18+ hour, 4+ min ago   (347+ words) EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Just one measure will appear statewide on Minnesota ballots on Nov. 3. It asks a simple question: Should school districts receive a larger payout from the state’s Permanent School Fund? “The fund is a great legacy that’s…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (376+ words) STANLEY TOWNSHIP, N.D. — The Stanley Township Board will hold a special meeting Monday, Sept. 14, to potentially remove Kevin Biffert and Daniel Bryant from the board and allow residents to once again cast their votes for the fifth board supervisor. The meeting…...

2+ day, 48+ min ago   (568+ words) BEULAH, N.D. — Talon Metals Corp. has decided against building a $365 million plant at the site of a retired coal mine in central North Dakota's Mercer County to process nickel mined in Minnesota. Gov. Kelly Armstrong, along with North Dakota's congressional delegation…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (741+ words) ST. PAUL — Minnesota fairgoers say they’re in favor of banning semiautomatic assault weapons, regulating driverless vehicles like Waymo, and pausing data center development. The Minnesota House and Senate polled fairgoers over 12 days on numerous issues the Legislature has taken up…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (510+ words) MINOT — Secretary of State Michael Howe is one of seven Republican state election officials who joined a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Donald Trump's executive order restricting votes cast by mail. The order, which the president…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (145+ words) FARGO — Former Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the North Dakota Democratic-NPL's Burdick Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Fargo. Tester was a member of the Montana Senate for nearly a decade. He was elected…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (503+ words) ST. PAUL — Minnesota ballots will be mailed for the general election on Sept. 18, and while Secretary of State Steve Simon assures voters “nothing has changed,” a battle in the courts and whistleblower allegations are creating uncertainty around mail voting. On…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (991+ words) FARGO — The game between Nevada and FCS defending national champion Montana State on Saturday, Sept. 12, was already going to be plenty interesting. The Bobcats are anywhere from 2.5-point to 4.5-point favorites in Reno, depending on the bookmaker. It's a big…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (361+ words) Twenty-five years ago, on a clear September morning, our nation was attacked. Our country—and our understanding of the world—changed forever. Four of those we lost had deep ties to North Dakota. Alfred Marchand was born and raised in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (459+ words) MINOT — Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, Democratic-NPL candidate for agriculture commissioner, Vern Thompson, claimed on Facebook that an industry representative was given more time to speak during a legislative hearing last week than regular North Dakota citizens. "North Dakotans…...