A pursuit in Hubbard County late Wednesday afternoon ended in a rollover. A car driven by 37-year-old Chad Castle, of Fargo, was being pursued by sheriff’s deputies when the car hit gravel and rolled multiple times on a county road north of Akeley. Castle escaped injury. His passenger, 48-year old David Altepeter, of Stillwater, was injured and is hospitalized at…
MINOT, N.D. – The embattled sheriff in Ward County, North Dakota is out. The county commission reached an agreement with Steve Kukowski that ends the civil action to remove him from office and drop any criminal charges. Kukowski had faced charges in the 2014 death of a jail inmate. It was alleged that he did not attempt to get medical…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Devils Lake Republican Sen. Dave Oehlke has been chosen as the North Dakota Senate’s new president pro tempore. The job involves presiding over Senate sessions when the lieutenant governor is absent. Oehlke will have the job until the next regular session of the Legislature begins in January 2019. The GOP has the majority in the Senate, and…
Earth Day 2017 is almost upon us, and the women engineers of NDSU have the perfect place to get your daughter and her dad involved in a hands-on party for the planet. It’s the Dads and Daughters Do Science event at NDSU April 22nd, where you can bring your daughter for a bunch of science experiments for ages K-2 from…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The North Dakota Legislature has approved a comprehensive measure that regulates the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The Senate got the needed two-thirds majority on Thursday to amend the citizen initiative. The House did the same earlier this month. The bill now heads to Gov. Doug Burgum for his signature. The measure, called the North Dakota…
Corsages, limos, tuxes, and fancy dresses… there are so many things that make prom special. Whether it’s full of lace or jewels, a girl’s prom dress is something she’ll never forget. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been asked yet, the sooner you look for a dress, the better. “My tip for everybody is to start early, start looking that…
FARGO, N.D. — It’s a bill which affects every farmer in the country. The congressional delegation in North Dakota wants to make sure they get it right. The 2018 Farm Bill, which is in the debate stage, acts as a federal safety net for farmers in the U.S. When something bad happens to farmlands, a little extra financial help can…
COURTESY: DEANNA NEWELL The Pembina River at Neche is finally going down. It should drop below major flood stage by Sunday morning, despite a few showers last night. It is down enough that Highway 18 has reopened to the Canadian border and the border crossing is operational. A flood warning remains in effect for Neche, Pembina and Walhalla as river…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Sanford Health has renegotiated a contract to keep a nursing program open in Bismarck. The action comes after legislators introduced an amendment in the higher education budget that would not allow any state money or private funds to be spent on the program. NDSU took over the program three years ago but lawmakers have not been happy…
A 26-year-old motorcycle driver has died from her injuries after hitting a flatbed trailer on I-94 last week. The highway patrol says Danika Murphy died Tuesday at Essentia Hospital in Fargo. It was Monday, April 3 when the West Fargo woman was on her motorcycle and merging onto the interstate from the 25th Street South loop ramp around 1:30 in…
