All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2013 // A prominent North Dakota potato farmer, businessman and philanthropist who’s among a group of people accused in an alleged price-fixing scheme is suing his insurance company for failing to cover his defense costs.Ron...
Jul 23 2013 // Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too...
Jul 11 2013 // The airport in the western North Dakota town of Killdeer is being cleaned up after a storm destroyed a hangar and damaged three airplanes.Storms that moved through the region Monday night ripped apart the hangar and...
Jun 28 2013 // A former Dickinson, N.D., insurance agent convicted of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a client has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A jury in April found Scott Biggs guilty of five counts of felony theft...
Jun 24 2013 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program will send employers nearly $160 million in payments as a distribution of surplus reserves.The Forum reports that Workforce Safety and Insurance will distribute the...
Jun 11 2013 // Western North Dakota has already had three tornadoes in June, and a meteorologist warns that severe weather might be the norm this summer.Patrick Ayd of the National Weather Service tells the Forum News Service that last...
May 29 2013 // North Dakota’s congressional delegation is urging President Barack Obama to approve Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s request for a disaster declaration for 16 counties and the Spirit Lake Reservation. Dalrymple made the...
May 24 2013 // The New York State Assembly’s insurance committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC) clauses in the state. The bill, A07455, is now eligible to...
May 22 2013 // Heavy rains that have been falling since late last week have led to flooding in North Dakota that has forced some residents from their homes and threatened a dam.Water from a creek and water that is moving overland flooded...
May 13 2013 // Although spring flooding in North Dakota wasn’t as bad advertised in some areas, officials who are totaling the damages say the costs are piling up. The question is whether the final figure will impress the federal...
Apr 30 2013 // A Red River flood that a week ago was predicted to challenge the record is now unlikely to reach the 100,000-plus sandbags and the miles of clay levees built for defense, Fargo, N.D., officials said on April 29.The...
Apr 30 2013 // Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he will sign legislation aimed at strengthening penalties for drunken driving in North Dakota. The Legislature endorsed the bill that increases fines and other penalties. The new law will require...
Apr 29 2013 // Fargo, N.D., officials made one last call for sandbaggers on April 27 to help residents in a southwest Fargo neighborhood that’s a mile away from the rising Red River but needs protection from a nearby coulee.The...
Apr 26 2013 // The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state’s workers’ compensation agency.The number of claims by workers coming from other states is expected to increase from...
Apr 24 2013 // The flood fight is kicking into high gear in southeastern North Dakota, where residents are preparing for what could be the fourth major flood in five years.The National Weather Service has warned residents in Fargo and...
Apr 2 2013 // Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The North Dakota former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical...
Apr 1 2013 // North Dakota faces another possible major flood this spring, federal officials are frustrated by the number of people in the state who lack insurance for such a disaster.Along the Red River and its tributaries, in...
Mar 25 2013 // Good Jobs, Stable Economy“The fact of the matter is that North Dakota is attracting new residents across the entire state for good jobs and a stable economy.” —North Dakota Census Committee Chairman Rod...
Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...
Mar 21 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city’s water treatment plant with a floodwall. FEMA says the $2.7 million...