New Town News

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration tells KXMC-TV that 38-year-old Richard Ries of Salem, South Dakota, died Jan.

Good Bear, of New Town, N.D., started receiving angry phone calls about a week ago, after the letter went out.

Carol Good Bear started getting the calls about a week ago, after the attorneys who had negotiated a $3.4 billion settlement over misspent Native American land royalties published the phone numbers and addresses of the four people objecting to the deal.

North Dakota is famous for producing fertile crops, the ground is also rich in minerals like coal, and recently, the abundance of oil in certain areas of the state has made select tracks of real estate very valuable.

Several state agencies will be meeting with county and city officials next week to discuss infrastructure plans for western North Dakota.

City and state officials packed the conference room at the Minot City Hall Friday afternoon to talk about one of the most important issues currently in the western part of the state infrastructure.

Jody Fox was born with her twin sister, Jolene, in Minot, on Jan. 28, 1964, the daughter of George and Goldie Fox.