Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The...
Study: 580 Concussions in North Dakota Prep Sports Last Year
Aug 29 2012 // A study conducted by the North Dakota High School Activities Association found that there were at least 580 sports-related concussions during the 2011-12 academic year. State lawmakers recommended the study. The Forum...
More Fargo, North Dakota Properties Might Need Flood Insurance
Aug 22 2012 // Several thousand property owners in North Dakota’s largest city could fall under federal flood insurance requirements based on a preliminary new flood plain map for Fargo. About 500 structures are affected by the...
License of Bismarck Insurance Agent Revoked
Aug 3 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of Brent Kitzan, a Bismarck insurance agent. The revocation bars him from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in North Dakota. Kitzan was...
North Dakota Insurance Agent Charged With Stealing from Customer
Jul 20 2012 // A Dickinson, N.D., insurance agent is accused of stealing $30,000 from a customer three years ago to buy gold coins and make a payment on his credit card. Scott Biggs is charged with five felonies. The most serious carries...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Bars Fargo Agency
Jul 19 2012 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner says he’s served a cease-and-desist order on a Fargo-area insurance agent accused of failing to pay taxes and mishandling premium payments. Commissioner Adam Hamm says the...
The Awful Hoeven Levee Bill
Jul 18 2012 // Mid-morning tomorrow, I’ll be attending a meeting in Sen. John Hoeven’s (R-ND) office to debate be educated about the Senator’s bill to exempt his state from requirements that it follow federal laws about...
ND Insurance Agents Banned From Business in State
Jul 6 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has ordered agents in Dickinson and Fargo to stop doing business in the state. Scott Biggs in Dickinson is accused of taking client money for personal use. Robert Medhus...
Computer Problems Mean North Dakota Work Comp Medical Bills Backlog
Jun 19 2012 // Many North Dakota medical providers who treat workplace injuries are having to wait for their bills to be paid. North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says problems with a new computer software system are...
Straight-Line Winds Cause Sail Boat to Crash Into North Dakota Home
Jun 11 2012 // Straight-line wind gusts damaged buildings, uprooted trees and sent a 30-foot sailboat crashing through the window of a home in North Dakota on June 9, the National Weather Service said. The boat hit a home in Granville,...
Minot, North Dakota, Still Recovering a Year after Historic Flood
Jun 8 2012 // For Dan and Cindy Griffith, the stress of dealing with the Souris River flood is worse now than when the raging river forced more than 11,000 people to evacuate the city last summer. Cleaning out their flooded home, trying...
North Dakota Woman’s Sentence for Theft from Insurance Agency Deferred
Jun 7 2012 // A woman who was accused of stealing almost $17,000 from the Devils Lake, N.D., insurance agency where she worked has been given a one-year deferred sentence. Melodi Newgren will have the offense wiped from her record if...
Utah Insurance Agent Barred from Business in North Dakota
May 22 2012 // A Utah insurance agent has been ordered to stop doing business in North Dakota. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says Bart Winterton of Vernal, Utah, operated as an insurance producer without being licensed in North...
North Dakota Agent Accused of Creating Fake Policy Applications
May 18 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm announced he has served a cease and desist order against Tim Everett, a Grand Forks area insurance agent who is alleged to have created fictitious insurance policy applications...
North Dakota Family Files Federal Suit Against Nursing Home
May 7 2012 // The family of a man who resided in a Grand Forks nursing home until he died in January is suing the elder care facility in federal court. The complaint against Valley Homes and Services accuses Valley Eldercare Center of...
North Dakota Fines 2 Insurance Companies
Apr 27 2012 // North Dakota insurance regulators have fined two mutual insurance companies $10,000 each for operating outside their authorized territories. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says his office fined West McLean Farmers...
Minot, North Dakota, Mayor Says More Federal Flood Money Needed
Apr 5 2012 // Federal flood recovery aid is not enough to meet the needs of Minot and Burlington, N.D., as they recover from record Souris River flooding last year, officials in those cities say. “The current level of federal aid...
Hamm Gets North Dakota Republican Backing for Insurance Job
Apr 4 2012 // Republicans are sticking with Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm as their choice for North Dakota’s top insurance regulator. At the North Dakota GOP state convention on March 31, delegates endorsed Hamm for...
Former Democratic Senate Candidate Seeks N.D. Insurance Post
Mar 14 2012 // A former North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says he’s running instead for state insurance commissioner. Tom Potter is a former finance instructor at the University of North Dakota. He now serves as a...
Cost of North Dakota’s Souris River Flood Plan: $820M
Mar 5 2012 // A long-term Souris River flood protection plan in North Dakota could cost $820 million. Engineers have released their 1,500-page proposal to protect areas from Burlington through Minot to Velva, and also Mouse River Park...
