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Four employees who recently left their positions at a Dickinson safety company have filed wage grievances with the North Dakota Department of Labor. The wage claims were finalized with the DOL Friday. The parties at odds have the opportunity to work out a settlement before further...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation's overexposure to the world financial crisis. Iceland's three McDonald's restaurants -- all in the capital Reykjavik -- will close next weekend, as the...

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol says three men hijacked a truck hauling energy-efficient light bulbs and left the driver tied up on the side of the road. CHP Officer Joe Zizi says the hijacking happened early Wednesday in Whittier, about 25 miles southeast...

SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) -- Lee Shehow had a whopper of a fish tale. Shehow, of New Richmond, claimed to have won Saturday's ice fishing contest on Bass Lake in Somerset after pulling up a northern pike weighing 2.42 pounds. TV cameras were rolling when he was asked what he would do...

All of southwestern North Dakota should send a sincere message of gratitude and thanks to our state's congressional delegation as it continues to work diligently in search of workable solutions to the serious health care challenges in our region, and the state as a whole. Sen. Kent...

BISMARCK -- The North Dakota Public Service Commission will not put its proceedings on the proposed Big Stone II power plant on hold, it decided Friday. Opponents from Plains Justice, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, asked the PSC to suspend the North Dakota process known as...

GRAND FORKS -- U.S. Senate and House negotiators reached a tentative agreement on funding sources for the 2008 farm bill late Friday, which could soon send the five-year bill to President Bush. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said the $280 billion bill enjoyed "enthusiastic bipartisan...

FARGO -- Another round of April snow that socked areas south and east of Fargo-Moorhead on Friday is not expected to cause significant flooding when it melts and runs off into the Red River and its tributaries, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Fairmount, about 60 miles...