Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused Officials in the city, a green spot along the winding Souris River surrounded by farmland and grassy prairie, know ...

Nearby in a vacant lot, the rodents popped in and out of holes. Ground squirrels near Pashone Grandson’s ground-level apartment dig holes near her door and eat her plants.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.

Nearby in a vacant lot, the rodents popped in and out of holes. Ground squirrels near Pashone Grandson’s ground-level apartment dig holes near her door and eat her plants.

The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.

The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s exasperating the ...