Fargo (Farmers Union Insurance) – FirstLink, which maintains the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for the state of North Dakota, announced Tuesday that Farmers Union Insurance (FUI) has donated $20,000 to help the nonprofit continue...
October 16, 2018 11:52 am / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp is apologizing for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.
Heitkamp said in a statement Tuesday that...
October 16, 2018 9:54 am / no comments
Jamestown (NDFU) – The state’s largest farm organization announced Monday that it has launched a Vote Family Farm initiative to educate voters on critical ag issues and the candidates who support family farm agriculture.
“Family farming...
October 15, 2018 8:04 am / no comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Sears is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, inundated by debt and falling sales, said Monday that it would begin liquidation sales and close another 142 stores before the end of the year. The company...
October 15, 2018 7:29 am / no comments
CSi October 15, 2018 – Gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.90/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 stations in North Dakota. This compares with the national...
October 15, 2018 7:18 am / no comments
MOSCOW (AP) — NASA’s chief heard one reassuring sound over the radio link after the aborted launch of a Soyuz capsule with an American and a Russian aboard.
It was U.S. astronaut Nick Hague calmly relaying information in Russian to...
October 12, 2018 2:53 pm / no comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says hackers accessed a wide swath of information — ranging from emails and phone numbers to more personal details like sites visited and places checked into — from millions of accounts as part of a security breach...
October 12, 2018 2:49 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries and other retirees can expect an increase in benefits next year as inflation edges higher.
The government announced a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.8 percent on Thursday....
October 11, 2018 3:30 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (CSi) – The North Dakota Insurance Department will be hosting a series of nine, statewide Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Events beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in Grand Forks. The events will provide Medicare beneficiaries...
October 10, 2018 12:01 pm / no comments
Jamestown (NDFU) – ND Farmers Union President Mark Watne Wednesday day called on the Trump administration to address the long range impact on rural America of a ongoing trade war.
Watne says, “There is no ‘short-term pain’ in a trade...
October 10, 2018 10:21 am / no comments