KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 31 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell served as outside transactional and regulatory counsel to Marshfield Clinic Health System in a merger with Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States. As a result, the combined system will serve patients and communities across the upper Midwest, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * Gov. Kelly Armstrong released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, making him the second North Dakotan to hold the position. Armstrong reached out to Burgum to congratulate him on his confirmation. "The strong support Governor Burgum received throughout the confirmation process spea  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 29 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: President Donald Trump has illegally frozen all federal grants and loan disbursement. North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, "Over the past two weeks, we have seen what the new American oligarchy looks like: tax cuts and Nazi salutes for Elon Musk and a halt to cancer treatments for your children; pardoning of cop-killing January 6 insurrectionists while sending immigration  more