FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, Sept. 2 -- Otter Tail Power, a subsidiary of Otter Tail, issued the following news on Sept. 1, 2021: Today we submitted our Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to regulatory commissions in each of the three states we serve: Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. We spent two years analyzing robust market data and engaging with people and organizations across our service area, including updates with our regulatory commissions, who helped inform the analysis. "Planning  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed judicial referee Lindsey Nieuwsma of Bismarck to a judgeship in the South Central Judicial District, effective Tuesday, Sept. 7. As a judicial referee and magistrate in the South Central Judicial District since July 2018, Nieuwsma has presided over cases involving juvenile delinquency and child welfare, juvenile drug court, mental health and substance use disorder invo  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Aug. 31, 2021: Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford today met with members of a Japanese business delegation to discuss opportunities for partnership and investment in North Dakota's economy and advancing North Dakota's carbon neutrality goal. During the discussions with the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO), Burgum and Sanford shared information about the continued growth and po  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: The Manitoba government has provided $7.5 million as its share of a capital infrastructure and facilities redevelopment plan at the International Peace Gardens (IPG) near Boissevain, matching funds provided by North Dakota's government, Premier Brian Pallister and Gov. Doug Burgum announced today. "We take great pride in our relationship with our neighbors to the south, and the International Peace G  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Mary issued the following news release: For the second straight year the University of Mary Speech Language Pathology (SLP) program is the recipient of a national grant that benefits students and their patients. Parkinson Voice Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has awarded University of Mary's SLP program its 2021 SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Grant Program. The Speech-Language Pathology Department at the University of Mary off  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: President Joe Biden has approved Gov. Doug Burgum's request for a presidential major disaster declaration for a series of storms in early June that caused overland flooding and produced damaging winds and hail, resulting in more than $2.3 million in damage to roads and other infrastructure. The declaration covers eight counties: Burke, Divide, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure, Sioux and Williams. A c  more