Woman Arrested for Stealing Vehicle, DUI
FARGO, N.D. – A Bismarck woman has been arrested for stealing a vehicle in Grand Forks. Police say just after 2 p.m. on Friday, Grand Forks police were called to the Valley Dairy on 1st Ave. South for the theft of a motor vehicle. Witnesses…
21-year-old man killed after being struck by train in downtown Bismarck
BISMARCK, N.D. – Bismarck Police Department said a 21-year-old man was struck and killed by a BNSF Railway train around midnight Sunday. Police said surveillance video appears to show the man might have been walking from a nearby restaurant on 5th Street and Main Avenue…
North Dakota Legislature’s veto override is a threat to public safety
N.D. – The decision of the North Dakota legislature to pass HB 1323 forbidding the governor and the state health officer from ever issuing a statewide mask mandate in the event of a respiratory transmission pandemic is incredulous. It appears this happened to punish the governor,…
Treehouse re-opens at North Dakota Heritage Center and Museum
BISMARCK, N.D. – The children’s Treehouse at the North Dakota Heritage Center and Museum has re-opened for the first time in more than a year. Staff are cleaning the area periodically throughout the day, and masks are strongly recommended but not required. “We decided that…
Mobile home residents group undeterred after North Dakota tenant rights bill gets watered down
N.D. — Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Travis Laube was settled comfortably in his mobile home at Brookwood Estates in West Fargo. In his spare time away from his repair shop, Laube worked hard with the North Dakota Manufactured Home Owners Association toward the goal…
Where would the oil go if DAPL stopped operating
BISMARCK, N.D. – With an appeals court denying Dakota Access a rehearing on their permit and a decision nearing from Judge James Boasberg on whether the pipeline can keep operating during an environmental review, what would happen to the 570,000 barrels of crude oil that…
North Dakota counties earn high grades for low air pollution levels
BISMARCK, N.D. — Several North Dakota counties have ranked among the cleanest in the nation when it comes to the prevalence of harmful air pollution, according to a new American Lung Association report released in April. Each year, the American Lung Association releases a “report card”…
Sunday: 3.2% rate; 34 positive; no new deaths
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota confirmed a positive rate of 3.2% Sunday. 34 tests were positive out of 1,382. There were no new deaths (1,486 total). 40 are currently hospitalized due to COVID with 9 ICU beds occupied. 991 cases remain active. 46.6% of North…
