Barnes County News

Barnes County commissioners went on record Tuesday saying they will support repairs to Clausen Springs Dam near Kathryn to the tune of $200,000. Commissioner John Froelich motioned to include all Barnes County entities.

The Barnes County sheriff's office says 51-year-old Tamara Emery of Luverne died at a Fargo hospital.

Valley City farmer LeRoy Triebold told Barnes County commissioners Tuesday he wants to raise awareness about Stump Lake and lake levels at Devils Lake.

Many people in North Dakota are thrilled that wind turbines are dotting the state.

The flu is, by far, the bulk of "What's Going Around" right now. They're seeing record numbers of patients at Meritcare in Fargo in their walk- in clinics and E.R. The same at Innovis Health in Fargo, where they're starting to see more flu patients with uncontrollable fever, dehydration, and breathing complications.

North Dakota teachers will get a chance to be judges this week. The state Supreme Court is holding a workshop Thursday for history and government teachers to show them how courts and judges do their work.

THE TEACHERS WILL FORM MOCK APPELLATE COURTS AND LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL WAYNE STENEHJEM AND FORMER BARNES COUNTY PROSECUTOR ROBIN HUSEBY, WHO NOW HEADS A LEGAL AID AGENCY.

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Winter has flared up in the area, as up to 7 1/2 inches of wet, heavy snow caused trees to crash on power lines and knock out electricity late Wednesday and early this morning.

The first 30 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine are available for health care workers in Barnes County.

A swollen lake behind a damaged dam that threatens a small southeastern North Dakota town dropped only a couple of inches over the summer because a valve on the pipe used to drain it was only partially open, a state official said Monday.

State officials say they`ve been unable to drain enough water from a damaged dam that threatens the small southeastern North Dakota town of Kathryn, even though they tried all summer.

Wes Anderson and the Friends of the Planetarium are glum, and have every reason to be.

Barnes County residents say they want to know more about the effect of higher sulfate levels before the state allows more water into the Sheyenne River through the Devils Lake outlet.

Barnes County residents say they want to know more about the effect of higher sulfate levels before the state allows more water into the Sheyenne River through the Devils Lake outlet.

Barnes County officials offered residents a chance to drive through and get their flu shots.

Barnes County says flu shots offer change for drills... Barnes County says flu shots offer change for drills VALLEY CITY, N.D. Barnes County officials offered residents a chance to drive through and get their flu shots.

Along with the former lone police officer of LaMoure, two other men are being charged with gross sexual imposition.

When Henry "Hank" Holden was born in a chicken coop on what is now Valley View Farm south of Valley City on Barnes County Highway 21, he was premature, sickly, and his family feared he wouldn't live.

Even with fall on the way, the clean-up continues from spring flooding. The Army Corps of Engineers is finishing work in Sawyer to remove clay that was added to the top of a levee during the spring flood battle.