irrigated.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:45 am
UND adds 6 Cessnas to its flight training school
The University of North Dakota says it has added six Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft to its training fleet.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:45 am
Minn. Farmer cited in truck spill on I-94
Authorities say a Minnesota farmer has been cited for allowing a byproduct from the ethanol plant near Casselton to leak from his truck along Interstate 94.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:40 am
Jamestown employees thwart Canadian jail scam
Jamestown police are praising employees of two stores who kept a woman from getting scammed out of $2,700 by refusing to allow her to wire money to Canada.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:50 pm
Woman sentenced in drunken breast-feeding case
A Grand Forks woman who police said was breast-feeding her baby and holding the infant upside down while drunk last February has been sentenced to three more months in jail for slashing a tire on an acquaintance's pickup truck.
Nov 17, 2009 | 10:25 am
Former female college leaders in ND urge diversity
A group of former female North Dakota college leaders is urging those who choose North Dakota State University's next president to look beyond white men.
Nov 17, 2009 | 10:25 am
Woman pleads not guilty to accomplice charge
A woman accused of being an accomplice to murder has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Nov 17, 2009 | 10:25 am
Corn mold fears easing in Dakotas
A fungus problem with the potential to create widespread damage to corn crops in the Dakotas for perhaps the first time in memory might not be as ominous as first feared.
Nov 17, 2009 | 10:15 am
Kosovo mission going well for Guard
The commander of about 650 North Dakota National Guard soldiers leading a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo says weekend elections brought no major problems, just minor skirmishes at polling places that local police handled.
Nov 17, 2009 | 2:15 am
Dakotas might see record sunflower yields
Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada.
Nov 16, 2009 | 8:50 am
Public meetings held on Minnkota transmission line
The federal Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service is holding public hearings this week on Minnkota Power Cooperative's proposal for a power line from Center to Grand Forks.
Nov 16, 2009 | 8:45 am
Combine fires more common this fall
North Dakota sunflower farmers are facing not only wet harvest conditions, they're also dealing with more combine fires.
Nov 16, 2009 | 8:40 am
