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Cavalier High School won the Lake Agassiz Regional Envirothon. From (L-R) Deanna Grandalen, Malory Kemp, Gunder Kemp, Jack Gunderson, Aiden Werner, Owen Crosby, and Chelsey Zaharia

Cavalier High School won the Lake Agassiz Regional Envirothon. From (L-R) Deanna Grandalen, Malory Kemp, Gunder Kemp, Jack Gunderson, Aiden Werner, Owen Crosby, and Chelsey Zaharia

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The Lake Agassiz Regional Envirothon hosts their 2nd event

News Staff
Thursday, October 2, 2025
On Sept. 24,2025, the Lake Agassiz Regional Envirothon hosted their 2nd annual Regional Envirothon at Icelandic State Park. Students from around the region competed in this natural resource competition.

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Updates released concerning body found in Red River

Nick Vorlage
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Grand Forks police are providing an update on the deceased female located on the banks of the Red River on Monday, Sept. 22. The deceased was found by a passerby about 200 yards north of the Riverside Dam. Officials considered the discovery “suspicious” but would not go into further details.
Unseasonably warm weather brings concerns

Unseasonably warm weather brings concerns

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Unseasonably warm weather brings concerns

Nick Vorlage
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Meteorologists are forecasting unseasonably warm temperatures for the end of September and the start of October. The National Weather Service is projecting temperatures in northeast N.D.

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Trade tensions impacting Canadian tourism

Nick Vorlage
Thursday, October 2, 2025
For a seventh month in a row, trade tensions between the US and Canada are being blamed as the primary reason for tourism numbers between the two countries being down dramatically.

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LRSC names new president

Nick Vorlage
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Lake Region State College in Devils Lake has a new president. During their board meeting on Sept. 23, the North Dakota Board of Higher Education voted to have Carmen Simone, the interim president at LRSC, stay in the position.
Artist Austen Camille [left] along with North Valley CTE students Aaron Linner, Kale Tanke, and James Elliott collecting prairie soils they later rendered into paint pigments during the Thinking Like a Prairie workshops. Photo provided by Josh Anderson.

Artist Austen Camille [left] along with North Valley CTE students Aaron Linner, Kale Tanke, and James Elliott collecting prairie soils they later rendered into paint pigments during the Thinking Like a Prairie workshops. Photo provided by Josh Anderson.

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Students ‘think like a prairie’ with hands-on art experience

Michael Standaert/north Dakota News Cooperative
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Programs support lifelong awareness of ND’s most important ecosystem In early September, high schoolers from North Valley Career and Technology Center waded through hip-high prairie with plastic containers and bags, collecting seed heads, grasses and spoonfuls of soil.
Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt of Grafton with their record setting pumpkin. Photo by Robert Ripple.

Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt of Grafton with their record setting pumpkin. Photo by Robert Ripple.

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Grafton couple sets new North Dakota record with GIANT PUMPKIN

Rebecca Davis
Thursday, October 2, 2025
On Saturday, Sept. 27, a couple from Grafton carved their names into the North Dakota record books in a big way. Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt brought a massive pumpkin weighing 2,027 pounds to Walhalla’s 21st Annual Giant Pumpkinfest, setting a new state record.
Range officer Coby Dalgliesh (left) with Wesley Meidinger (right) hold the championship plaque at the North Dakota State F-Class Mid-Range Shooting Competition. Wesley is the youngest in the state to hold the first place title.

Range officer Coby Dalgliesh (left) with Wesley Meidinger (right) hold the championship plaque at the North Dakota State F-Class Mid-Range Shooting Competition. Wesley is the youngest in the state to hold the first place title.

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State precision shooting record BROKEN BY OSNABROCK 13 YEAR-OLD

Hilary Nowatzki
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Despite his young age, Wesley Meidinger blew the competition away at the North Dakota State F-Class Mid-Range Championship hosted in Rolla on Sept. 27. Facing off against 28 other competitors of all ages from around the state, Wesley won the championship at only 13 years old.
The Fort Pembina Historical Society received ownership of the old US Customs and Border Patrol building in Pembina. Since then, they have been making efficient use of the space, with more plans coming in the near future.

The Fort Pembina Historical Society received ownership of the old US Customs and Border Patrol building in Pembina. Since then, they have been making efficient use of the space, with more plans coming in the near future.

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Gift enlivens downtown Pembina

News Staff
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Fort Pembina Historical Society “With a great gift comes great responsibility” is one way to re-interpret Uncle Ben’s caution to Spiderman. The Fort Pembina Historical Society (FPHS) knows since they were just given a great gift.
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