Mandan Park District considers fitness center

By LEANN ECKROTH Bismarck Tribune

A compact fitness center may be in the cards for the Mandan Park District in the short term.

Feb 09, 2010 | 2:00 am | (4) Comments

Game to highlight law enforcement

By JENNY MICHAEL Bismarck Tribune

Local law enforcement officers will provide time-out entertainment at the Dakota Wizards game.

Updated: 7:03 am | (0) Comments

Voting under way on radon awareness posters

By SARA KINCAID Bismarck Tribune

A radon awareness poster contest is under way.

Feb 08, 2010 | 4:30 pm | (1) Comments

Cancer surgery delayed for Ali Lengenfelder

Surgery for Ali Lengenfelder, the 15-year-old St. Mary’s High School student with thyroid cancer, has been postponed.

Feb 08, 2010 | 3:35 pm | (0) Comments

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Bismarck announces downtown snow removal

The city of Bismarck Street Department has announced it will be removing snow from the downtown area.

Feb 08, 2010 | 2:55 pm | (1) Comments

St. Alexius offering winter fitness program

The February St. Alexius Medical Center Eldercare Program is titled “Keeping Fit in Winter.” Physical therapist Ruth Beachey and exercise physiologist Kim Hanson will discuss exercises that can be done at home and ways to improve balance.

Feb 08, 2010 | 11:40 am | (0) Comments

Steeping success

By SAMMI MOSS Century Star

Take an overwhelming passion for all things, add a loving family, motorcycles, compostable cups and 87 joy-infused flavors of tea and it can only amount to one thing: Steep Me A Cup of Tea.

Feb 08, 2010 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

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Trio win Tribune treasure

By SARA KINCAID Bismarck Tribune

There’s not a lot of snow left under the tower at the municipal ball diamonds.

Feb 08, 2010 | 2:00 am | (2) Comments

A song in her heart: St. Mary's student may lose singing voice to cancer

By BRIAN GEHRING Bismarck Tribune

Ali Lengenfelder sings like an angel. At 15, the St. Mary’s Central High School sophomore already has compiled an impressive resume of honors in the realm of vocal performing.

Feb 07, 2010 | 2:15 am | (1) Comments

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A look back ... and a look ahead

As near-record snowfall began to melt last spring, rivers, creeks and streams across North Dakota filled and overflowed, leading to flooding unprecedented in the history of the state.

Feb 07, 2010 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments

The Weeklies: Canada says design bypasses shop

COMPILED by LAUREN DONOVAN Bismarck Tribune

An official says the Canadian government was never consulted about the design of a $28 million U.S. port of entry at Portal, a miscommunication that caused the American government to suspend construction on Jan. 14.

Feb 07, 2010 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Hoeven, Sprynczynatyk wrap up visit to Kosovo

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo — Gov. John Hoeven and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, on Saturday wrapped up their visit to Kosovo, where state soldiers are deployed on NATO peacekeeping missions at this base and in Pristina/Prishtina.

Feb 07, 2010 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

Lignite council offers seminar

The Lignite Energy Council is offering its Teacher Education Seminar to elementary, middle and high school teachers in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana.

Feb 07, 2010 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments

Museum hosting spring celebraton

The Dickinson Museum Center will be presenting the Spring Festival Celebration Quilt and Needle Arts Show.

Feb 07, 2010 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments

Jobs, business conference set

Marketplace of Ideas, in conjunction with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sitting Bull College Entrepreneurial Center, will host a conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Sitting Bull College Science and Technology Center in Fort Yates.

Feb 07, 2010 | 1:45 am | (1) Comments

Trauma symposium scheduled

The Region VII Children’s Services Coalition will be hosting the “Missouri Valley Trauma

Feb 07, 2010 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments

Minot State taking part in aid program

On Feb. 21, Minot State University staff will participate in the third annual North Dakota College Goal Sunday.

Feb 07, 2010 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments

Magazine brings agriculture to students

By JORDAN KALK Bismarck Tribune

As the state’s economy changes, fewer kids have the opportunity to be around agriculture. The North Dakota Agriculture Magazine, Ag Mag, lets students explore this forgotten world.

Feb 07, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments

Six homes still without power

By JENNY MICHAEL Bismarck Tribune

Rural electric cooperatives have restored power to all but six homes in North Dakota.

Feb 06, 2010 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments