The city council in Minot, N.D., has approved a plan that could result in the acquisition of more than 270 properties for future flood protection measures. The voluntary program calls for negotiations to begin with willing landowners, with a goal …
A former Minot, N.D. insurance agent has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.2 million in restitution for wire fraud. Alan Henning, 58, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2011, to charges that he diverted premiums for his …
A Grand Forks, N.D., insurance agent who stole thousands of dollars from clients and forged checks in her fiance’s name has been ordered to spend eight months in jail and pay back more than $27,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Lisa Johnston was sentenced …
A former Minot, N.D., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges in federal court. Court documents indicate Alan Henning embezzled nearly $1.2 million between 2005 and 2010 from his employer, West McLean County Mutual Insurance Co. …
Authorities in the city that serves as the hub for North Dakota’s oil activity say vehicle accidents are on the rise. Statistics released by police in Williston show there were nearly twice as many accidents reported in October 2011 as …
Minot, N.D., officials are proposing a flood diversion plan for a river that spilled its banks earlier this year and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The idea announced on Nov. 18 would divert the Souris River through channels at …
Angered by a federal health care law that most of them despise, North Dakota House Republicans defeated legislation to give state officials authority over a health insurance marketing agency that the law requires states to establish. They said endorsing state …
A key provision in the North Dakota Legislature’s disaster aid bill would provide low-interest, unsecured loans of up to $30,000 for homeowners hit especially hard by this year’s flooding, the Bank of North Dakota’s president said on Nov. 8. The …
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has unveiled a $569 million plan to provide disaster aid to flood-stricken areas and to help western North Dakota towns struggling to cope with oil development. Speaking to a joint session of the North Dakota …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has been elected vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Hamm currently serves as secretary-treasurer of the group. He will assume his new duties at the start of the year. The NAIC …
