May 29 2009 6:47PM

Nikki Laine Zinke has moved from managing editor to publisher of the Valley City Times-Record and named Lee Morris as news editor. Zinke, the newspaper's managing editor since June 2007, is a native of Mandan and a graduate of Valley City State

Jun 15 2008 1:46PM

The mayor in the town of Leal did not have his name on last week's election ballot. Mayor Dave Lokken Junior got the write-in vote. Leal's new alderman, Dale Undem, also won as a write-in. Three other towns had empty ballots in their m

Jun 8 2007 11:33AM

Flooding problems continue in southeastern North Dakota today, after heavy rain this week. Some homeowners around Lake Elsie in Richland County have been sandbagging to protect against rising water in the lake and a nearby slough. Spokesma

Jan 1 2007 1:12PM

What's your New Year's resolution? An estimated one in five Americans make New Year's resolutions, with financial goals coming in second on the list behind weight loss, diet and exercise. But some resolutions are far from common. Nine-y

Dec 21 2006 2:12AM

Pac-Man is back. But this time, he's bigger and he's gobbling up dots on Highway 55. The large white dots painted on the highway this summer to deter motorists from tailgating are now joined by a giant, yellow image of the 1980s video game icon

Oct 23 2006 5:30PM

The general manager of the partnership that owns the grain elevator in Fingal says yesterday's fire destroyed about half a (m) million dollars worth of stored grain. Keith Brandt says about 20 farmers had soybeans and corn in the elevator. He sa

Oct 22 2006 11:30AM

A fire this morning has destroyed a grain elevator in Fingal. Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says the fire was reported at about 8 a-m. Fingal is about 15 miles southeast of Valley City. McClaflin says the main elevator and thr

Sep 16 2006 8:12PM

Two people from Valley City have died after their car was struck by a pickup at an intersection on a country road. The Highway Patrol says 78-year-old Gayle Overbeck and 73-year-old Joyce Overbeck were killed yesterday afternoon. Authoriti

Jul 19 2006 12:50AM

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