Regional News

Red Lake Gets Over $21M In Loans For Development

The Red Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota is getting more than $21 million in federal development loans.   Read More

Use Of Prescription Opiates On Rise In Minnesota

Prescription painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone are being prescribed in Minnesota in greater numbers than ever before.   Read More

Coaches Are Highest Paid At University Of Minn.

The highest-paid employees at the University of Minnesota last year were men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and football coach Jerry Kill.   Read More

ND Board Awards $2.5m In Oil-impact Grants

A state board has approved $2.5 million in grants to help townships repair roads damaged by truck traffic in North Dakota's oil patch.  Read More

McGovern's Ashes To Be Buried In DC Early 2013

Family members of the late U.S. Senator George McGovern say his cremated remains will be buried early next year in a historic Washington, D.C., cemetery.  Read More

North Dakota State Forester Recognized For Career

A North Dakota state forester has been honored with a National Lifetime Achievement award.  Read More

ND Zone 1 Mountain Lion Season Closes

North Dakota's mountain lion hunting season in a zone in the far southwestern part of the state has closed after the taking of a seventh cat.  Read More

Kitten Returned After Bismarck Pet Store Burglary

Police in Bismarck are still working the case of a pet store break-in earlier this week, but a kitten stolen during the caper has been returned.  Read More

ND Company Touting New Sunflower Plant In Texas

The head of a new North Dakota-based sunflower business says he believes the company's new plant in Lubbock, Texas, is the most technologically advanced sunflower seed roasting facility in North America.  Read More

ND Coal Plant Backers Get Extension Of State Aid

The North Dakota Industrial Commission has given backers of a proposed coal-to-liquid fuel plant in western North Dakota a fifth extension of state aid to study the project.  Read More