BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota House of Representatives voted down a bill Wednesday that would have mandated the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school cafeteria ...

It's been three years since a Chinese company's plan to develop a swath of farmland near a North Dakota Air Force base ...

The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Brian Pease was in his element as he stood at the front of the Grand Army of the Republic Hall and led a Civil War Roundtable discussion in August. It wasn’t just because his presentation ...

In 2024, the median first-time homebuyer was 38 years old, up from age 35 the prior year, according to the National ...

The project will grow Minnkota Power’s wind energy capacity, said CEO Mac McLennan. The Grand Forks-based company will be purchasing the energy generated by the Flickertail project. At present, ...

In the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic ... as "a Dakota name for the lake that has been passed down in oral history for many years." The board voted to change the ...

The Gulf of Mexico is now officially the Gulf of America in the U.S. It is far from the first time a landform or town has changed names.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

The Board on Geographic Names could change the name to Gulf of America on official U.S. maps, but there is no international board in charge of place names. Each country decides what to call places.

South Dakota has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature. South Dakota has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party ...