Attorney

An attorney was hired to help the city's counsel defend Dickinson in a lawsuit, which officials say is common practice. The suit is regarding approval of annexing 325 acres on the north side of the city in October. More than a dozen businesses and landowners in the annexed area...

Three officers who shot and killed a 55-year-old Belfield man in June acted appropriately, Stark County State's Attorney Tom Henning said Tuesday. The Bureau of Criminal Investigations found Stark County Sheriff's Department Capt.

A former Medora city auditor allegedly paid herself about $10,000 out of city funds over a few years and officials are waiting to see whether or not the Billings County state's attorney will file charges. "We're just frustrated not knowing what's going on," said Mike Oehler, City...

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BISMARCK -- Drew Wrigley, North Dakota's U.S. attorney for nearly eight years and the man responsible for bringing to justice the state's most notorious killer, will announce today his plans for stepping down later this year. The announcement is at 9 a.m. in Wrigley's office. Wrigley...

BISMARCK -- The Senate confirmed Wahpeton attorney Richie Smith for a second term on the state Board of Higher Education on Wednesday despite some senators using the occasion to bash the board and the University System. Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, voted to confirm but "with...

A Texas man charged with murder in connection to a Dunn County shooting will be transported from Alabama by next week, Dunn County State's Attorney Ross Sundeen said Friday. Shane Patrick Miller, 39, was arrested April 11 in Gulf Shores, Ala., in connection with the shooting of Neal...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said on Friday that Eric Holder has learned from history and will let neither fear nor ideology cloud his judgment as attorney general. "These are mistakes he will not repeat.

DICKINSON - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has found the Stark County Commission in violation of the state's open meetings law as a result of a Dec. 14, 2007, luncheon hosted by Great Northern Power Development LP at the Dickinson Days Inn-Grand Dakota Lodge. As a...

GRAND FORKS -- A January vote by NCAA members gives increased authority to the group that enacted the association's 2005 Indian nickname ban to implement similar policies in the future. Or, maybe the Jan. 12 amendment to the NCAA constitution just clarifies an authority the NCAA...