Towner News

Like multicolored rhinestone broaches resting on black velvet, they shine in the darkness of Highway 2. They have been draped and fashioned to glitter with a colorful constellation of holly red, emerald green, sunburst yellow, and a patchwork of blues.

Some areas along the Mouse River have an 80% chance of moderate flooding this spring according to the National Weather Service.

BISMARCK Fifteen area child-care centers have been awarded grants from the North Dakota Daycare Grant program through the North Dakota Department of Commerce.

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Amtrak has a slogan they use: "Change how you see the world." It appears on their navy and white paper coffee cups.

North Dakota ranchers who experienced grazing losses in 2008 as a result of extreme weather conditions have until Dec.

We might joke that there aren`t many trees in North Dakota. But a small insect is threatening some of those trees, and it`s no laughing matter.

North Dakota's Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Rep. Earl Pomeroy announced the appointments on Friday.

The rise in flu cases may be increasing the number of sick days being used, but it's also decreasing the number of blood donations throughout the state.

Flu shot clinics continue this week in the region with local Health Units offering free vaccinations against H1N1 flu.

Visitors to Artfest came to watch art being made, talk to artists and just enjoy the view and get inspired.

EASTBOURNE Borough council chief executive Martin Ray steps down from his post today .

Arne Johannes Mahle, 83, Minot, and formerly of Denbigh, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in a Minot nursing home.

Rogene Margaret Aadnes, 86, of Towner, died at Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby on Sept.

The bridge over the Mouse River a4 Towner is being replaced, and traffic has just begun using the new structure.

North Dakota's Towner State Nursery has a new manager for the first time in nearly 40 years.

It's a luxury we sometimes take for granted, but for thousands of children and adults in Afghanistan, the luxury of shoes is one they seldom enjoy.

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

BISMARCK, N.D. - Enough natural gas to heat every home in North Dakota through at least two brutal winters was burned off as an unmarketable byproduct in the state's oil patch in 2008, records obtained by The Associated Press show.

Candy Pellman of McClusky is among 131 volunteer weather observers who keep tabs on the weather for the Bismarck office of the National Weather Service.