Valley City News

Sandbags are available for Barnes County residents at the county's Highway Department building, though Valley City's plans to sandbag to protect city infrastructure are on hold.

Many in Barnes County have been hoping for cooler temperatures to slow a potential flood.

Minot State University has chosen not to renew the contract of longtime head men's basketball coach Mike Hultz, the school announced on Tuesday.

Barnes County Water Resource District Secretary Jamie Smith says the chances of the small town of Kathryn being evacuated again this spring are "50-50." The 55 residents of Kathryn were evacuated for a few days last April after Sheyenne River flooding began eroding the spillway of the Clausen Springs Dam south of Valley City.

Some of Valley City's National Guard troops serving with the 231st Maneuver Task Force in Kosovo are coming home early, and that has been a cause to rejoice among their families.

Gardening can be comforting -- even therapeutic -- for troops trying to shake the stresses of war.

Barnes County and Valley City officials met for a four-hour training session Friday to hear about how to work together during possible spring flooding.

This photo released by Kenneth Helphand shows a garden constructed by Japanese-Americans while interned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in California.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol is focusing its crackdowns on drunken driving on specific community events.

Rep. Earl Pomeroy was born and raised in Valley City, attended Valley City State University for two years, and last summer he married a woman from Valley City.

Gardening can be comforting - even therapeutic - for troops trying to shake the stresses of war.

The 73rd annual North Dakota Winter Show is getting under way in Valley City. The show is the state`s longest-running agricultural show.

At 4 p.m. Wednesday the Grass Valley City Council will meet for a special work session.

Rep. Earl Pomeroy met with area officials Monday to be briefed on possible flooding this spring, and officials told him they are more prepared than last year.

On Sunday, the Valley Children's Choir entertained an audience of about 60 in Valley City State University's Froemke Auditorium with songs in English, Latin, German, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.

Overnight... the state reacts to a new fad in getting high... Earlier this week two women were hospitalized for injesting a legal product called Star Dust.

The City Park Footbridge waits to be refurbished in the Rosebud Visitor Center parking lot as a van drives by on Main Street on Tuesday.

Main Street in Valley City is closing again. One lane of the street from the landmark Elks Building to the west side of the Rosebud Visitor Center will close next week, from Monday through March 7. Then both lanes will close for about two weeks.

WEST FARGO Sen. Byron Dorgan heard testimony Friday to evaluate changes made to the allowable sulfate level in a portion of the Sheyenne River.

The 38-year-old Rishling was a team leader for Third Squad, Third Platoon of the Valley City-based 231st Maneuver Task Force.