Girls fastpitch softball will become a sanctioned high school sport in North Dakota during the 2008-09 school year.

A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers says the agency has narrowed a list of options to two, if Devils Lake continues to rise.

Spike in Otter Tail power bills over, ND Public Service Commission says Bismarck , N.D. Otter Tail Power Company's North Dakota electric customers have been paying sharply higher bills in recent months.