Burlington News

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.

Court officials say seven people have applied for the new Minot judgeship created by the last Legislature.

A woman is lucky to be alive after her car rolled more than 20 feet into a ditch Tuesday afternoon.

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Several area schools have seen increases in enrollment during the first days of classes, said area administrators.