ND Gov Dalrymple has growth removed from nose

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has been wearing bandages on the tip of his nose after a small growth was removed.

Dalrymple described the growth as a "benign thing" and his spokesman, Jeff Zent, says the governor's doctor assured him it was "nothing serious."

Zent says Thursday the growth was the size of a BB and was completely removed as a precaution. Dalrymple said the growth was removed Monday.