Drake News

David Luessen/Times-Record Valley City City Commission candidates, from left, Bob Drake, Arthur Friese, Mary Lee Nielson, Madeline Luke and Ken Evenson participated in a candidate forum at the Hi-Liner Activity Center on Tuesday night.

Marie Magdalena Gange was born Nov. 5, 1928, in Drake, to Kathrena and John Gange Jr.

In 1973, Kurt Vonnegut penned this brilliant letter to the head of the school board in Drake, North Dakota, who had 32 copies of Slaughterhouse-Five burned due to the book's "obscene language." Perhaps you will learn from this that books are sacred to free men for very good reasons, and that wars have been fought against nations which hate books ... (more)

Ron Overly's military service is recognized on his North Dakota driver's license with a "V" printed in the upper left corner of his license.

Fighting Sioux basketball is in for a fight at Knapp Center on Wednesday as Drake welcomes North Dakota in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.