SETTLEMENT
THE FLENSBURGER FILES New Trier, Minnesota
Coming back to the tourism scene and the coverage on German-named towns in Minnesota, we will take a look at the next town on tour, which is located near Hastings and Faribault. Albeit a really smal...
Posted on 2/24/11 at 7:27 PM
THE DULLUM FILE Deadline passes for Indian settlement 
Friday was the deadline for American Indians to apply for their share of the second installment of the Cobell settlement with the federal government, a $3.4 billion redress of faulty U.S. handling of Indian lands and money over many years.
By Chuck Haga , March 01, 2013
David Murphy, Grand Forks, letter: ‘Delegation’ let NCAA flout agreement
The NCAA goes beyond the agreement; the association doesn’t honor the agreement; but UND has to — and the “delegation” acquiesces?
By David Murphy , August 17, 2011
AROUND MINNESOTA: Abduction suspect had child porn ... Claw machines boast live lobsters ... Wounded cop out of surgery ... more
Investigators said a man charged with sexually assaulting and kidnapping an 8-year-old girl from a St. Paul laundromat had images of child pornography strewn about his Spring Lake Park home.
By Associated Press , May 06, 2011
Lawyers for Indian claims settlement want to double fees
Lawyers representing America Indians helped win a record $3.4 billion settlement with the federal government.
Now, they want a judge to double their fees.
By Matthew Daly , February 25, 2011
Elouise Cobell, Browning, Mont., letter: Senators should OK Indian Trust settlement
With Congress back in session, North Dakota Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad once again will have the chance to help some of their state’s most deserving citizens.
By Elouise Cobell , September 15, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Limit on group homes? ... County raises weed fee ... Cowboy hall honored ... more
Fargo’s planning commission is considering a zoning change that would ban group homes for sex offenders within 1,250 feet of a school or park.
By Associated Press , September 10, 2010
$3.4 billion Indian land trust settlement stuck in U.S. Senate filibuster
Caught in the Senate filibuster of a bill to extend unemployment payments is a $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians over claims that the Interior Department mismanaged their land trust accounts.
By Matt Volz , June 26, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: Contractor, state settle bridge collapse suit ... Crash Toyota to be checked ... Ex-cop admits bank robbery ... more
Contractor URS Corp. and the state of Minnesota reached a $5 million settlement Friday in the state’s lawsuit over the 2007 downtown Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others.
By Forum Communications/Associated Press , March 20, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: Charges for pot bales ... Wiretap lawsuit settled ... Charges in fatal shooting ... more
Two Texas residents were charged here this week in connection with transporting 62 pounds of marijuana through Carlton County, Minn.
By Forum Communications/Associated Press , January 15, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: Woman allegedly yanks man's genitals ... Police seek assault suspect ... No false rape report charges ... more
Authorities in Winona, Minn., are considering whether to charge a woman accused of grabbing a man by the genitals and yanking hard enough for him to need stitches.
By Herald Wire Reports , December 25, 2009
Federal judge approves class-action settlement in Medicaid case
A federal judge has paved the way for a class-action settlement with the North Dakota Department of Human Services that would allow Medicaid recipients to receive partial reimbursement from the state for personal injury claims.
By Dave Kolpack , December 24, 2009
Lawyers, N.D. fight over Fargo traffic fine overpayment claims registry
Lawyers who won a class-action lawsuit over excessive traffic fines in the city of Fargo are preparing for a new challenge. The state wants the updated information for about 14,000 people who have filed valid claims for reimbursement, to find out if any of them are behind in child support payments. La
By Dave Kolpack , December 13, 2009
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Suspect waives extradition ... Drowned students didn't trespass ... Woman charged in bank heist ... more
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill a North Dakota dentist has waived extradition and will be returned to North Dakota to face a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Gene Kirkpatrick, 63, Jones, Okla., is accused of paying Michael Nakvinda, 41, $3,000 to kill Philip Gattuso, who was Kirkpatrick’s son-in-law. Nakvinda is charged with murder.
By Forum Communications/Associated Press , November 21, 2009
USDA aims to resolve Indian farmers' claims
The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades. The lawsuit, filed in 1999, contends Indian farmers and ranchers lost about $500 million during the past three decades because of discrimination in lending from the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency.
By Ken Thomas , November 08, 2009
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS: Accident victim IDs ... Grant fights drinking ... Carrington needs ambulance ... more
The Highway Patrol has identified the two women killed in a head-on crash west of New Town. Authorities said Trivian Rush, 25, Minot and Vikilynn Standish, 27, Bismarck, died when the car they were in crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck just before 6 a.m. Sunday on state Highway 23. The patrol said Rush was driving the car.
By Herald Wire Reports , August 27, 2009
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