GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Leaders of Upper Midwest farm groups are upset that Congress has extended the current farm bill rather than pass new legislation.
The one-year extension of portions of the expired 2008 farm bill is...
January 3, 2013 7:56 am / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has had its deadliest year on its roads in more than 30 years, with 168 people dying in 146 crashes on roads within the state.
North Dakota hadn’t topped 150 traffic fatalities since 1981.
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January 2, 2013 4:57 pm / no comments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Patti Page, who made “Tennessee Waltz” one of the best-selling recordings ever, has died. She was 85.
Page died on New Year’s Day in Encinitas, Calif., according to her manager.
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January 2, 2013 2:26 pm / no comments
OMAHA, Neb. (AP Jan 2, 2013) – A new survey of business leaders suggests the economy will remain sluggish in nine Midwest and Plains states, and hiring will be slow over the next three to six months.
The overall economic index...
January 2, 2013 11:19 am / no comments
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has a new poker champion.
Gregg Dahle (DAW’-lee), of Carpio, outlasted more than 1,400 players from 22 states and Canada at the recent North Dakota Texas Hold ’em tournament in Minot. He won...
January 2, 2013 10:07 am / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s still going to be a tax hike even though Congress has sent the president legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.
The vast majority of workers will pay higher federal taxes in 2013, largely because a temporary...
January 2, 2013 9:43 am / no comments
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man has established a benefit fund for the families of six Missouri men killed in a crash in North Dakota the day after Christmas.
The men were with a construction company and were heading to a work...
January 2, 2013 7:50 am / no comments
Tuesday Evening…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to block the “fiscal cliff” is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature. The bill will avoid, for now, the major tax increases and government spending...
December 31, 2012 9:45 am / no comments
FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Army Band will begin the new year rocking schools across southeastern North Dakota. From Jan. 7-9, three ensembles from the band will perform in 15 schools. The biennial “Music in Schools”...
December 28, 2012 3:00 pm / no comments
Buffalo, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Dec 28, 2012) — The Highway Patrol reports, two men were injured in a two vehicle accident Friday about 9:30-a.m., on Interstate 94 near the Buffalo Exit.
Captain Brian Niewind reports, that a pickup...
December 28, 2012 2:40 pm / no comments