Barnes County News

Rising health insurance costs are cutting into Barnes County's budget as the cost of employee premiums increases faster than county revenue.

The old Methodist minister stopped Jodi Rae Ingstad to introduce his son to her.

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Barnes County commissioners went on record Tuesday saying they will support repairs to Clausen Springs Dam near Kathryn to the tune of $200,000. Commissioner John Froelich motioned to include all Barnes County entities.

The Barnes County sheriff's office says 51-year-old Tamara Emery of Luverne died at a Fargo hospital.

Valley City farmer LeRoy Triebold told Barnes County commissioners Tuesday he wants to raise awareness about Stump Lake and lake levels at Devils Lake.

Many people in North Dakota are thrilled that wind turbines are dotting the state.

The flu is, by far, the bulk of "What's Going Around" right now. They're seeing record numbers of patients at Meritcare in Fargo in their walk- in clinics and E.R. The same at Innovis Health in Fargo, where they're starting to see more flu patients with uncontrollable fever, dehydration, and breathing complications.

North Dakota teachers will get a chance to be judges this week. The state Supreme Court is holding a workshop Thursday for history and government teachers to show them how courts and judges do their work.

THE TEACHERS WILL FORM MOCK APPELLATE COURTS AND LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL WAYNE STENEHJEM AND FORMER BARNES COUNTY PROSECUTOR ROBIN HUSEBY, WHO NOW HEADS A LEGAL AID AGENCY.

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Winter has flared up in the area, as up to 7 1/2 inches of wet, heavy snow caused trees to crash on power lines and knock out electricity late Wednesday and early this morning.

The first 30 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine are available for health care workers in Barnes County.

A swollen lake behind a damaged dam that threatens a small southeastern North Dakota town dropped only a couple of inches over the summer because a valve on the pipe used to drain it was only partially open, a state official said Monday.

State officials say they`ve been unable to drain enough water from a damaged dam that threatens the small southeastern North Dakota town of Kathryn, even though they tried all summer.

Wes Anderson and the Friends of the Planetarium are glum, and have every reason to be.

Barnes County residents say they want to know more about the effect of higher sulfate levels before the state allows more water into the Sheyenne River through the Devils Lake outlet.

Barnes County residents say they want to know more about the effect of higher sulfate levels before the state allows more water into the Sheyenne River through the Devils Lake outlet.

Barnes County officials offered residents a chance to drive through and get their flu shots.

Barnes County says flu shots offer change for drills... Barnes County says flu shots offer change for drills VALLEY CITY, N.D. Barnes County officials offered residents a chance to drive through and get their flu shots.