Grand Forks area insurance agent ordered to stop business

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has ordered a Grand Forks area insurance agent to stop doing business in the state.

Peggy Kennedy named president of Minnesota State Community and Technical College

ST. PAUL – The interim tag is coming off Peggy Kennedy’s title as president of Minnesota State Community and Technical College.

Second-oldest Grand Forks church torn down

GRAND FORKS - Thomas “Marty” Martzall stood by with a digital camera Tuesday morning as the oldest wood-framed church in Grand Forks was reduced to rubble. Martzall, 75, who lives just a block from what is known by some as the “Old Church on Walnut Street,” retains plenty of good memories of the building.

• "Marty" Martzall holds burned wood

Little Falls woman sues city over political yard signs

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — A Little Falls woman is suing the city after officials ordered her to remove the political signs in her yard.

Projects engage MN teens in pregnancy prevention

MINNEAPOLIS — Efforts to engage Minnesota teenagers in pregnancy prevention may be paying off.

Manhunt under way for groom of slain bride in Illinois

CHICAGO — A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, still dressed in silver sequins.

• Arnoldo Jimenez

$4 million in renovation work under way at ND Capitol building

BISMARCK — Two renovation projects totaling nearly $4 million are under way at the North Dakota Capitol building in Bismarck.

Judge sentences Maddock man on illegal weapons charges

GRAND FORKS — A federal judge says a North Dakota man must serve more than eight years in prison on illegal weapons charges.

Dickinson gets $300,000 federal grant for low-income housing

BISMARCK — Dickinson has been awarded a $300,000 federal grant to buy land for low-income apartments in the city.

Target's first-quarter profits up 1.2 percent

NEW YORK — Target Corp. reported a 1.2 percent increase in first-quarter profit and raised its earnings forecast for the full year due to strong sales of its food and cheap chic fashions.

Man accused of killing girlfriend seeks to vacate wrongful death ruling

ST. PAUL — A man acquitted of killing his girlfriend is asking a Ramsey County judge to vacate a $6 million civil judgment against him for her wrongful death.

Burning restrictions easing in northern Minnesota

ST. PAUL — As the drought recedes and the landscape greens up, the Department of Natural Resources is lifting burning restrictions in more Minnesota counties.

Teenage driver leaps into back seat while car still moving during Fargo traffic stop

FARGO – Giving new meaning to the term back-seat driver, police say a Fargo teenager being pulled over for running a red light early today jumped from the driver’s seat to the back seat while the car was still moving.

Appliance turn-in event scheduled in Moorhead

MOORHEAD – Moorhead Public Service is holding a spring event that offers utility bill credits to customers for old, working refrigerators, freezers and room air conditioners the week of May 29 to June 1.

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