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Heisler accepts plea deal for months-old auto collision
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. –Denton Heisler, the current director of Lake Region District Health (LRDH), has accepted a plea deal regarding his criminal charges in connection with an auto collision in November of last year.
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Armstrong directs flags at half-staff in remembrance of country music icon Dolly Parton
BISMARCK, N.D. – On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Gov. Kelly Armstrong has directed all U.S. and North Dakota flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset Tuesday, Sept. 1, and encourages North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, as a mark of respect for the memory of…
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School districts struggle to pass bond measures
For school principals in ever older buildings across North Dakota, each semester brings a whack-a-mole of decision making.
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Attendees of Aug. 15 Medora Musical ‘READ’ all about it
On Saturday, Aug. 15 the North Dakota Newspaper Association (NDNA) teamed up with the organizers of the Medora Musical, who were featuring a skit on newspapers, to place 2,000 newspapers beneath the seats of audience members in attendance. Before the show, after receiving a little information about NDNA’s READ Local…
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Bills for kratom regulation, synthetic ban advance to North Dakota special session
(Aug. 17, 2026) – North Dakota lawmakers on Monday advanced two complementary proposals to regulate kratom and ban synthetic substances.
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Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation law banning prediction markets is halted in federal court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP, July 28, 2026) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation law banning prediction markets just days before it was to take effect, the latest clash between President Donald Trump’s administration and states over who regulates operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Mark Cruz to lead Indian Health Service amid staffing and infrastructure challenges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP, Aug. 7, 2026) — The U.S. Senate voted Friday to confirm Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to lead the federal agency that provides healthcare for some 2.8 million Native American and Alaska Native patients.
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Kunkel ordered released on bond, later taken into ICE custody
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – At a hearing held via Zoom on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 12, presiding District Judge Theodore Sandberg ordered that Werner Kunkel be released on $25,000 personal recognizance bond to reside in Devils Lake with electronic monitoring while Kunkel awaits the ruling of an appeal from…
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Annual fishing summer camp for youths returns to Creel Bay
DEVILS LAKE (Aug. 4, 2026) – On a pleasant Tuesday afternoon in August, kids and adult volunteers once more congregated at the lake to experience the joy and thrill of catching a fish.
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Recap of Tuesday, Aug. 4 Ramsey County Meeting
At the Tuesday, Aug. 4, 8 a.m. meeting of the Ramsey County Commission following the Call to Order, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of meeting minutes (2), Approved Payment of all Bills (by roll call vote), and Approved Treasurer’s Checks (by roll call vote) and they Approved of the Agenda.