Burlington News

Burlington-Des Lacs is becoming a school of fish. You can find finned friends everywhere, reminding students to follow a new philosophy fittingly called fish.

The U.S. Justice Department and North Dakota will file briefs in federal court today in the ongoing lawsuit over the Northwest Area Water Supply project.

Eureka School principal Janice Gietzen taught reading to a lone third-grader, Wesley Sutton, on Friday afternoon while teacher Betty Goodman taught four fourth through sixth-graders the story of the first Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately for many North Dakota golfers, the opportunity to hit the links has come and gone for the year.

They`re under the lights. And in front of the crowds. Thursday's Region 8 Drama Contest gives high schoolers the chance to be on the big stage.

When a disaster strikes, some of the first people on the scene are typically local emergency personnel.

Biology teacher Mary Eldredge-Sandbo of DesLacs-Burlington is North Dakota's 2010 Teacher of the Year.

ELDREDGE-SANDBO WAS NAMED THURSDAY DURING THE NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN GRAND FORKS.

On the girls volleyball courts tonight, the Des Lacs Burlington Lady Lakers were at home as they hosted Surrey.

Allan Odegard, 88, Granville, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in a Minot hospital. Allan Curtis Odegard was born Jan.

Two of the four finalists for North Dakota Teacher of the Year are biology teachers.

Kirby Kruger told the Legislature's interim Education Committee that students should get flu shots when they're available, and young people who come down with the fl5 should sta9 home.

A Tuesday morning fire at a Minot truck stop caused an evacuation of the building and closed down the restaurant portion of the business.

Ward County 's sheriff and chief deputy turned into firefighters today. Sheriff Vern Erck and his deputy were first at the scene of a fire at Country Kitchen just west of Minot .

A kitchen fire interrupted business at a popular truck stop near Minot. At about 10:30 the Minot Rural Fire Department was called to Behm`s Truck Stop which is located just west of Minot.

On the class "B" volleyball courts tonight, the Minot Ryan Lady Lions were at home as they hosted Glenburn.

In tonight's installment of "On the green", we head to the east end of Minot to the Apple Grove Golf course.

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In Berthold tonight the Bombers were at home as they hosted New Town in the region opener.

Minot and surrounding school districts are applying for federal stimulus grants that would provide substantial discounts for school bus purchases, said Barry Brooks, supervisor of purchasing and transportation for the Minot school district.