Category Archives: Latest News

Farmers Face Greater Risk With Planting Insurance Option Removed
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota farmers will be without a key federal crop insurance option this year as they prepare for ...
Bill Dubensky Feb 10, 2026

Grand Forks School Board Approves Budget Cuts
(Grand Forks Public Schools image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks School Board approved an over 4 million dollar cut in the budget. The budget cut will take place in in 2026-2027 school year. The cut...
Bill Dubensky Feb 10, 2026

Polk County Sheriff's Office K-9 Dies
(File image) (KNOX) - The Polk County Sheriff's Office said that K-9 Rex passed away. K-9 Rex recently became very ill and was diagnosed with Lyme disease and was in kidney failure. To r...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

State Supreme Court Will Hear Term Limit Case
(North Dakota Monitor photo) (North Dakota Monitor) - The North Dakota Supreme Court has decided to hear a lawsuit over a ballot measure that would change voter-approved legislative term limits...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

Minnesota State Employee Union Opens Investigation Into Recently Departed President
(Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer) (Minnesota Reformer) - Minnesota's largest union of state workers is investigating alleged financial improprieties by its former president Megan Dayto...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

UND's Spring Career Expo Helps Students Explore Careers
(Photo by Joe Banish/UND Today) (By Joe Banish and Adam Kurtz. UND Today) - Several hundred UND students and alumni attended the 2026 Spring Career Expo, taking part in two days of networking, ...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

How North Dakotans Can Make Most of Their Health Coverage
(Adobe Stock via Prairie News Service) (By Mike Moen. Prairie News Service)- Enrollment periods for most health insurance plans have wrapped up and with another coverage year underway, North Da...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

North Dakota Agencies Say Suit Over Political ad Law Should be Dismissed
(Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota state agencies have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a state law that criminalizes lying o...
Bill Dubensky Feb 09, 2026

North Dakota Landowners Prepare For Lithium Extraction
(North Dakota Monitor image) (North Dakota Monitor) - An unwanted byproduct of North Dakota's oil field could be the key to unlocking a new industry in the state within the next few years. An i...
Bill Dubensky Feb 08, 2026

Polk County Sheriff to Retire
(Polk County Sherrif's Office image) (KNOX) - Polk County Sheriff, Jim Tadman said that he will not seek re-election and plans to retire at the end of his current term in January 2027. His reti...
Bill Dubensky Feb 08, 2026