North Dakota News

Computer Problems Mean North Dakota Work Comp Medical Bills Backlog

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 causing a payment backlog. It was more …

Straight-Line Winds Cause Sail Boat to Crash Into North Dakota Home

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, where residents have …

Minot, North Dakota, Still Recovering a Year after Historic Flood

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 to …

North Dakota Woman’s Sentence for Theft from Insurance Agency Deferred

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 she doesn’t get …

Utah Insurance Agent Barred from Business in North Dakota

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 Dakota. Hamm’s cease-and-desist order bars …

North Dakota Agent Accused of Creating Fake Policy Applications

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 and to have been paid commissions …

North Dakota Fines 2 Insurance Companies

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 Mutual Insurance Co. of Minot and Cando-based Family Mutual Insurance …

Hamm Gets North Dakota Republican Backing for Insurance Job

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 re-election. He had no opposition. Hamm is a lawyer …

White House Approves Fargo-Area Diversion Project

North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad says the White House has approved the plan for a Red River diversion project around Fargo and Moorhead, Minn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed the flood control project, which is currently estimated to …

Souris River Flood Damage Pegged at Nearly $700M

Souris River flooding last summer caused more than $690 million in damage in the northern North Dakota counties of Ward and McHenry. The Army Corps of Engineers says most of the damage was in Minot, where more than 4,000 homes …