March 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 pastor at a Presbyterian church in …
February 29, 2012
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reported that more than $5.6 million was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2011. This money was recovered by the state insurance regulators on behalf of North Dakotans through the insurance department’s …
February 27, 2012
A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director has asked a federal judge to review his felony conviction for misspending state funds, claiming county prosecutors used false testimony to get it. In a petition filed in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, …
February 27, 2012
Fargo, N.D., police made a record 1,127 drunken driving arrests last year. Police Chief Keith Ternes says the 29 percent increase in DUI arrests over the year has authorities considering changing their message. He says it seems a waste of …
February 17, 2012
The flood outlook for the Red River in eastern North Dakota is focusing on a word that hasn’t been used much by the National Weather Service in recent years: minor. Figures released Thursday show the chances for minor flooding along …
February 9, 2012
The San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network on Thursday announced expansions in three states, North Carolina, Maryland and North Dakota. ISU’s North Carolina additions are: H. B. Cantrell & Co., O’Connor Insurance Agency, Wes Connor Agency, Twin City Insurance Agency and …
February 8, 2012
San Francisco-based ISU Network announced that two new independent insurance agencies in the Midwest have joined the agency group. ISU welcomed ISU Papineau Insurance of Tioga, N.D., and ISU Cherris Insurance Agency of Farmington Hills, Mich. Papineau Insurance’s David Papineau …
February 2, 2012
For 684,000 North Dakotans, there are now 1 million vehicles. North Dakota Transportation Department director Francis Ziegler reports Tuesday the agency registered more than 1 million vehicles last year. It’s an all-time high. The registration number includes all sorts of …
January 30, 2012
The risk of significant flooding in the Red River Valley is down from recent years and even lower than last month’s forecast due to the lack of snow, forecasters said on Jan. 26 — bolstering hopes the region may be …
January 25, 2012
A former Fargo insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in prison and five years on supervised probation for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from three women. Fifty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Neppl was accused of using client money to fund …