ND general fund revenue beats forecast by $1.6 billion

BISMARCK – Revenue streaming into North Dakota’s general fund has surpassed the state’s forecast by $1.6 billion with one month left to go in the two-year budget cycle, state Budget Director Pam Sharp reported Tuesday, prompting one lawmaker to ask, “How can we be that far off?”

Fargo man arrested in aggravated assault case; woman says she woke up with noose around neck

FARGO – Fargo police have arrested a Fargo man in connection with an assault that happened about 7 Tuesday morning in the Riviera Heights Mobile Home Park in the 1000 block of Gibraltor Avenue, police said.

Aerial mosquito spraying set tonight across Fargo-Moorhead

FARGO – Mosquito fighting will take to the air tonight across Fargo-Moorhead.

Defense lawyers in teacher's murder case want to move trial

BILLINGS, Mont. — Attorneys for one of two men charged in the killing of Sidney high school teacher Sherry Arnold want his trial moved to Bozeman, saying that potential jurors in eastern Montana were so outraged by the case that they already think he's guilty.

• Michael Spell and Lester Van Waters

Wife of man killed in 2011 Fargo crash organizes walk for memorial, addiction awareness

FARGO - When recovering drug addict James Dean Gress Jr. crashed his car into the Red River here two years ago today – dying two days later in the hospital – family and friends were adamant the 32-year-old had cleaned up his life.

• Sarah Chatelain-Gress

Water line break highlights need for renters insurance

FARGO – Brittany Ledeman said she woke up to a bad situation on June 9. A water line broke two doors down from her Fargo apartment, flooding most of the building’s 15 ground-floor units with several inches of water. She was told she needed to get her belongings off the floor so cleanup could begin, and she temporarily moved in with her brother.

• Roommates Brittany Ledeman and Lacey Frank
• Apartment

West Fargo gives initial OK to some constrictor snakes as pets

WEST FARGO – Pet snakes could soon be slithering their way into more West Fargo homes.

• Should West Fargo allow nonvenomous, constricting snakes as pets?

Police: Postal employee killed in Brooklyn Center

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Police say a postal employee has been struck and killed at a Brooklyn Park post office.

In evaluations, Shirvani criticizes presidents of NDSU, UND, Minot State

With individual evaluations
BISMARCK – North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani has less than one month left in his position, and he’s not going quietly.

• NDUS Chancellor Hamid Shirvani

South Fargo deck fire blamed on smoking materials

FARGO – A fire caused by smoking materials damaged a deck at an apartment building in south Fargo Monday afternoon.

Grand Forks City Council OKs protection for gays

GRAND FORKS – The City Council here approved an amendment to city law Monday that protects city employees from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Fargo bishop-elect to be active in pro-life, educational issues

FARGO – Bishop-elect John Thomas Folda said he will be a leader in the region’s right-to-life movement and in furthering religious education in the Catholic Diocese of Fargo.

• Bishop-elect John Folda

Bank celebrates opening of first Moorhead branch

MOORHEAD – First International Bank & Trust is holding a grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today to mark the opening of its first Moorhead location at 800 30th Ave. S.

VIDEO: Bieber behind wheel as car hits man in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES — Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.

Food trucks and carts return for summer

FARGO - For many area residents, last summer’s increase of mobile food vendors brought a touch of New York City to downtown Fargo. This time around, foodies can expect roughly the same lineup of the trucks and carts that would be more common on the streets of the East Coast than the Midwest.

• Customers visit Taco Bros. food truck
• Lunch break at Romo’s Tacos food truck
• Verdi’s Italian Market truck is downtown

School's out!: Summer break lets local teachers focus on other interests

FARGO - During the summer, Bennett Elementary fourth-grade teacher Kim Belgarde leaves the classroom for camp.

• Kim Belgarde

Parenting Perspectives: ‘Roughing it’ looks different for every family

“How about a dessert menu?” the kind waitress asked. The seven of us were just finishing our dinner at the Douglas Inn Lodge at Itasca State Park.

• Roxane B. Salonen

Twins minor league team involved in fatal Fla. crash

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A bus carrying a minor league team affiliated with the Minnesota Twins was involved in a wrong-way interstate crash in Florida that killed the driver of the other car.

NDSU runner Fitzke breaks 34-year-old record in final collegiate event

Fargo It was the story behind the story, and for all these years, nobody doubted the talent of former North Dakota State runner Mike Bollman. The fact that he was an NCAA Division II cross country champion was probably not a surprise to those who coached him.

• Travis Fitzke