Dickinson News

Facing pressure to bring in more students as North Dakota's booming oil industry made it tougher to coax new high school graduates into college, Dickinson State University began looking overseas to boost its enrollment.

A dean at Dickinson State University has been found dead. In a press release, authorities have confirmed that they have found the body of Doug LaPlante, who was the dean of the college of education, business and applied science.

Concerns about employee turnover has the City of Minot taking a closer look at how it sets salary and wages.

University presidents in Missouri and California, a Nebraska education administrator and a North Dakota state senator were chosen Thursday as finalists for the job of chancellor of North Dakota's university system.

Kevin Reski thought the "Dirty Jobs" staff from the Discovery Channel TV show had made a mistake when they called to ask him about filming an episode with his tower-building crew.

DICKINSON North Dakota's misdemeanor penalties for extreme animal cruelty aren't in step with the stiffer penalties that most state residents support, say animal welfare advocates.

Rich Wardner of Dickinson is chairman of a committee that's looking into how oil tax revenues are split up.

The ability to manage and share data across departments and consolidate reporting systems are keys to running an efficient bank operation.

Budget cuts to a North Dakota legal agency are significantly impacting services available to some Minot area residents, according to the agency's director.

The NDSU Feedlot School is underway today and tomorrow at the Carrington Research Extension Center in Carrington.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation issued a Travel Alert in parts of southern and eastern North Dakota Sunday morning.

Freezing rain and snow fell Saturday night and Sunday, and left roads coated with ice.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and other officials were on hand for the ceremonies.

Much like the rest of western North Dakota, Dickinson is experiencing unprecedented growth because of the oil boom.

The bus carrying the Hettinger-Scranton boys' team was traveling to Dickinson for a game on Friday went it went off a curve on state Highway 21 and rolled.

The SolarBee, which is powered by solar cells, would float in Franklin's 30-acre reservoir and churn the water to slow algae growth.

School officials say the decline could result in the district getting less federal money for remedial math and reading instruction.