Barnes County News

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks predicts more severe weather in Barnes County including tornados in 2013 than in 2012.

Organizers of Barnes County's 2013 Relay for Life will be selling ballon-carried floating lanterns to be released the night of the annual event set for Friday.

The Barnes County Sheriff's Department has two new vehicles, this AWD Taurus and a four-wheel-drive Tahoe, which will remain unmarked, replaced older vehicles in the fleet.

A new group calling itself Friends of the Bandshell has organized in an attempt to raise an estimated $150,000 needed to repair and build a foundation for the bandshell in Valley City's City Park.

A Region VI housing study commissioned by South Central Dakota Regional Council reiterates the need for senior friendly housing options throughout the nine-county region.

An Oriska man was arrested late Monday for terrorizing after he discharged a weapon within his home while people were present.

Saturday will be a big day for Barnes County youth in 4-H, with the organization's annual expo planned for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum.

Renovations for a new 9-1-1 dispatch center in the Barnes County Courthouse basement have already begun in spite of the county's failure to obtain a building permit for the project.

Thomas Jefferson will be coming to North Dakota Oct. 15 in the body of North Dakota historian Clay Jenkinson, who portrays the famous third U.S. president each week on Prairie Public Radio.

Spring planting has been hindered by rain, but is still near complete. According to North Dakota State University Extension Service Agent for Barnes County Randy Grueneich, quite a few area farmers are finished planting corn and are down to planting beans and sunflowers.

Bridges Bar and Grill attached to the AmericInn is the newest bar in Valley City, making the bars-per-people in Valley City a little higher than it was just a week ago.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the results of a sobriety checkpoint that was conducted in Barnes County over Memorial Day weekend.

An accident on I-94 involving an anhydrous tank or a train derailment involving rail cars carrying dangerous chemicals could cause the need for sheltering-in-place. Living in the midwest, emergency preparedness tends to focus on natural disasters like floods or tornadoes, but Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson wants area residents to be ... (more)

Twenty to 30 children, parents and caregivers hold new children's books obtained by the Valley City-Barnes County Public Library with the help of a grant from the Libri Foundation.

This weekend, the North Dakota Highway Patrol will be conducting a saturation of Barnes County.

During a regular meeting of the Valley City Commission Monday, commissioner Mary Lee Nielson said she believed Barnes County officials did not have a good reason for spending taxpayer's money to move the 9-1-1 dispatch center from the Valley City Law Enforcement Center to the basement of the Barnes County Courthouse.

Three additional cases of active tuberculosis have been identified in Cass and Stutsman counties, North Dakota Department of Health officials reported Thursday.