Minnesota Democrats and a North Dakota Republican share their thoughts on an intense exchange between leaders of the U.S. and Ukraine Friday. South Dakota leaders did not respond by publication time.

Strong north to northwest winds are expected early Friday morning through Friday afternoon. There is greater than a 50% chance for warning impacts from gusts in excess of 58 mph in the

More than 40 people gathered at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum for a presentation on dogsledding as part of the “Dog Days of Winter” event.

The Minnesota DNR is reminding Minnesotans that it's almost time to remove fish houses from the ice. Those with fish houses need to remove them from inland waters in the southern two-thirds of the state before 11:59 p.

A dozen states were under extreme cold warning from the National Weather Service (NWS) early Tuesday morning, with meteorologists cautioning that "dangerously cold" wind chills would hit. The U.S. has already faced multiple bouts of challenging weather this season.

The season’s most frigid temperatures are expected in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota in the coming days, according to the National Weather Service. Most of eastern North Dakota and the Minnesota counties along the North Dakota border are in an “extreme cold watch” from 6 p.

Two North Dakota brewers including a Fargo brewery are pushing for the possible legalization of THC infused beverages. Minnesota already allows such drinks. A study was requested by the North Dakota Brewers Guild.

Beekeepers in North Dakota and Minnesota have reported catastrophic losses of honeybee colonies in the past few months. Nearly 50 percent of commercial beekeepers’ bees have been lost over the winter for the past 20 years,

If you currently work in the federal government, have recently lost your federal job or work with federally funded grants or research, reach out to the Grand Forks Herald with information on how changes at the federal level are affecting northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

Wind chill values Saturday night into Sunday morning are expected to be around -35°F across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Air temperatures are expected to be around -5°F to -10°F, according to the National Weather Service.

Much of the Midwest including Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska also is gripped by low temperatures double digits below zero.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled this sort of apportionment in state legislatures to be unconstitutional, but it's a poor precedent that's ripe to be struck down.