BILLINGS

Medora - A public meeting on the 2006 Homeland Security grants from the state Department of Emergency Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Billings County Courthouse in Medora. The public is invited to attend.

- Golden Valley News

BOWMAN

Bowman - Bowman's second annual Tour of Gardens will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Participants can pick up maps at St. Charles Catholic Church at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 the day of the tour and $10 in advance at Bowman businesses. Proceeds will go toward Dakota Prairie Helping Hands. The Good Neighbor Garden Club will hold its 36th annual flower show from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Sunny Home Lounge in Bowman. For information, call 275-8725.

- Bowman County Pioneer

BURLEIGH

Tuttle - The second annual Gospel Festival will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Tuttle City Park. There is no admission, and food and drink will be available. Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

- McClusky Gazette

DUNN

Dunn Center - Santa Claus will be at the Dunn County Historical Museum in Dunn Center from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Everyone is invited to attend and wear tropical attire to go with the Hawaiian theme party that's planned for Santa's summer vacation. The museum will be open for viewing as well.

- Dunn County Herald

EMMONS

Hazelton - Hazelton will host its annual street fair Saturday, with 70 booth spaces available for crafts, antiques, personal and miscellaneous items, and farm to market produce. Anyone interested can call 782-4414 or 782-6802.

- Emmons County Record

GOLDEN VALLEY

Beach - Beach's Spirit of the West celebration and Golden Valley County Fair will include a performance by Fast Eddie and the Corvettes on Aug. 4 at the fairgrounds in Beach. The gates will open at 6 p.m. The Parrot Head Express will perform Aug. 5, same time, same place. Fair and celebration activities are scheduled Aug. 3 through Aug. 6, with the main parade at 11 a.m. Aug. 5.

- Golden Valley News

GRANT

New Leipzig - New Leipzig is planning its 36th annual Oktoberfest for Sept. 22 through Sept. 24. People are asked to make plans for a weekend that will include a musical, parade, beer garden and old-fashioned German-Russian food.

- Grant County News

HETTINGER

New England - An informational town meeting for the New England grocery store project will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Slope Electric Cooperative hospitality room. People are invited to ask questions, buy shares in the project and to come with ideas.

- The Herald

KIDDER

Steele - The Kidder County Primary Health Care Corporation will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Steele Community Center. The corporation has a 1 cent sales tax to help establish a full time primary health care clinic in Steele and is getting help from Coal Country Community Health Center in Beulah for rural health clinic status.

- Steele Ozone and Kidder County Press

LOGAN

Napoleon - The Napoleon City Council has watering restrictions in place because of extremely dry conditions. Until further notice, residents east of Highway 3 are asked to avoid watering on Mondays and Wednesdays, while residents west of the highway should avoid watering on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

- Napoleon Homestead

MCINTOSH

Ashley - A public meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dakota Family Restaurant in Ashley so citizens and the city council can talk about options to finance a planning repair and sealing project on city streets.

- Ashley Tribune

MCKENZIE

Keene - Clear Creek Lutheran Church of Keene invites the public to its centennial to be celebrated with a 10 a.m. worship Sunday, followed by a noon dinner at the Keene Dome and a 2 p.m. program and coffee at the church.

-McKenzie County Farmer

MCLEAN

Washburn - Volunteers are needed to help host nearly 500 bicycle riders that will be in Washburn Aug. 11 and 12 as part of the annual CANDISC, this year the 400-mile "Missouri River Ride." The riders will be encamped at the 4-H camp near Washburn and people are needed to do everything from serve meals to drive luggage trucks. Anyone who's willing to help can contact coordinator Joan Zimmerman at 462-8530.

- Leader-news

MERCER

Hazen - Hazen will hold Crazy Daze from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday downtown, with bargain shopping, a kiddie parade at 2:30 p.m., free barrel rides and an annual Hazen Public Library used book sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hazen City Hall.

- Hazen Star

MORTON

Glen Ullin - Producers can take their old, unusable or banned pesticides for their final ride to a collection site from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Department of Transportation building at Glen Ullin. The collection is intended for banned pesticides like DDT, arsenic and mercury seed treatments. For information, call 800-242-7535. Also, the Glen Ullin Public Library is holding story hour for preschool through third-grade children at 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Children will be read to and make crafts.

- Hebron Herald, Glen Ullin Times

MOUNTRAIL

New Town - Anyone interested in running for Three Affiliated Tribes chairman or representative of 4 Bears, Twin Buttes or Lucky Mound districts has until 5 p.m. Friday to file a notice of candidacy at the tribal secretary's office at New Town.

- New Town News

OLIVER

Center - The annual meeting of the Oliver County Food Pantry will be held at 9 a.m. today at the Civic Center in Center.

- Center Republican

STANDING ROCK

McLaughlin, S.D. - The public is invited to an informational meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. Aug. 9 at the McLaughlin City Auditorium on the South Dakota Department of Transportation's plans to improve the highway running through the city of McLaughlin. The project will include resurfacing, curb and gutter, lighting and sidewalk. Also, an arraignment in the case of Dwight Crigger, of McIntosh, will be held today in McIntosh Circuit Court. Crigger is charged with arson for burning down the historic Corson County Courthouse and the county maintenance shed.

- News-Messenger

STARK

Taylor - Poet and rancher Yvonne Hollenbeck, of South Dakota, will headline this year's Taylor Horsefest Cowboy Revue, scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Red Barn on Taylor's Heritage Hill. Singer and poet Bob Petermann, of Wibaux, Mont., also will be among performers. For information, call 974-4210.

- Hebron Herald