Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy.

The Max Centre was a busy place last week as constituents from the Drayton Valley/Calmar region gathered to give support to their MLA Diana McQueen last Wednesday with a fundraiser.

A northeastern North Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child pornography.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 19-YEAR-OLD JERAD BROSIUS OF ST. THOMAS WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH ABOUT 1 A.M., TUESDAY.

Authorities say a car skidded off the road at an intersection southwest of Drayton, killing a teenage passenger and injuring two others.

Authorities say a car skidded off the road at an intersection southwest of Drayton, killing a teenage passenger and injuring two others.

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Pembina County officials say the Red River bridge east of Drayton, which had been closed since early April due to flooding, has reopened.

U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley announced Tuesday that Laurence Pelletier Jr., Drayton, N.D., appeared Monday before U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson on child pornography charges.

FARGO, N.D. A Drayton man accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl and producing child pornography has pleaded guilty to two charges.

"For one month we have watched high water," said Rev. Tom Puffe, pastor of dual parishes, Trinity Lutheran Church in Adrian, N.D., and Trinity Lutheran Church, Lamoure, N.D. "This is troubling to people's hearts," Puffe said.