09/05/2008 12:00 AM Prisoner of war-turned-presidential candidate John McCain promises to change Washington by getting along with the opposition, reforming government and, in general, putting the country first.
09/05/2008 08:00 AM The Barack Obama campaign is opening five more offices in North Dakota today, including a second one in Fargo, and one each in Jamestown and Dickinson.
09/05/2008 08:00 AM Cirrus Design Corp. let go of 100 workers this week in a wave of cuts that company president and chief operating officer Brent Wouters said would be completed this afternoon.
09/05/2008 01:00 PM A jury here has cleared former YMCA day care worker Jatten Heinen of all five felony charges against him, returning with a verdict just after 9 a.m. today.
09/04/2008 09:00 AM Traill County State’s Attorney Stuart Larson, citing “inadequate” evidence, announced Wednesday that the four men reportedly involved in sexually assaulting a Mayville, N.D., woman will not be charged.
09/04/2008 09:30 AM Federal prosecutors filed legal papers Wednesday arguing that an appeal by the man convicted of abducting and murdering Dru Sjodin was “uniformly lacking merit” and his conviction and death sentence should stand.
09/04/2008 12:00 AM Sarah Palin says she is a small-town hockey mom, but Wednesday night introduced herself to the country as the Republican Party's first woman vice presidential candidate.
09/04/2008 07:30 PM The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order Thursday indefinitely suspending Moorhead lawyer Richard Varriano’s license for violations of clients’ trust accounts.
09/03/2008 10:30 AM An East Grand Forks woman who’s been charged with trying to poison her two daughters with vehicle exhaust appeared in court Tuesday.
09/03/2008 10:00 AM People old enough to remember the Studebaker Hawk, the Ford Edsel and the Nash Rambler likely recall the Burma Shave road signs of the 1950s.
09/03/2008 12:00 AM Even chicken tenders, those finger-sized appetizers, come with a sponsor.
In and around the Republican National Convention, Minnesota businesses are finding ways to promote their products.
09/03/2008 12:00 AM
Hawley fifth-grade teacher Marlyn Keller, who faces a misdemeanor domestic assault charge, resigned following an online parent petition calling on the School District to let him go.
09/02/2008 12:00 AM Park Rapids city leaders heard a detailed proposal Tuesday night about plans to overhaul Main Avenue’s geriatric infrastructure, starting next summer.
09/02/2008 01:00 PM Gov. John Hoeven has beefed up his proposal for property tax relief and education funding from a $300 million plan to a $500 million plan.
09/02/2008 01:00 PM North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger this morning approved the tobacco prevention initiated measure for the state’s general elecition ballot
08/31/2008 12:00 AM
A troubling trend of teenagers taking naked pictures of themselves on their cell phones and sending them to boyfriends and girlfriends is starting to show up locally, authorities say.