Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner to Step Down
Dec 17 2015 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm is stepping down. Hamm tells The Associated Press he will not seek re-election in 2016. Hamm says he has not decided what he will do in the future. The 44-year-old Republican...
North Dakota Agent Told to Stop Operations
Dec 10 2015 // A Bismarck, N.D, insurance and securities agent has been served a cease and desist order for allegedly accepting money from clients and issuing them fraudulent certificates of deposit. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner...
Wild Weather Closes Highways, Causes Crashes in North Dakota
Nov 20 2015 // Freezing rain and snow passing through North Dakota accompanied by strong winds shut down highways, put school buses in the ditch and led to a triple-fatal crash. The system that began on Nov. 18 was moving out of the...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Dawson Insurance in North Dakota
Nov 4 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Dawson Insurance Agency, a 98-year-old family-owned agency in Fargo, N.D. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1917, Dawson Insurance provides...
North Dakota Roofing Contractor Fined $105K in Worker Safety Probe
Nov 3 2015 // Federal labor officials say a North Dakota roofing contractor has been cited as a result of a worker safety investigation. The U.S. Department of Labor says inspectors found Fargo-based Lorz Construction failed to provide...
North Dakota Lawmakers Criticize Proposed $3B Crop Insurance Cut
Oct 29 2015 // North Dakota’s congressional delegation and others from the state say a proposed $3 billion cut to crop insurance is unacceptable. A two-year budget deal in Congress would reduce federal subsidies to companies that...
15,000 Schools Located Within ‘Blast Zone’ of Oil Trains
Sep 8 2015 // Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary...
BNSF Seeks Delay in Lawsuit over North Dakota Derailment
Aug 26 2015 // A lawyer for BNSF says a civil lawsuit against the railway over a derailment near Casselton, N.D., nearly two years ago should be put on hold until it can be determined whether a broken axel was the cause of the fiery...
Weather Service Confirms Tornado Struck North Dakota City
Jul 31 2015 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that storm damage in Tolna, N.D. was caused by a tornado. The tornado last week was rated an EF-1, with an estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph. It was on the ground for about 4...
North Dakota Officials Want Corps as Part of River Flood Plan
Jul 9 2015 // North Dakota officials are pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to make long-term flood protection for the Souris River Valley a priority. Local and state officials fear that any work they do on a proposed $1 billion...
Workplace Incident in South Dakota Kills North Dakota Man
Jul 8 2015 // A North Dakota man was killed while working at an asphalt production plant in central South Dakota. Sully County Sherriff Bill Stahl told KCCR radio that 66-year-old Jerold Walth of Wishek, North Dakota, was performing...
Feds Want Proceeds from Convicted North Dakota Farmers’ Property Sale
Jun 22 2015 // Prosecutors are asking a judge to allow the government to seize money from an auction sale by two North Dakota brothers who were ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect...
Data Breach ID’d in North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Jun 15 2015 // A state server containing information from North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency was breached, but it’s unlikely any personal information was stolen, state officials announced. Mike Ressler, the...
American National Insurance Fined $275K by North Dakota
Jun 5 2015 // A Texas-based insurance company is facing a $275,000 penalty in North Dakota after regulators probed the company’s claim-settlement practices. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says an investigation...
Economic Report Suggests Slower Growth in Midwest
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1. The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...
Oil Train Derails, Catches Fire in North Dakota
May 7 2015 // A BNSF train carrying crude oil owned by Hess Corp derailed and caught fire in North Dakota on May 6, forcing the evacuation of a nearby small town just days after the United States and Canada announced reforms to improve...
Insurance Department Recovers $4.4M for North Dakotans
Apr 17 2015 // The North Dakota Insurance Department says it helped residents recover or save nearly $4.4 million last year. The department says the money was recovered on behalf of North Dakota residents through its hotline, complaints...
North Dakota Joining Wyoming Lawsuit over Federal Fracking Rules
Apr 1 2015 // North Dakota, whose oil riches have been unlocked by the use of hydraulic fracturing, said it will join Wyoming in a lawsuit challenging a new federal rule requiring more information about the process when it’s used...
Insurance Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence for North Dakota Farmers
Mar 11 2015 // Two North Dakota brothers have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments. In separate hearings, U.S. District...
North Dakota Oil Patch Highway Is State’s Most Dangerous
Mar 9 2015 // The main north-south artery in North Dakota’s oil patch is the most dangerous stretch of road in the state, newly released statistics show. U.S. Highway 85 had the most fatal accidents, injury accidents and property...
