Rhame News

A North Dakota grain elevator was stiffing farmers on grain purchases long before it went broke, and its bonding company should have to pay double its declared coverage as a result, an attorney says.

Sarah Vogel asked the North Dakota Supreme Court on Monday to rule that Hartford Fire Insurance Co. be required to pay $200,000 to cover its bond obligations for Minnesota Grain Inc.'s elevator in Rhame, in southwestern North Dakota.

The elevator was declared insolvent in April 2007 after it could not meet a Bowman farmer's demand that he be paid for grain he had sold to the business. Minnesota Grain operated grain facilities in Rhame and East Grand Forks, Minn.

“We've got a couple people working on removing the rock from the fossilized skin”

By ELOSIE OGDEN, Regional Editor, eogden@minotdailynews.com Fossil digs BISMARCK - " Slots are still available for people to take part in fossil digs offered through the North Dakota Geological Survey ... via Minot Daily News

Larry Joseph Lecoe, 61, of Marmath was killed in a one-vehicle rollover Wednesday, three miles west of Rhame, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. via Williston Daily Herald

The Highway Patrol says a man has died in a pickup rollover on a slippery road west of Rhame. via KMOT-TV Minot

“I don't think anybody would argue that the system is getting full”

North Dakota wants to be the nation's electricity superstore, but it's having trouble finding a convenient location on the highway. via BismarckTribune

Mildred Jenny Riggs, 93, of Spearfish, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 at her home. via The Black Hills Pioneer