Featured Stories

Late winter storms bury county in white


A one-two weather punch wreaked havoc over the weekend in Bowman County and other parts of western North Dakota. Most of North Dakota and Montana were hit by two separate storm systems about a day apart, according to meteorologist Todd Hamilton of the National Weather Service Bismarck office. The first wave was part of an Alberta Clipper coming down from […]

Buffalo Grande Foundation celebrates with ribbon cutting in Hettinger


A bright new organization—Buffalo Grande Foundation—meeted in the Centennial Square on Main Street in Hettinger, ND, on March 13 to cut the ribbon announcing the publishing of their worldwide website. A core group has been meeting for two years to plan the launch of the website, www.BuffaloGrande.com. This is a new venture that partners with the tourism tribes of North […]

Bowman County gives Lions a Duffield overdose at state

STATE: Clinch third place

The Bulldogs rebounded from their semifinal loss to the eventual state champions with a definitive victory in the third place game over Minot’s hometown favorite team Bishop Ryan. It was just a Duffield overdose. The siblings closed out their prep basketball career leading the Bulldogs to a 62-48 victory at the state Division B boys tournament. Bohden Duffield finished the […]

Amidon church goes green for pancakes on St. Patrick’s Day


Its a big draw in Slope County. Every March, the Lebanon Lutheran Church holds a St. Patrick’s Day pancake supper. And every year, it has been a successful fundraiser for the church to help meet its annual financial needs. Every year, the menu includes green pancakes, eggs, and sausages, along with a choice of drinks. “They have been coming in […]

Bowman County jumps directly to state


Thursday night in the St. Mary’s athletic center, the one became one of the four. Those four were the winners of the four regional tournaments that got an automatic trip to the Minot State Dome. The first four teams in the state Division B tournament were Sargent County, North Star, Bowman County and Westhope-Newburg. In Region 1, Sargent County defeated […]

Bowman County Business Highlights


In an effort to showcase happenings in our business community, Bowman County Development Corporation is highlighting activity in Bowman County. Here are some Business Highlights from the last few months. Business owners and entrepreneurs are active. Business Highlights are a quick snapshot of what’s happening in Bowman County’s local business community. Haley Evans Accounting Haley J Evans LLC relocated to […]

Bulldogs chew up Maple River with fast breaks, 69-43

Quarterfinals

Bowman County started off fast when they started playing in the Division B state girls basketball tournament Thursday in the Jamestown Civic Center. The girls from Bowman scored six points before the Raiders from Maple River could even score. Maple River earned their spot in the tournament with a win streak that included an overtime victory over the topranked team […]

Regional upsets surprise ranked rivals

Bulldogs dominate new Region 3 honors

Bowman County dominated the Region 3 awards after a narrow 46-43 victory in the title game Thursday (Feb. 22) in Killdeer, picking up the championship trophy, putting three players on the all-region team, while also getting the senior athlete of the year and the coach of the year awards. For her third straight year, senior Jaci Fischer was on the […]

Big turnout at the Badlands Judging Contest in Bowman


Bowman County 4-H, FFA and Scranton FFA hosted the annual Badlands Judging Contest on Saturday, February 24th at the Bowman County School and Fairgrounds in Bowman. This year we hosted approximately 285 youth along with 50 coaches and 30 volunteers and judges. 4-H and FFA youth competed in several contests including Livestock Judging, Agronomy and Ag Sales. Livestock judging requires […]

Slope County Players chase deadly attacker, love

Dinner theater closes 2024 run with a whodunit

What do several birders, a rich family, and a small country inn seemingly overflowing with guests and staff have to do with Amidon? It is a sign that the dinner theater has returned to Slope County. The Slope County Players finished its 15th annual dinner theater Saturday evening at the county fairgrounds with the last of three performances of the […]


Category Pages are limited to 90 days. Please use the archive page or the search box to find older articles.