Lakota

LAKOTA — The Lakota farmer whose felony terrorizing conviction was recently tossed out by North Dakota Supreme Court is suing the former Nelson County sheriff’s deputy who arrested him more than three years ago. Rodney Brossart is claiming the deputy used excessive force when...

LAKOTA — A 13-year-old Lakota boy riding a dirt bike died in a crash outside of Lakota Friday afternoon after not yielding at an intersection to another driver, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. An 18-year-old Lawton woman was driving a Ford Edge north on Highway 1...

LAKOTA -- Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke abruptly announced Friday he is resigning immediately to avoid prosecution over a charge he says involves a former romantic relationship outside his marriage. Janke was in charge of the arrest of Lakota farmer Rodney Brossart and several...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Lakota farmer Rodney Brossart, convicted of terrorizing law enforcement as they tried to arrest him in a stolen cattle case, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison, with all but six months suspended during two years of supervised probation. “This...

GRAND FORKS - A jury Thursday night convicted Rodney Brossart, a Lakota, N.D., farmer, of terrorizing the two law enforcement officers who arrested him in 2011, but found him not guilty of stealing the six cattle of his neighbor that were wandering on his land, beginning the unusual...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.

GRAND FORKS (AP) -- A Nelson County farm family that was involved in a prolonged standoff with authorities has hired attorneys and delayed making pleas on an assortment of charges against them. The six Brossart family members, who farm near Lakota in northeastern North Dakota, had...