BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is hosting informational meetings for landowners interested in signing up for the Conservation Reserve Program.
The federal government pays landowners through...
April 9, 2013 7:37 am / no comments
NEW YORK (AP Apr 8, 2013) — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon in a string of ‘60s fun-in-the-sun movies with...
April 8, 2013 2:36 pm / no comments
LONDON (AP Apr 8, 2013) – Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87.
Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as “the Iron Lady” passed away Monday...
April 8, 2013 10:23 am / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The founder of Farm Rescue has launched a separate foundation to further his cause of helping farmers stricken by major illnesses, ailments or disasters.
Farm Rescue helps farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota,...
April 8, 2013 10:09 am / no comments
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The former bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo says he offers “congratulations, prayers and friendship” to the new bishop.
Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Folda of the Diocese...
April 8, 2013 10:04 am / no comments
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) Indiana
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two freshman Democratic senators, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, have joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who say they support gay marriage.
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April 5, 2013 11:38 am / no comments
FARGO, N.D. (AP Apr 4, 2013) – National Weather Service officials say the favorable spring thaw in eastern North Dakota should continue for the next week.
State and local officials are preparing for what’s expected to...
April 4, 2013 3:06 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Burleigh County’s sheriff says Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s veto of a bill that would allow special elections on home rule charters will change the timeline for a new jail.
Sheriff Pat Heinert says...
April 4, 2013 2:50 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House has endorsed a measure to toughen the state’s animal cruelty law.
The House voted 90-1 Wednesday to make animal cruelty a felony. Senators endorsed the measure in February...
April 4, 2013 9:58 am / no comments
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The former president of Mayville State and Valley City State University has filed a complaint against the North Dakota Board of Higher Education.
Ellen Chaffee filed the complaint with the Higher Learning Commission,...
April 3, 2013 3:19 pm / no comments