North Dakota

NEW YORK -- The massive heat wave that baked half the country in triple digit heat indexes last week may have caused as many as 64 deaths in 15 states, the National Weather Service said late on Tuesday. Forecasters said the area still suffering from...

 PIERRE — A legislative wind energy task force wants to hear from companies operating projects within the state about what developers in the state prefer.  Wednesday, the special task force studying South Dakota’s competitiveness in wind...

 MOHALL, N.D. (AP) — A Texas company says an underground saltwater pipeline ruptured in northwest North Dakota and flooded about 40 acres of farmland and wetlands.    Frisco-based Petro Harvester Operating Co. tells the Minot Daily News that the...

BAILEY, Colo.- Mason Farber of Britton has been elected to serve on the National Farmers Union's (NFU) National Youth Advisory Council (NYAC). Farber, 18, was elected to the NYAC by his peers during the organization's annual All-States Leadership Camp...

Heat, humidity and windless days are bad news for cattle. Actually, high heat and humidity are not good for most living things. A new record was set in North Dakota for the low minimum daily temperature when the thermometer failed to fall below 70...

YANKTON (AP) - A few weeks ago, area farmers were worried about getting enough heat for their crops to develop. With recent high temperatures, that is no longer an issue. "The heat has definitely helped the growth," said Connie Strunk, agronomy...

 The new $22 million Wheat Growers grain facility west of Roscoe on Thursday will increase speed, efficiency and the amount of money in producers' pockets, farmers touring the facility said.  The new facility has an emphasis on speed, said Steve Briggs,...

  MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. will decide Saturday whether to accept what management calls its final offer or risk a lockout at the company’s five sugar beet processing plants.    The offer given to union...

 RICHARDTON, N.D.  (AP) — A Roman Catholic monastery in western North Dakota is ending a century-old practice of raising cattle because of a lack of monks with cowboy skills.    The Assumption Abbey in Richardton intends to sell its herd of about...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Results from a July survey of business conditions in nine Midwestern and Plains states suggest a slowdown in growth. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss says uncertainty about the national economy is among the...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's ban on texting while driving takes effect Monday. More than 30 states so far have approved laws against motorists sending text messages when they're behind the wheel. Until now in North Dakota, only Bismarck...

Washington -- The U.S. House on Monday passed the debt-ceiling deal worked out by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, sending it to the Senate for consideration a day before the deadline for the government to face possible default. Senate...