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For the children, a safe place to stay
Law enforcement stops a vehicle and the driver is found to be drunk, have active warrants or is carrying illegal drugs.
Celebrating Recovery: The Door turns one
The streets of New Town were a bustle of activity last Thursday morning as the staff of ‘The Door’ Resource and Recovery Lodge and their supporters prepared for North Segment Sobriety Celebration Course.

Four Bears breaks ground for new store
The MHA Nation’s plan to develop the Four Bears Peninsula as a vacation destination took another step last week as dignitaries gathered to break ground for an expansion of the Eagles Landing Convenience Store on North Dakota Highway 23.

Practicing for the unthinkable
The radio crackles to life, the dispatcher calmly relays the information, “There has been a truck collision at the transload facility in New Town.
Seeing smoke
The celebrations of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people have brought dancers, drummers and singers from across Indian Country and beyond to their homes along the Missouri River for decades.
Cooking up a storm on the Hook
If you went hungry in Van Hook last Thursday it was your own darn fault.

Mandaree opens new Head Start
“They are the future and this is their home,” said West Segment Tribal Council Representative Randy Phelan.

Subway opens in New Town
New Town’s new Subway quietly opened its doors July 8, and franchise owner, Craig Bell, was still putting on the finishing touches a week later.
A life no more
Editor’s note: Exactly one year ago marked the beginning of the Elder’s Series in the McLean County Independent.
VFW 9061 attends special ceremony
The bond between soldiers who fought on the battlefield together is an unbreakable one.