Bismarck News

One man is behind bars in relation to a home invasion and assault in Clay County last week.

BISMARCK, North Dakota - A federal judge has ruled that a North Dakota law that bans abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected is "invalid and unconstitutional."

One locally owned hardware store is literally bursting at the seams and will soon be expanding to a second location.

A patron walks into a bar in Alexander, N.D. on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The Baaken region, which includes northwest North Dakota, is known for its nightlife and drinking scene.

In a story April 11 about the military partnership between the Ghanaian Armed Forces and North Dakota's National Guard, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the name of the Guard's commander on the fourth reference.

BISMARCK North Dakota has reached a preliminary new all-time high of 10,186 producing wells in the oil patch.

In this Oct. 10, 2002 file photo, Edna Schwab walks toward the front door of Lawrence Welk's boyhood home in Strasburg, N.D. The North Dakota State Historical Society is meeting Friday, April 11, 2014, in Bismarck, N.D. to get an update on its purchase of the famous band leader's home.

In this Oct. 10, 2002 file photo, Edna Schwab walks toward the front door of Lawrence Welk's boyhood home in Strasburg, N.D. The North Dakota State Historical Society is meeting Friday, April 11, 2014, in Bismarck, N.D. to get an update on its purchase of the famous band leader's home.

The US Marshal's service says an elderly woman tried to assault a member of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's staff at her Bismarck office Thursday afternoon.

The Army Corps of Engineers says there's plenty of room in upper Missouri River reservoirs to handle spring runoff.

Germaine Keepseagle, 74, of Ft. Yates, N.D., passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Vibra Hospital in Mandan, N.D. Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ft.

Documents filed Tuesday by federal prosecutors indicate the wife of a man suspected of masterminding the December killing of South Hill businessman Doug Carlile is cooperating with investigators.

A judge has refused to dismiss charges against a former Bismarck teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student.

BISMARCK, ND April 7, 2014 / Christian Newswire / -- The coalition North Dakota Choose Life issued the following statement today regarding the recent endorsement of Measure 1 offered by the North Dakota Republican Party.

Largest single day snow event in 114 years REGION - A powerful early spring blizzard shut down most of the Dakotas and a good portion of Minnesota Monday.

This Monday, March 31, 2014 photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office in Fargo, N.D., shows Lin Zhong, a sushi chef who was charged Monday with aggravated assault for stabbing his coworker with a sushi knife during an argument behind the sushi bar at a restaurant in Fargo.

Somewhere, everyday in the USA, 2100+ people use a gun for self defense, to stop a crime or save the lives of themselves or their family.

A spring blizzard swept through the northern U.S. Plains and upper Midwest on Monday causing treacherous driving conditions under heavy snow and strong winds that forced schools and some state offices to close.

As of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, all North Dakota interstates that were closed because of Monday's snowstorm have been re-opened.

Snow plow drivers in the southern valley have started clean-up this Tuesday morning of the early spring snowstorm that has slowed or stopped travel in much of the region.