
Despite above-normal temperatures in February shrinking snowbanks considerably along city streets and county roads, the National Weather Service recently increased its predicted chances of flooding along the Knife River and Spring Creek come this spring.
Posted 2/23/11 (Wed) read more »
Sen. Randel Christmann, the Republican senator from District 33, has a lot on his plate.
Posted 2/16/11 (Wed) read more »
The West River Judging contest will take place again this weekend in Beulah. The contest, now in its 46th year, focuses on the judging of livestock, crops and hippology, as well as agricultural sales.
Posted 2/16/11 (Wed) read more »
Never have I heard our nation’s Pledge of Allegiance ring as loud and clear as I did that day within the chamber of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
Posted 2/09/11 (Wed) read more »
Mercer County will once again have a movie theater. After about one month of closure, David and Nancy Miller, Stanton, are re-opening the former Cinema Twin movie theater under the name “The Theatre.” The doors will open Friday.
Posted 2/09/11 (Wed) read more »
Former Mercer County Ambulance Service paramedic William J. Miller, Elgin, was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct in a jury trial held Monday at the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton.
Posted 2/02/11 (Wed) read more »
According to the National Weather Service, nearly 75 inches of snow fell on Mercer County in the winter of 2009-2010. Coupled with already-saturated soil, that amount of snowfall was more than enough to cause significant spring flooding.
Posted 2/02/11 (Wed) read more »
Janis “John” and Lina Lamsters know all too well the importance of safety at railroad crossings.
Posted 1/26/11 (Wed) read more »
It’s going to take collaboration between several entities to save Lake Shore Estates from seemingly imminent spring flooding. Mercer County and its resources is one of those entities.
Posted 1/26/11 (Wed) read more »
North Dakota’s four large lignite mines produced 28.8 million tons of lignite coal in 2010 – down about 1 million tons from 2009.
Posted 1/19/11 (Wed) read more »