state news

STRASBURG, N.D. (AP) — Residents of Strasburg will vote next month on whether to renovate part of the school in the south central North Dakota town.

MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) — The parents of four children who live in the southeastern North Dakota town of Mapleton face felony child abuse charges after authorities say they discovered the children living in a wet mobile home covered in dirt and mold.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Minot School District is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of people who vandalized a middle school under construction.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Lt. Gov Drew Wrigley says North Dakota is "at the front of the line" in the unmanned aircraft systems industry and should be designated as a national test site.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Beginning next month, anyone applying to become a resident insurance agent in North Dakota must undergo a criminal background check.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota state senator who pleaded guilty to an alcohol-related driving charge says he was unaware that his passenger possessed marijuana and marijuana pipes.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Drought that devastated crops and pastures in much of the Upper Midwest last year didn't stop the price of farmland from shooting higher, especially in North Dakota.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — New faculty and administrators at the University of North Dakota are on a three-day tour of the state.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Conservation advocates are resurrecting a proposed ballot initiative that would set aside a bigger slice of North Dakota's mushrooming oil revenues for an outdoor heritage fund.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A dispute over contracts for school teachers in Dickinson has landed in court.