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Monday | Valley City Times-Record

National Weather Service Predicts Tornado Increase

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

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Related Topix: Weather

Monday | Valley City Times-Record

Barnes County Relay For Life Selling Floating Lanterns

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

New Vehicle for Sheriff's Dept.

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.

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Valley City Times-Record

Group Formed To Save Bandshell

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

Senior Housing Needs Being Studied

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.

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Related Topix: Stutsman County, ND

Valley City Times-Record

Oriska Man Arrested for Terrorizing

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

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Related Topix: Oriska, ND

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

BC 4-H Expo Saturday

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.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

9-1-1 Dispatch, One More Roadblock

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Valley City Times-Record

Jefferson Coming To Valley City

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND, Valley City State University

Tue Jun 04, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

Planting: Not too Late Yet

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.

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Fri May 31, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

Bars Per Capita: a Place of Honor?

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Tue May 28, 2013

KMOT-TV Minot

SE Region Sobriety Checkpoint Results

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

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Valley City Times-Record

Shelter-In-Place for Chemical Release

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)

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Valley City, ND

Thu May 23, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

Kids See New Books

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Wed May 22, 2013

KFYR-TV Bismarck

NDHP to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint in SE North Dakota

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

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Valley City Times-Record

Nielson: No Good Reason to Move 9-1-1

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.

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Related Topix: Valley City, ND

Mon May 20, 2013

Valley City Times-Record

3 TB Cases In Stutsman, Cass Counties

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

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Related Topix: Cass County, ND, Stutsman County, ND