Regional News

Rice Lake Residents Experiencing Flooding Again

People around Rice Lake in northwestern North Dakota are experiencing flooding for a third straight year.   Read More

Old St. Louis County Jail Open For Filmmakers

The owner of the former St. Louis County jail has a new idea for repurposing the building that's been vacant for 18 years...allow artists to use it for film shoots.   Read More

Synthetic Drug Ordinances Proposed In Duluth

A Duluth City Council member is proposing new ordinances that would regulate businesses that sell synthetic drugs, while punishing people who use them.   Read More

ND Officials Still Hopeful Base Can Get Tankers

North Dakota's governor and congressional delegation say they will continue to push for a new air refueling tanker mission at Grand Forks Air Force Base.   Read More

Minn. Park Requires Fossil Hunt Liability Waiver

Partly for safety reasons, permits are required to hunt for fossils at a St. Paul park where a rockslide killed a fourth-grader on a field trip, left one missing and injured two others.   Read More

Williston To Get Third State District Court Judge

The North Dakota Supreme Court has decided that one of two new judgeships in the Northwest Judicial District will be based in Williston.   Read More

Counseling For Minn. School After Park Tragedy

A St. Louis Park elementary school is making counselors available to students, parents and staff after a field trip to a St. Paul park turned tragic.   Read More

SD Governor Calling Special Legislative Session

Governor Dennis Daugaard says he will call the South Dakota Legislature into a special session sometime in late June to deal with cost overruns in the construction of a new State Veterans Home in Hot Springs.   Read More

ND Higher Education Officials To Revisit Tuition

The state Board of Higher Education might put tuition back on the drawing board.   Read More

Group Spends $2M Lobbying For Gay Marriage

The group that pushed Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage invested more than $2 million in its successful lobbying effort.   Read More