Latest North Dakota Headlines
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Red River Floods Fields, but U.S. Farmers Ready
Apr 12 2011 // Record flooding in parts of the U.S. Red River Valley has slowed grain movement, but lake-like fields are nothing new to farmers who battle flooding on some scale each spring, industry officials said. The Red River, which...
Red River Begins Slow Decline in Fargo Area
Apr 11 2011 // The Red River Sunday had started a gradual decline in the Fargo-Moorhead area after reaching a preliminary crest at the fourth-highest level on record with rain storms coming in lighter than expected. “This rain will...
North Dakota Man Sues Federal Government for Sidewalk Spill
Apr 4 2011 // A North Dakota man who says he slipped and fell on ice outside a post office in Wilton is suing the government for half a million dollars. Paul Patrick says the post office was negligent for not maintaining the sidewalk....
North Dakota Flood Helpline Now Operating
Apr 1 2011 // Fargo officials have yet to deliver sandbags to residents along the Red River, but the North Dakota city’s flood hotline is up and running. The service is managed by the city’s library and meant for people who...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Says Fraud Referrals Are Up
Mar 21 2011 // The North Dakota Insurance Department says fraud referrals have been doubling since 2008. The Jamestown Sun reports that the 94 referrals in 2010 totaled more than $1 million in suspicious claims. North Dakota Insurance...
North Dakota Flood Insurance Policies Down Slightly
Mar 17 2011 // The number of flood insurance policies issued to North Dakota residents so far this year is down slightly from last year, despite predictions of high water and an emergency declaration request for about one-third of the...
Midwest Prepares for Massive Spring Flooding
Mar 7 2011 // One of the snowiest winters on record for the Midwest and northern U.S. Plains have crop watchers worried about a repeat of the massive flooding that hit one of the world’s top grain producing regions in...
North Dakota Insurance Department Recovers $5.5M for Consumers in 2010
Feb 25 2011 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reported that the North Dakota Insurance Department helped recover or save more than $5.5 million for North Dakota citizens in 2010. This number represents money recovered on...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Contesting Felony Conviction
Feb 24 2011 // North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director is asking the state Supreme Court for the second time to throw out his felony conviction for misspending public funds. Sandy Blunt’s attorney told the...
No Workers’ Comp for Emergency Worker Mental Stress in North Dakota
Feb 21 2011 // A proposal to give workers’ compensation insurance coverage to emergency workers for mental stress has been defeated in the North Dakota House. North Dakota’s workers’ compensation law normally...
Major Flooding Expected in North Central U.S.
Feb 18 2011 // A large swath of the country is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring, from northeastern Montana through western Wisconsin following the Mississippi River south to St. Louis, National Weather Service flood...
Spring Flooding Could Swell North Dakota Lake by 50 Square Miles
Feb 11 2011 // The cost of flood control in North Dakota’s Devils Lake region has surpassed $1 billion, but the worst could be yet to come this spring if forecast predictions of rises in the lake’s level prove accurate,...
Declarations
Feb 10 2011 // Hot Items “Thieves can steal these converters in less than a minute. …They also do a lot of damage to the car when they do steal it. Taking a few precautionary measures may deter thieves from attempting to...
Accidents Shine Spotlight on Grain Elevators
Feb 9 2011 // Recent high-profile accident cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association annual meeting in Fargo talked about a range of financial perils elevators must...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Coverage Refused for Mental Stress
Feb 8 2011 // A proposal to give workers’ compensation insurance coverage to emergency workers for mental stress has been defeated in the North Dakota House. North Dakota’s workers’ compensation law normally...
Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
North Dakota Residents Urged to Prepare for Red River Floods
Jan 26 2011 // Fargo officials told residents this week that they need to start preparing soon for what’s expected to be a third straight year of major spring flooding along the Red River. ‘I don’t think anybody is...
North Dakota Brothers Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 14 2011 // Two brothers accused of causing more than three dozen car crashes in Fargo, N.D., over two years in an insurance fraud scheme will be jailed for 30 days. The Forum newspaper reports that 44-year-old Sead Mustafic and...
ND, SD Auto Insurance Premiums Among Lowest
Jan 6 2011 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says auto insurance premiums paid by drivers in the Dakotas remain among the lowest in the nation. Hamm cites a new report issued by the National Association of Insurance...
North Dakota Pushes for Graduated Driver’s License Law
Dec 22 2010 // Several North Dakota agencies have joined forces to support a bill aimed at reducing teen traffic accidents and deaths. The North Dakota Department of Insurance, North Dakota Coalition for Graduated Drivers Licensing,...
