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Large northeastern North Dakota manufacturer shutting down

May 20, 2022 GMT

PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) — One of the largest employers in northeastern North Dakota is closing later this year.

Winnipeg, Manitoba-based New Flyer Industries is shutting down its charter and transit bus manufacturing plant in Pembina, located close to the Canadian border.

Blizzard could leave North Dakotans without power for days

April 25, 2022 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A combination of ugly weather has left at least 19,000 people in western North Dakota facing days without power and thousands of residents along the Red River that separates that state from Minnesota dealing with flash flooding.

Minnesota Guard called up to help in Crookston flood threat

April 25, 2022 GMT

CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — Volunteers and National Guard members in northwestern Minnesota spent two days sandbagging to fortify the city of Crookston from an expected record flood along the Red Lake River.

Feds drop appeal in Sjodin killing, still seek death penalty

By AMY FORLITIMarch 25, 2022 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping their appeal of a judge's decision to overturn the death sentence for a Minnesota man convicted in the 2003 kidnapping and killing of Dru Sjodin, but they said they still intend to seek the death penalty when he is resentenced.

U of M asks lawmakers for $30m for scholarships

March 20, 2022 GMT

University of Minnesota officials are asking legislators to approve $30 million for scholarships for students who attend regional campuses.

Feds to appeal reversal in North Dakota death penalty case

March 6, 2022 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to appeal a ruling that overturned the death sentence for a Minnesota man convicted of kidnapping and killing a University of North Dakota student.

A jury in 2006 convicted Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minnesota, in the killing of 22-year-old Dru Sjodin, of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.

Kansas administrator named president of North Dakota State

By DAVE KOLPACKFebruary 23, 2022 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A University of Kansas administrator was selected Wednesday as president at North Dakota State University.

The state Board of Higher Education unanimously opted for David Cook, the vice chancellor for public affairs and economic development at the Lawrence, Kansas, school.

Finalists named for North Dakota State University president

February 4, 2022 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A search committee has narrowed the field of candidates for North Dakota State University president to three, the state Board of Higher Education said Friday.

The finalists are David Cook, vice chancellor for public affairs on economic development at the University of Kansas; Hesham El-Rewini, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Marymount University; and Mary Holz-Clause, acting executive chancellor at the University of Minnesota in Morris and Crookston.

5 candidates selected to interview for NDSU president’s post

January 18, 2022 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Five candidates have been selected to interview for North Dakota State University president, the state Board of Higher Education announced Tuesday.

The prospects will visit Fargo campus later this month.

Judge: Rodriquez can’t use intellectual disability as factor

January 9, 2022 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says defense attorneys cannot use intellectual disability as a factor in the second death penalty debate for a man convicted in the killing of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin.

Free, reduced tuition program expanded to all UMinn campuses

November 2, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota will offer free or reduced tuition to many Native American students attending its five campuses starting next fall.

The cost waiver program had previously been offered only at the Morris campus, but now will be expanded to all five campuses, to also included Duluth, Rochester, Crookston and the Twin Cities.

New Crookston bishop says sexual abuse victims are priority

October 18, 2021 GMT

CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) — The new bishop of the Crookston diocese said Monday he has learned important lessons about how the Roman Catholic church should respond to abuse by priests.

Bishop Andrew Cozzens replaced Bishop Michael Hoeppner, who resigned earlier this year at the request of Pope Francis after an investigation into whether he covered up sexual abuse in the Crookston diocese.

EXPLAINER: What’s next in Dru Sjodin death penalty case

By DAVE KOLPACKSeptember 24, 2021 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s first and only federal capital punishment case is on hold after a federal judge this month threw out the death sentence given to Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. in 2006 in the death of college student Dru Sjodin.

University of Minnesota mandates COVID-19 vaccinations

August 24, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —

The University of Minnesota will require all students to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

President Joan Gabel and Jakub Tolar, dean of the university medical school, issued a news release Monday hours after the U.S.

UMinn students, staff face vaccination or regular testing

August 14, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota System will join hundreds of colleges nationwide in requiring a COVID-19 vaccination for students and staff at its five campuses.

The mandate approved by the Board of Regents on Friday will take effect once the U.S.

Pope asks US bishop to resign after cover-up investigation

By NICOLE WINFIELDApril 13, 2021 GMT

ROME (AP) — A bishop in Minnesota resigned Tuesday at the request of Pope Francis after he was investigated by the Vatican for allegedly interfering with past investigations into clergy sexual abuse, officials said...

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Police: Alcohol may have contributed to crash that killed 3

January 12, 2021 GMT

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Investigators say alcohol may have played a role in a traffic crash that killed three people and injured two others in Grand Forks last weekend...

Minnesota archbishop opens investigation into fellow bishop

By STEVE KARNOWSKISeptember 11, 2019 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Wednesday that he has opened an investigation — the first known of its kind under a new Vatican protocol — into allegations that a bishop in northwestern Minnesota interfered with investigations into clerical sexual misconduct...

Ballenger, Beller lead Wildcats in sweep over Minnesota Crookston

Staff WriterOctober 8, 2018 GMT

Alyssa Ballenger and Tarrin Beller combined for 25 kills while Wayne State recorded a season-high 11 service aces as the Wildcats swept Minnesota Crookston 25-7, 25-10 and 25-14 in Northern Sun Conference volleyball Saturday afternoon at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.

Elizabeth Reiff -- Plymouth, Minn.

Staff WriterMarch 9, 2017 GMT

Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann (Reck) Reiff passed away on March 3, 2017, at her home in Plymouth, Minn., after a more than two-year struggle with cancer. She was 34.

Betsy was born June 30, 1982, in Fargo, N.D., to the Rev.

Man found dead on golf course; hypothermia suspected

March 31, 2015 GMT

FERTILE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities believe exposure to the chilly weather killed a man whose naked body was found on a golf course near his home in northwestern Minnesota.

Polk County authorities were called to the Sandhill River Golf Course in Fertile about 4:10 p.m.