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Weekend storm damage could total millions Jun 29 2009 6:12PM
Weekend storm damage in the northern
Red River Valley and the Devils Lake Basin is expected to total
millions of dollars.
Officials say roads in Nelson, Ramsey and Walsh counties are
washed out, weeks after they were repaired from flood damage
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| Heavy rains focus attention on ND rivers Jun 27 2009 6:54PM
The heavy rains have let up, but the threat
of flooding in northeastern North Dakota remains.
Several flood warnings remain in effect, including for portions
of the Red River and the Wild Rice River.
After several inches of rain fell late F
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 23 2009 4:13PM
A North Dakota agency expects to bring out
a new plan next month to cut tobacco use in the state.
North Dakota voters endorsed the idea when they approved an
anti-tobacco ballot measure last November.
Kathleen Mangskau is the chairwoman of
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| Texas man killed in pickup rollover Jun 23 2009 3:03PM
The Highway Patrol says a pickup rolled
in a ditch along a Walsh County road and wound up on a steel fence,
killing the driver.
The name of the 20-year-old Laredo, Texas man was not
immediately released.
The Highway Patrol says he was thro
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 7 2009 2:06AM
Authorities say two men who escaped from a rural
Alabama prison have been arrested with two suspected accomplices
after a nearly 14-hour standoff in Stark County. The Stark County
sheriff says the four were taken into custody yesterday afternoon.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 7 2009 2:06AM
Authorities say two men who escaped from
a rural Alabama prison have been captured in Stark County, along
with two suspected accomplices, after a nearly 14-hour standoff.
Officials say the four were arrested yesterday afternoon, after
a shootout
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| Body of missing man swept off road recovered Jun 6 2009 4:06PM
Authorities say they have recovered the body
of a man whose pickup was swept off a flooded road and into the
Park River in mid-April.
The Walsh County Sheriff's Department says the body of
27-year-old Jared Udby of Adams was found Friday night.
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| Maryland man suing over injuries Jun 1 2009 5:08AM
A Maryland man says a company is
responsible for injuries he suffered when a mechanical arm
malfunctioned and hit him on the head while he was working on the
construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Clyde Stotler of Clean Spring, Md., ha
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 22 2009 2:06AM
The Highway Patrol says a sport utility
vehicle went into the ditch on U.S. Highway 83 and overturned
yesterday, killing the driver.
Authorities said 55-year-old Deborah Kraft of Bismarck was
pronounced dead at a Bismarck hospital.
A passe
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 18 2009 11:33AM
The Supreme Court says it won't block a
lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North
Dakota.
The justices declined today to get involved in a dispute between
the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot. The Minot
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| ND Newspaper Association announces awards May 8 2009 9:49PM
The Grand Forks Herald and the Jamestown
Sun won general excellence awards and The Forum and the Dickinson
Press took sweepstakes honors at this year's North Dakota Newspaper
Association convention
The Forum also won the NDNA's First Amendment awa
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| Small Nash School District plans to dissolve Apr 27 2009 10:44AM
A state board will consider a plan to
dissolve the Nash School District in northeastern North Dakota.
The Walsh County School Annexation and Reorganization Board
approved the plan last Friday. It would take effect in July, if the
state school an
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| Governor Signs First Community Military Covenant Apr 24 2009 12:00AM
North Dakota Cities, Counties, Tribal Governments Pledge Support for Military
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today signed the first-ever Community Military Covenant during a ceremony at the state Capitol formally acknowledging the state’s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 14 2009 11:33AM
Valley City's mayor is recommending
that people considered to be in the 500-year flood plain or people
who are elderly or vulnerable leave the city during the flood
fight.
Mayor Mary Lee Nielson estimates that's about 1,450 homes or
"not quite
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| Sheriff says man presumed drowned in Park River Apr 14 2009 6:32AM
Walsh County Sheriff Lauren Wild says a man
missing after his pickup was swept away by floodwaters is presumed
drowned.
Searches Sunday and Monday for 27-year-old Jared Udby of Adams
turned up no trace of him.
Wild says no more formal, org
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| Search continues for man swept away in floodwaters Apr 13 2009 9:34AM
Walsh County Sheriff Lauren Wild says
authorities will continue monitoring the Park River for signs of a
pickup driver missing after the pickup was swept away by
floodwaters.
The search for 27-year-old Jared Udby (UHD'-bee) of Adams turned
up n
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Apr 13 2009 3:04AM
The National Weather Service says less water
is flowing into the Red River from its Wild Rice tributary than
expected. So forecasters have lowered the projected second crest of
the Red this week in Fargo. It's now expected to be less than 40
feet.
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| Latest North Dakota sports: Apr 13 2009 2:41AM
North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill says he's in
good shape, but these days he's more focused on training others.
The 45-year-old Hill has opened a gym just outside Atlantic City
called All N Conditioning.
He won't say he's retired from boxing.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 13 2009 2:13AM
The National Weather Service has slightly
lowered its projection for a second Red River crest in Fargo.
The new projection is for a crest of less than 40 feet sometime
this week. It's a range of 38 feet to 39 feet.
Forecasters say the amoun
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| Authorities identify driver swept away by floodwaters... Apr 12 2009 9:35PM
Walsh County authorities have identified
a pickup driver missing after the pickup was swept away by
floodwaters on a rural road.
The sheriff's office says the pickup was swept off a gravel
township road near the Homme (HAH'-me) Dam shortly befor
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