One of the men, Rockne Earles, formerly of Oriska, North Dakota, pleaded guilty and was facing prison time for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol riots.

The key for all upland birds is available thermal cover, said Jesse Kolar, upland game management supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Dickinson.

In Manitoba, along the longest undefended border in the world, Canadians push back against Trump’s allegations of an “invasion” of migrants and drugs.

Extreme cold could expose residents of several states to conditions like hypothermia and frostbite over the weekend.

Charges against Anthony Kruger for the 2023 shooting death of Jeremiah Medenwald were dropped, but police say he remains a person of interest in the unsolved case.

The NWS extreme cold warning for Duluth said: "The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes."

The I.G.N.I.T.E. program, now active in 23 counties, offers inmates in Richland and Wilkin counties a path to education and a chance to break the cycle of re-offending.

The National Association of Interpretation recently recognized the effort with The Difficult Topics award for its 2024 Interpretive Media Awards. This recognition highlights the State Historical Society's reinterpretation of the Whitestone Hill state Historic Site near Kulm.

More than 380 high school students from North Dakota and Minnesota are expected to participate in the 40th Annual Honor Band, Choir and Strings Festival this weekend at UND. The students were selected from a pool of more than 900 who auditioned in the fall,

Larry Steinbach was born and raised on a farm near New Rockford, in Eddy County, North Dakota. One of 11 children in the Steinbach family, Larry was a tough kid who loved to play football. At the “old age” of 22, he enrolled in high school at New Rockford, to restart his high school education.

Doug Burgum, Kristi Noem, and Sean Duffy—are among President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Their potential appointments could significantly influence Minnesota and neighboring states.

The plates would have a black background and white letters and numbers, similar to what the State of Minnesota rolled out last year.