A South Dakota man indicted in a Nebraska bank theft has been fired from his school job. Thirty-seven-year-old Neil Jensen of Henry had been employed by the Watertown School District as corporate education director at Lake Area Technical Institu

North Dakota is getting about $108,000 as part of a larger $95.5 million settlement with Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc. over the cost of nasal sprays. The Justice Department recently said the subsidiary of drug maker Sanofi-Aventis agreed to pay th

Wells Fargo Financial is eliminating some positions in Sioux Falls. The company isn't disclosing the number, but an employee told KDLT News that more than 100 workers are losing their jobs. Company spokesman Steve Carlson says all of the po

Police say a man is lucky to be alive after plummeting about 35 feet from the roof of the Fargo Civic Center. Authorities say two people were on the roof about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. One climbed down. The other jumped or fell, hitting a guard rai

Visitors to the federal courthouse in Fargo are being encouraged to wash their hands. Battery-powered hand sanitizer dispensers have been placed just inside the doorway. A message on the dispenser says "healthy hands start here." A large pos

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A man faces an attempted murder charge after his 4-week-old daughter was found with severe head injuries. Bail has been set at $10,000 for 35-year-old Steven Klein of Grand Forks, who was arrested earlier this month. Authorities say his dau

A survey of business leaders in North Dakota and eight other states says the region's economy continues to show signs of improvement. A Creighton University economics professor says North Dakota continues to defy the recession with little or no job l