Sibley News

This year's 2008 Outstanding Sodbuster of the Year honoree is Mike Heinze of Dazey.

If gas prices have you planning to stay in the area for the Fourth of July, you've got lots to do but don't have too much fun before driving, or appoint a designated driver.

Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high.

'I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls,' he said. That represents about a quarter of the residents in the Barnes County farming community, in southeastern North Dakota.

But on June 10, no one showed up. Not even those on the ballot.

Brudevold ran unopposed for re-election. His wife, Ruth, and Dan Lindseth faced no challengers for their alderman seats.

'Everybody has got a job and they're busy,' Brudevold said. 'It just worked out that nobody seemed to go down there to the polls.'