Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too much moisture. Some farmers are …
The airport in the western North Dakota town of Killdeer is being cleaned up after a storm destroyed a hangar and damaged three airplanes. Storms that moved through the region Monday night ripped apart the hangar and flipped the Cessna …
Western North Dakota has already had three tornadoes in June, and a meteorologist warns that severe weather might be the norm this summer. Patrick Ayd of the National Weather Service tells the Forum News Service that last week’s tornado touchdowns …
North Dakota’s congressional delegation is urging President Barack Obama to approve Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s request for a disaster declaration for 16 counties and the Spirit Lake Reservation. Dalrymple made the request last week. If approved, the disaster declaration would make …
Heavy rains that have been falling since late last week have led to flooding in North Dakota that has forced some residents from their homes and threatened a dam. Water from a creek and water that is moving overland flooded …
Although spring flooding in North Dakota wasn’t as bad advertised in some areas, officials who are totaling the damages say the costs are piling up. The question is whether the final figure will impress the federal government. Federal, state and …
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dipped for the second consecutive month in April, but the survey’s organizer said the index indicates slow growth for the region in the coming three to six months. The …
A Red River flood that a week ago was predicted to challenge the record is now unlikely to reach the 100,000-plus sandbags and the miles of clay levees built for defense, Fargo, N.D., officials said on April 29. The National …
Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he will sign legislation aimed at strengthening penalties for drunken driving in North Dakota. The Legislature endorsed the bill that increases fines and other penalties. The new law will require jail time or community service work …
Fargo, N.D., officials made one last call for sandbaggers on April 27 to help residents in a southwest Fargo neighborhood that’s a mile away from the rising Red River but needs protection from a nearby coulee. The final preparations came …
