South Dakota

Smith said the group is finalizing the language and hope to submit their ballot measure language to the North Dakota Secretary of State's Office within the next two weeks.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota sued several large beer makers on Thursday, saying they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

A Native American tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the state of South Dakota.

Hope Reis, 18, of Bismarck and Taytum Jones, 13, of Minot today were named North Dakota's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.

North Dakota voters would overwhelmingly support raising penalties for "extreme and malicious" acts of animal cruelty to felony levels, according to a poll commissioned by the Humane Society of the United States.