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Billings Public Charter School Partners with Minnesota College to Make College Easier
Erwin Garcia, the superintendent of Billings Public Schools, speaks to an audience at the Billings Opportunity School to announce a partnership with Concordia College on Oct. 16, 2024 (Photo by Darrel...
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Oct 20, 2024

Public Service Commission Race has Grid-Focused Incumbent Challenged by a Water Protector
Public Service commissioner candidates Randy Christmann, left, Republican, and Tracey Wilkie, Democratic-NPL Party candidate. (Contributed via the North Dakota Monitor) (Darrell Ehrlick - North...
Darrell Ehrlick/North Dakota Monitor Oct 20, 2024

Baesler extends deadline for North Dakota Higher Ed applicants
(KNOX) - State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said Friday an application deadline for two openings on the North Dakota Board of Higher Education has been moved to 5 p.m. Central time on Tuesday...
Jim Johnson Oct 18, 2024

Company proposing jet fuel plant in South Dakota receives $1.46 billion federal endorsement
(John Hult - North Dakota Monitor) - The U.S. Department of Energy has granted a conditional loan guarantee worth $1.46 billion to Gevo, the Colorado company that aims to build the nation's first etha...
John Hult/North Dakota Monitor Oct 18, 2024

High-risk sex offender living in Grand Forks
(KNOX) - The Grand Forks Police Department, in accordance with North Dakota State Law, is notifying the City of Grand Forks and the surrounding area of the presence of a Level III (High Risk) Sex Offe...
Jim Johnson Oct 18, 2024

North Dakota Not the Only State Where Property Taxes Are on the Ballot
(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File) (AP) - For Georgians unhappy about rising property tax bills, lawmakers say they have a solution - a limit on how much of a home's increasing value can be t...
Bill Dubensky Oct 18, 2024

ACLU Representing Fargo Woman Charged in Bong Water Case
(Christopher Ingraham - North Dakota Monitor) -The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is providing legal representation to Jessica Beske, a Fargo woman facing decades in prison and a p...
Christopher Ingraham - North Dakota Monitor Oct 18, 2024

Lanes of North Washington Street in Grand Forks to be Closed
(KNOX) -The inside lanes on North Washington St. northbound and southbound will be closed from Demers Ave. to 1st Ave. North in Grand Forks starting on Monday, October 21st. The lane closures a...
Bill Dubensky Oct 18, 2024

Hammer Ranks Farm Bill as Top Priority if Elected to U.S. House
Democratic-NPL U.S. House candidate Trygve Hammer speaks with voters during an event at the North Dakota Kennedy Center in Bismarck on July 30, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (...
Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor Oct 18, 2024

Prosecutor Argues for Holmberg to Report to Jail While Awaiting Sentencing
Former state Sen. Ray Holmberg arrives at the Quentin N. Burdick U.S. courthouse in Fargo for a plea hearing in North Dakota U.S. District Court on Aug. 8, 2024. (Dan Koeck/For the North Dakota Monito...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Oct 18, 2024