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Ethics Commission Investigating Complaint Against North Dakota-Funded Filmmaker
(North Dakota Monitor) -The North Dakota Ethics Commission is investigating whether a Bismarck filmmaker broke lobbying rules before securing grant money from the North Dakota Department of Com...
Bill Dubensky Aug 22, 2024

North Dakota Wants Immigrants to Boost Labor Force
Katie Rolston Howe, director of workforce development for the North Dakota Department of Commerce. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -North Dakota w...
Bill Dubensky Aug 22, 2024

Grand Forks Growth Fund Committee Approves Loans
(KNOX) -The Grand Forks Growth Fund Committee approved loans for Red River Potatoes. Jack Wiegand of Red River Potatoes said that the funds will help the company increase their potato processing and a...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024

Woodland Resort on Devils Lake breaks ground for new events center
(KNOX) - Woodland Resort, a family-owned business located on the shores of Devils Lake, broke ground today on a new events center made possible by a matching grant from the Governor's Office and the N...
Jim Johnson Aug 21, 2024

Share the road with farm equipment during harvest
(KNOX) - Vision Zero is urging motorists to use extra caution while traveling the state's roadways this time of year as farmers and ranchers are out working their fields and transporting goods. Farm a...
Jim Johnson Aug 21, 2024

Collapsed Rail Bridge gets First of 2 Controlled Blasts
AP photo. All contents copyright 2024 Associated Press. All rights reserved. (AP) - Half of a collapsed rail bridge connecting South Dakota and Iowa was blasted in a controlled demolition, part...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024

Minnesota Will Spend $10 Million to Train Special Education Workforce
(KNOX) - Minnesota will spend $10 million to support the state's special education workforce. The Education Pipeline grants awarded by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) will support a...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024

Vance and Walz Are Still Relatively Unknown
(AP) - Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than the ...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024

South Dakota Supreme Court Denies bid to Exclude Ballots Rejected From June Election
(AP Photo/Jack Dura, File) (AP) - The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to exclude more than 100 absentee ballots that had initially been rejected but were later counted in the state's...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024

Judge Rules Agridime Acted as a Ponzi Scheme
(North Dakota Monitor) -A judge has confirmed that Agridime, the Texas-based beef marketing firm that owes millions of dollars to investors in North Dakota and elsewhere, was operating as a Pon...
Bill Dubensky Aug 21, 2024