GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, June 9 -- The Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota issued the following news: Each year, healthcare professionals across the state are honored with awards at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health. The annual event allows healthcare professionals, educators, and students several days to share their strategies for sustaining healthy North Dakota communities, and offers workshops, keynote speakers, poster presentations, and an awards banqu  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- People for the American Way issued the following statement by Marge Baker, executive vice president for policy and program: Following reports of major disruptions in primary voting in Georgia, and scattered problems in other states including Nevada, South Carolina, North Dakota and West Virginia. * * * "It's appalling that months after the primary debacle in Wisconsin, we are seeing yet more examples of massive breakdowns in our voting systems that have led to disenfran  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 9 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Brenette Conrique Perez didn't see North Dakota as part of her future when she was in school, but she's now been a respiratory care specialist at Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck since 2015. The variety of her duties is a big positive but so too are some of the things that stay the same every day. "My job is never boring," she said. "And it's always rewarding." Perez is the product of a recruiting effort made by   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 10 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Dave Fox has been thanking Sanford Health Inpatient Rehabilitation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for more than a decade now in a manner that makes everyone involved feel a little better about themselves. In 2005 while on a business trip to Fargo, North Dakota, this former financial analyst had a serious stroke. The battle since then has never really ended, though it's spiced with victories. Fox struggles with the   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 9 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Kristi Meuchel has a family history of breast cancer. Her maternal grandmother, mother and three of her four sisters have all had breast cancer. Because of her strong family history, Meuchel never misses her annual mammogram. "I've been doing mammograms for a long time due to family history," said Meuchel, a resident of Bismarck, North Dakota. "All of the women in our family start doing mammograms earlier." Despit  more