Efforts to restore rail service on Amtrak’s North Coast Hiawatha Chicago to Seattle route is picking up steam. The Federal Rail Administration has announced a $500,000 dollar grant to the Big Sky Passenger rail Authority for development of rail corridors. The route could restore service to several North Dakota cities including Jamestown…Bismarck/Mandan…and Dickinson. The route was abandoned in 1979. The Corridor Identification and Development funds are part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


17-Year-Old Boy Found Dead From Cass County Shooting Identified
(KNOX) -The 17-year-old boy from Walker, Minnesota who died of a gunshot wound in a death ruled a homicide has been identified. Dylon Ray Oothoudt was found dead in the yard of a home at around 8am on September 13th. An autopsy done by the Ramsey C...
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Minnesota State Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson Calls Out Governor Tim Walz's Executive Order Banning Mining In Boundary Waters
(KNOX) - Last month, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order that bans all nonferrous mining in the Boundary Waters area. The order instructs the Department of Natural Resources and the Pollution Control Agency to stop issuing leases an...
Sep 15, 2026

Audit finds documents missing, incomplete for millions in North Dakota fund transactions
(The Bismarck Tribune) - A five-year performance audit of the North Dakota Development Fund found missing or incomplete documentation for more than two dozen loans and equity investments, including millions of dollars worth of transactions requiring ...
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Fargo Man and Grand Forks Woman Facing Felony Drug Distribution Charges
(KNOX/Valley News Live) - A Fargo man and a Grand Forks woman are both facing felony drug distribution charges after a Grand Forks County sheriff's deputy found fentanyl, meth, and a digital scale commonly used to weigh drugs for sale during a traffi...
Sep 15, 2026





