North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers will be out in force during the July 4th holiday weekend. Last year, the state reported one traffic fatality over the holiday. But for the year so far, North Dakota is well ahead of 2008. The patrol say

Senator Kent Conrad says health care reform is not an option. Conrad has been holding public meetings around the state to get comments from health care providers, business leaders and patient advocates, and to push his plan for private cooperati

A South Dakota man indicted in a Nebraska bank theft has been fired from his school job. Thirty-seven-year-old Neil Jensen of Henry had been employed by the Watertown School District as corporate education director at Lake Area Technical Institu

North Dakota is getting about $108,000 as part of a larger $95.5 million settlement with Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc. over the cost of nasal sprays. The Justice Department recently said the subsidiary of drug maker Sanofi-Aventis agreed to pay th

Wells Fargo Financial is eliminating some positions in Sioux Falls. The company isn't disclosing the number, but an employee told KDLT News that more than 100 workers are losing their jobs. Company spokesman Steve Carlson says all of the po

Police say a man is lucky to be alive after plummeting about 35 feet from the roof of the Fargo Civic Center. Authorities say two people were on the roof about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. One climbed down. The other jumped or fell, hitting a guard rai

Visitors to the federal courthouse in Fargo are being encouraged to wash their hands. Battery-powered hand sanitizer dispensers have been placed just inside the doorway. A message on the dispenser says "healthy hands start here." A large pos

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