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Panel to narrow search for new N.D. chancellor from 16 applicants

January 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The applicants include a former Indiana higher education commissioner, a former vice chancellor at the University of Tennessee, a former Kansas university president and a North Dakota state senator. Continue Reading

Dalrymple: Spirit Lake lawsuit won’t affect special session outcome

November 2, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The filing of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA Tuesday by the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe isn’t likely to alter what happens with regard to the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname at the Legislature, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said today. Continue Reading

UND grad school dean takes new job

May 31, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The dean of UND’s graduate school, Joseph N. Benoit, will be the new president of Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D., the college said Tuesday.
He starts his new job July 1. Continue Reading

House nears vote to repeal health care law

January 19, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Eager to honor their campaign pledge, Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation’s year-old health care law toward House passage today despite implacable opposition in the Senate and a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Continue Reading

Paul LaDue forgoes senior season to play in NAHL

December 6, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald

Paul LaDue, a former Grand Forks Central star hockey player, won a state title with the Knights as a junior last season. With nothing left to accomplish at the high school level, LaDue and high school teammate, Casey Purpur, both decided to join the North American Hockey League (NAHL) with the Blizzard. Continue Reading

Land deal completed to keep Totogatic wild

August 9, 2010 in Duluth News Tribune

A land purchase and transfer that will keep 2,100 acres along 12 miles of Northwestern Wisconsin’s Totogatic River wild and undeveloped has been completed. Continue Reading

Underage sex is a crime under Wisconsin law

August 9, 2010 in Pierce County Herald

A young person’s fancy might turn to thoughts of love in the spring, but Pierce County social workers are concerned about what kids are doing with free time in the summer. Continue Reading

Tim Johnson hospitalized in Sioux Falls

August 9, 2010 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was admitted to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls on Sunday with a possible reaction to an antibiotic with a fever.
Johnson is stable and doing well, according to his staff, which released the information Monday afternoon. Doctors will keep him in for observation, according to the news release. Continue Reading

Muslim groups ask Pawlenty to withdraw mosque comments, calling them ‘unpatriotic’

August 9, 2010 in West Central Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS Several Muslim groups are asking Gov. Tim Pawlenty to withdraw comments opposing the building of a mosque near ground zero. Continue Reading

One of two Arizona prison escapees captured near Yellowstone

August 9, 2010 in West Central Tribune

Update 2 p.m.
PHOENIX Federal agents today captured one of two inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison in Wyoming, and were still searching for the other fugitive and a suspected accomplice.
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