Bismarck-Mandan News
New guidelines for Senior Companions
More people are now eligible to serve as Senior Companions under the new Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. This new legislation lowers the Senior Companion age eligibility from 60 to 55. It also raises income guidelines so individuals with incomes up to $21,660 are now eligible to serve a…
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Nominations sought for Cowboy Hall of Fame
The trustees of the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame will accept nominations for the 2010 inductions into the Hall of Honorees in Medora.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
‘Christmas at the Belle’ scheduled
The traditional “Christmas at the Belle” is scheduled at 5:15 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Belle Mehus City Auditorium in Bismarck.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Billl provides funds for UTTC, Bismarck
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted late Thursday to approve an appropriations bill that includes funding for North Dakota projects. The Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill will now go to a conference committee that will work out the differences between the House and Senate vers…
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Vaccination clinic set for Monday
A H1N1 vaccination clinic will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Bismarck Burleigh Public Health facility, 500 E Front Ave., Bismarck. A limited number of vaccine doses are available and will be given until the supply is gone.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Korean firm plans beef plant
A South Korean company plans to open a beef processing plant in the Bismarck-Mandan area to produce meat for export and domestic sales.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (2) Comments
Farm Rescue growing quickly
YPSILANTI (AP)- In just four years, Farm Rescue has assisted 100 farm families. It's a fact even the founder of the organization finds a little hard to believe.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am
Texas victims had different reasons for enlisting
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a wo…
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am
ND couple talks to daughter at Fort Hood
GRAND FORKS (AP) - A Grand Forks couple say their daughter, who teaches at a Fort Hood elementary school, told them the school was locked down after the shooting rampage at the Texas Army base but no one at the school was hurt.
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am
Lincoln converting water meter system
The city of Lincoln this week agreed to move $65,000 from a 1997 storm water special assessment fund to the general fund. The money will be used to help convert the city’s water meter reading system from an individual scan of each home to a drive-by reading process.
Nov 07, 2009 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments
Preliminary report: 3 DSU students drowned
DICKINSON (AP) - The Stark County sheriff says preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death of three college softball players whose sport utility vehicle went into a livestock pond in southwestern North Dakota.
Nov 06, 2009 | 11:10 pm
Belcourt man injured in base shooting
A Belcourt man was injured during the shooting at a Texas Army base, where a psychiatrist is said to have killed 13 and wounded 31 on Thursday.
Nov 06, 2009 | 7:15 pm | (1) Comments
$1 million bail in murder-for-hire
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Bail has been set at $1 million cash for a man accused of killing a Fargo dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:30 pm | (0) Comments
Patrol finds marijuana during traffic stop
A North Dakota Highway Patrol canine unit found about 110 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle on Interstate 94 Thursday night.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:25 pm | (15) Comments
Library renovation nearing completion
Detail work remains for the renovation project of the children’s area of the the Bismarck Public Library.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:05 pm | (0) Comments
Wefald to retire after term ends
Next year will be South Central District Judge Robert Wefald's 40th year in law. It also will be his last.
Nov 06, 2009 | 9:50 am | (1) Comments
Zimprich trial moved to March
A trial for a Bismarck man accused of murdering his wife has been moved back at the request of attorneys in the case.
Nov 06, 2009 | 8:55 am
Beulah man takes 5th cat in zone 1
The fifth mountain lion in unit 1 has been taken by a Beulah man. Kevin Kerner shot the 98-pound female Oct. 31 near Lone Butte in McKenzie County, according to Stephanie Tucker, furbearer biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
Season opens at noon today
Today a sea of blaze orange will sweep across the state as the 2009 deer gun season opens at noon.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Flood control hearings planned
WASHINGTON — Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., will hold two official Senate field hearings next week to examine options for permanent flood control in Bismarck, Mandan and Mercer and Emmons counties. The field hearings
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
