All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Dec 5 2011 // A former Minot, N.D., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges in federal court. Court documents indicate Alan Henning embezzled nearly $1.2 million between 2005 and 2010 from his employer, West...
Nov 28 2011 // A former Minot, N.D., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges in federal court.Court documents indicate Alan Henning embezzled nearly $1.2 million between 2005 and 2010 from his employer, West...
Nov 23 2011 // Authorities in the city that serves as the hub for North Dakota’s oil activity say vehicle accidents are on the rise. Statistics released by police in Williston show there were nearly twice as many accidents reported...
Nov 22 2011 // Minot, N.D., officials are proposing a flood diversion plan for a river that spilled its banks earlier this year and forced thousands of people to evacuate.The idea announced on Nov. 18 would divert the Souris River...
Nov 15 2011 // North Dakota’s Senate unanimously approved a $639 million disaster relief measure that includes money for low-interest home loans, road construction and repairs to public works.The measure’s centerpiece is a...
Nov 14 2011 // Angered by a federal health care law that most of them despise, North Dakota House Republicans defeated legislation to give state officials authority over a health insurance marketing agency that the law requires states to...
Nov 10 2011 // A key provision in the North Dakota Legislature’s disaster aid bill would provide low-interest, unsecured loans of up to $30,000 for homeowners hit especially hard by this year’s flooding, the Bank of North...
Nov 9 2011 // North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has unveiled a $569 million plan to provide disaster aid to flood-stricken areas and to help western North Dakota towns struggling to cope with oil development.Speaking to a joint session...
Nov 9 2011 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has been elected vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Hamm currently serves as secretary-treasurer of the group. He will assume his new duties...
Nov 4 2011 // North Dakota flood victims with flood insurance have been given even more time to file claims. The state’s congressional delegation says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing another 30 days for...
Nov 3 2011 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy who died of an apparent heart attack while on...
Nov 3 2011 // A state task force in North Dakota is conducting random compliance checks at various construction sites to see if contractors have the proper licensing, workers’ compensation insurance coverage and are complying with...
Nov 2 2011 // North Dakota state and local officials say a flood-control plan for the Souris River is on track.The proposal’s outlines are being announced on Nov. 3 in Minot. It will be followed by a series of public meetings....
Oct 26 2011 // One of seven oil companies charged with killing migratory birds during drilling operations in North Dakota has agreed to plead guilty and pay $12,000.Slawson Exploration Co. Inc., of Wichita, Kan., was charged under the...
Oct 18 2011 // Reduced yields in some crops will hurt North Dakota’s economy, officials say.The U.S. Agriculture Department has reported that floods, hail, wind and early frost will mean farmers will harvest about half as much from...
Oct 12 2011 // Weather insurance provider WeatherBill has changed its name to The Climate Corporation and added former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota to its board of directors.The San Francisco-based company says the name change...
Oct 4 2011 // North Dakota farmers on average are older and more prosperous than they were a decade ago, and running bigger operations, a new study shows.The North Dakota State University study is based on the more than 500 farms of...
Oct 3 2011 // Officials say nearly $350 million in federal and state disaster assistance has now been obligated to North Dakotans for this spring’s flooding.By Sept. 29, 10,178 people had registered with the Federal Emergency...
Sep 23 2011 // Members of Congress from both sides of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are asking President Barack Obama to include $30 million in his next budget for work on a river diversion project in...