BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Some neighbors say a Canadian pipeline company’s attempt to muffle noise by planting trees around a pump station in southeast North Dakota isn’t working.        TransCanada finished a tree-planting project along the Keystone pipeline near Fort Ransom last month.        Bill Kiebke lives less […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Jul 2, 2013) – A McIntosh County man charged with starving to death more than 100 cattle now also stands accused of making false statements to insurance agents.        Forty-four-year-old James Schnabel earlier this year pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of mistreating animals. He’s scheduled […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities have charged 22 people with conspiracy to sell heroin and other drugs on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the heart of North Dakota oil country. The investigation is dubbed “Operation Winter’s End.” The first case was filed in March, but authorities did not […]

BISMARCK, N.D.  Jul 1, 2013– Tax Commissioner Cory Fong released newly updated North Dakota Income Tax Withholding Rates and Instructions Booklet, updated Individual Income Tax Withholding Tables for employers, and updated estimated tax forms for individuals, estates, and trusts. The updated publications and tables reflect the reduced income tax rates […]

North Dakota, July 1, 2013 — Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 13.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.55/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.7 cents per […]

 ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – A prosecutor has decided to dismiss a bigamy case against a man who allegedly married a South Dakota woman while still married to a North Dakota woman.        Prosecutor Vic Fischbach tells the American News  that there are several reasons for his decision, including his […]

      NEW YORK (AP Jun 27, 2013) – Target Corp. is announcing Thursday that it is ending its relationship with celebrity cook Paula Deen as fallout builds from revelations that the Southern celebrity chef used racial slurs in the past.        The discounter, based in Minneapolis, said that it […]