The oil boom helped North Dakota move from No. 13 last year to No. 5 in the most recent survey by CNBC. Minnesota ranked No. 11, down from the No. 7 spot last year. Texas was named the best state for business.
The girl was found by a concerned citizen around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Around 1,000 goats and a litter of puppies were killed when a barn caught fire on Friday.
The suspect fled police in Osseo and was going south on County Road 81.
The individual's name has not yet been released.
Police say a large fight was happening on the ferris wheel before kids fled into the mall.
Jensen beat to multiple other hopefuls for the endorsement at Saturday's convention.
Monday-Wednesday should be fantastic weather in Minnesota.
A canoer found the body in a swamp near Eagle Lake Friday.
Kim Crockett was endorsed as the party's candidate for secretary of state, while Jim Schultz won the endorsement for attorney general.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office confirmed that 63-year-old Ryan Erickson died when a grain bin fell on him.
The local Mexican restaurant is fighting a case presented by Taco John's over naming rights, among other things.
The new study by Bentek Energy LLC of Colorado shows North Dakota's oil production could jump to more than two million barrels a day by 2025, the Associated Press reports. Natural gas production could also more than quintuple. Unfortunately, about a third of the natural gas produced in North Dakota is wasted because there's a lack of pipelines.
Boardings at airports at airports across North Dakota are up 22 percent in the first six months of 2012 compared to the same period last year, Forum Communications reports. Boardings at airports near the oil boom in western North Dakota have skyrocketed -- up 73 percent in Dickinson, 62 percent in Minot and 41 percent in Williston.
The state’s director of mineral resources says oil development could push North Dakota's population to a seven figure number. The oil boom has already created thousands of jobs and that is expected to continue. The 2011 Census estimate put North Dakota's population at 683,932.
A Rochester company is gearing to send nearly 150 homes to the oil fields this year. Creative Modular Concepts owner Dale Jech tells the Post Bulletin, "Labor there is simply too expensive. Most of the houses now are coming from Indiana. They're even buying some in Florida and shipping them to North Dakota."
North Dakota's oil patch pumped roughly 674,000 barrels per day in July to hit a record total of 20.8 million barrels for the month, the Associated Press reports. That's 7.5 million barrels higher than the same month a year ago.
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