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FARGO, N.D. a ' An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill a North Dakota dentist has waived extradition and will be returned to North Dakota to face a charge of conspiracy to commit murder.

FARGO, N.D. - Fargo police said a man ran over a light pole and punched a police officer in the mouth when the officer tried to arrest him.

The state Board of Higher Education has named a Fargo bank executive to lead a committee searching for the next president at North Dakota State University.

The attorney for Roy Gattuso and his wife say they have been granted temporary emergency custody of Kennedy Gattuso.

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A former social services director has been picked for a Democratic seat in the North Dakota House.

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A store clerk was injured in a strong-armed robbery at a convenience store early Sunday morning.

FARGO, N.D. a ' Court records show that authorities in Oklahoma recovered an apparent bloody hammer from the stolen Porsche of a North Dakota dentist authorities believe was killed in a murder-for-hire scheme.

A group studying permanent flood protection for the Fargo-Moorhead area has narrowed its choices to three possible diversion projects along the Red River.

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High-tech mapping technology used to help Fargo-Moorhead residents fight flooding now is available to the entire Red River Valley.

Three North Dakota men who were stationed with the military in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co.

A group of NDSU students is pushing a pledge on drivers not to text and drive after a recent survey of students said 76 percent of them admit to doing just that.

Two men are in jail after allegedly duct taping a man to a chair, beating and robbing him in his home.

A mid-day sewage backup sends polluted water spewing into people's homes. It happened around 11:30 this morning when engineers were testing a sewer line leading to Fargo's wastewater treatment plant.

The man accused of killing a dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme is jailed tonight on one million dollars' bail.

The Oklahoma man accused of murdering for hire a Fargo dentist, is in Cass County custody.

Charges have been filed in North Dakota against an Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill his former son-in-law. Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., is charged in Cass County with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit burglary.