VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The fire danger index has been reduced from the extreme to the high category today. Valley City Rural Fire Chief Gary Retterath said, “there are some restrictions yet for burning, but don’t relax the proper burning procedures. Several grass fires ignited statewide yesterday. One grass fire burned out some slews...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Evan Haglund placed 4th in the state and that was good enough for him to advance to the national competition in Washington D.C. last week. Haglund said the competition was tough at the national level but he looks forward to having another shot at it again. Haglund told the Valley...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Some officials in North Dakota say the state is not likely to join neighboring Minnesota in allowing gay marriages anytime soon. University of North Dakota political science professor Mark Jendrysik points to a 2004 vote to ban same-sex marriages as evidence that the mindset is different in North Dakota. Seventy-three...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Natalie Boe and Kathleen Lentz are the best science teachers according to their peers in the state of North Dakota. The two Valley City Washington elementary teachers will travel to Washington D.C. to be judged national for their teaching craft later this year. Boe and Lentz said it’s an honor...