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North Dakota taxable sales, purchases nosedive in 3Q

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the third quarter of 2020 decreased 19.5% percent over the same time period the previous year. Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger said taxable sales and purchases for July, August and September…

Governor bills North Dakota for lost fight over House seat

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota taxpayers are on the hook for legal expenses in Gov. Doug Burgum’s failed attempt to fill a legislative seat won by a man who died before taking office. Billing records obtained The Associated Press after…

Minnesota tavern hit with fine, license suspension, vows to fight

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) -  The Minnesota Department of Health has taken enforcement action against a Crow Wing County business for violating Gov. Tim Walz’s order prohibiting bars and restaurants from allowing indoor dining. State health officials say Mission Tavern…

Boogaloo member pleads guilty to terrorism charge

MINNEAPOLIS - A North Carolina man and member of an anti-government extremist group has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Benjamin Ryan Teeter of Hampstead, North Carolina, traveled to Minneapolis during protests following the death of George…

Judge dismisses DAPL lawsuit that claimed excessive force

BISMARCK, N.D. - A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit of an Arizona man who claimed North Dakota law enforcement officers injured him and violated his civil rights during the Dakota Access pipeline protests. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor…

North Dakota joins multistate lawsuit against Google

DALLAS - North Dakota is one of 10 states involved in a lawsuit being led by Texas against Google.  Details of the lawsuit were outlined Wednesday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The complaint says Google is being sued for…

Xcel Energy granted interim rate increase in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) - The North Dakota Public Service Commission has granted Xcel Energy an interim electric rate increase, which the utility is entitled to under state law. In November, Xcel filed for a general rate increase. An average customer’s…

Drowning victim's body recovered from North Dakota lake

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) - A man's body has been recovered from Lake Irvine near Devils Lake. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the man broke through the ice last night. Deputies were looking for the man when they discovered…

Burgum will wait to get coronavirus vaccine

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he will wait his turn in line to get a coronavirus vaccination. The 64-year-old Republican governor told a Fargo-area chamber of commerce panel on a videoconference that he will be “way…

Myon Burrell freed after 18 years in prison

MINNEAPOLIS - A man who was sentenced to life behind bars as a teenager has been released from a Minnesota prison. Myon Burrell's release came hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case. Burrell took…