North Dakota News
Sunday, November 8, 2026
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (AP Aug 1, 2012) — A North Dakota man convicted of shooting and beheading a North Dakota State University researcher will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Judge James Hovey sentenced Daniel Wacht on Wednesday to life in prison with no parole. Wacht’s attorney had […]
GLENWOOD, Minn. (AP) – Charges say the man accused of driving drunk and killing a Minnesota coach’s son had a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit. Thirty-eight-year-old Dana Schoen (shohn) of Starbuck faces three criminal vehicular homicide or operation charges. The West Central Tribune (http://bit.ly/OHnQv2) […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The man charged with shooting and killing a Bismarck police officer has been sentenced to life in prison. Judge David Reich sentenced Steven Bannister to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the July 2011 death of Bismarck Police Sgt. Steve Kenner. Bannister […]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Sanford Health is starting construction on a $541 million medical center in North Dakota’s largest city. Groundbreaking for the Fargo campus was Tuesday. Sanford President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft called it a historic day. The facility is to open in 2016, serving more than […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime state senator, a retired Fargo school administrator and a data processing executive are finalists for the North Dakota Board of Higher Education. A screening committee on Monday chose David Nething, Rick Buresh and Kari Reichert (RY’-kurt) for the opening. Incumbent board member Richie Smith […]
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Farmers Union is contributing $5,000 to a reward fund set up for information to leading to a conviction in the shooting deaths of nine Oliver County cattle on the Fourth of July. That increases the reward fund to $18,000. The North […]
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota-based food company says it will build five new grocery stores in the oil-producing region of western North Dakota. Coborn’s Incorporated of St. Cloud, Minnesota is planning stores in Minot, Dickinson, Stanley, Tioga and Watford City. Company president and CEO Chris Coborn says North Dakota […]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Three teenagers may face charges after a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper clocked their cars at 145 mph on Interstate 29. Patrol Capt. Bryan Niewind (NEE’-wind) says the cars were spotted just before midnight Thursday going north on the highway through Fargo. They got […]
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The farm aid organization Farm Rescue this fall will help its 200th farmer in the Upper Midwest. The first man to receive help from the organization says he’s a little surprised that it has grown so quickly. Matt Biel (beel) lost a hand in a […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Moviegoers in North Dakota and across the county have flocked to see “The Dark Knight Rises,” despite the mass shooting in Colorado. Twenty-nine-year-old Jen Jackson of Bismarck was visibly nervous as she and her 31-year-old husband, Patrick, prepared to watch the film at a […]
