Barnes County News

" A man's nose was nearly ripped off when he lost control of his all-terrain vehicle and fell head-first into the pavement early Sunday in Kathryn, Barnes County Sheriff Gene Bjerke said.

" A man's nose was nearly ripped off when he lost control of his all-terrain vehicle and fell head-first into the pavement early Sunday in Kathryn, Barnes County Sheriff Gene Bjerke said.

Two Valley City men have pleaded not guilty to drug charges in an April case involving a mobile home fire.

North Dakota`s Public Service Commission has voted to reroute a high voltage power line to avoid homes and a farm and ranch operation north of Fargo.

A Chrysler minivan rolled over Sunday one mile south of Tower City, injuring three passengers and killing one.

Valley City police arrested a lifetime sex offender on Wednesday afternoon in rural Barnes County, for failing to notify authorities of change of residence, according to Detective Mark McDonald.

The people in the audience at the Children's Museum at Yunker Farm were probably a lot closer to the next possible United States president than they ever thought they would be.

On the funnier side of life A Bird's Eye View Saturday, July 5, 2008 Advena Avis From time to time it is nice to get away from the bad aspects of humanity and focus on its funny aspects of which there are many ...

Members of the Bridge City Cruisers turned out in such numbers at a recent car show in Medora, they received the traveling trophy for having the largest number of collector vehicles present.

Citing higher than expected financial commitments, Steele County has announced that it will no longer participate in plans to build a regional jail in Barnes County.

Johnson is facing a misdemeanor charge over a Web site set up during the 2006 City Commission race.

North Dakota's Supreme Court will decide whether grain elevator bonding laws cover farmers who haul their crops outside the state, in a case industry officials say may put producers' financial safeguards in ...

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

A brief, but powerful morning storm raged through Valley City this morning, uprooting trees, dumping heavy rain and taking out electrical power across much of town, including street lights and the emergency 911 ...

The National Weather Serviced says straight-line winds of between 70 and 85 mph hit Valley City on Wednesday.The Barnes County Sheriff's office says a livestock barn 10 miles north of Valley City was destroyed.

Valley City Mayor Mary Lee Nielson accepts a medallion and card from Myron Sommerfeld from the head mayor, Alfons Brandl of Herrieder, Germany.

It's intended to carry electricity from two large wind farms. Minnkota Power Cooperative is developing the 230-kilovolt power line.

North Dakota regulators have approved construction of a 200-megawatt wind farm in eastern North Dakota.

James Lee Thompson 27, and his girlfriend Cassandra Riediger, 19, were sentenced Tuesday, May 27, for the death of Thompson's 14-month-old son Marcus, who died Sept.

A FATHER WILL SERVE 8 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STARVING TO DEATH HIS YOUNG SON. JAMES THOMPSON HEARD HIS SENTENCE IN A BARNES COUNTY COURT ROOM TODAY FOR THE DRAWN OUT STARVATION OF HIS 14-MONTH OLD SON.