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Hundreds of firefighters from around North Dakota will be converging on Bowman in the first week of June for the annual state convention. Among the events planned will be NDFA Business meetings, a golf tournament, a Trap shoot, a Fire apparatus/car parade and show. In addition, there will also be a 911-memorial trailer, which will be open to public. The convention’s keynote speaker will be Joe Torillo. He was a survivor of the World Trade Center attack by terrorists in 2001. The now-retired FDNY lieutenant was buried alive twice that day and has since become a motivational speaker. He tr...

A bit of the ocean came to Bowman briefly Sunday when a Fargo-based seafood business set up ‘shop’ in the parking lot at the Bowman County Fairgrounds. As part of a regular route which stops in Bowman every four weeks, ‘Off the Hook’ brought a range of seafood choices for local customers to chose from during his 90-minute visit. John Mittleider told customers “If you go to our website, we put two months of calendars on so people can see when we are coming out.” The business of delivery has been going on since 2015, but they have been stopping in Bowman since Octo...

William H. Gutz, known by all as Bill, passed away peacefully at 4:04 PM, December 16, 2020, at Maplewood Assisted Living Facility, Deer River, Minnesota, where he resided since September 4, 2019, surrounded by family, friends, and staff. He was born March 11, 1936, in Bowman County, North Dakota. The family moved to Minnesota, where they grew up on a farm. Bill enlisted in The Army of The United States as a High Speed Radio Operator in the Signal Corps after high school. He attended Army Airborne School, graduated, and became a Paratrooper. He was assigned at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with a ...

Aid dollars come in for ND schools, with 15 districts receiving more than $15,000 in per-pupil funding so far As billions of dollars in federal money flow into districts around the country — meant to cushion the pandemic’s expensive necessities — the results have been transformative for some schools. Written By: Sam Easter | × Manvel Principal Melissa Hiltner, left, visits in a Manvel classroom with middle-school teacher Jodie Wohlgamuth. Local school leaders there hope to use federal stimulus money on a $90,000 project to replace nearly 60-year-old school windows. Phot...

The COVID-19 battle is back on the rise in North Dakota, thanks to the presence of new variants which are more transmissible, according to state and local health professionals. In February, the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) announced the new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom was identified in positive specimens from two individuals in North Dakota. “This variant strain is thought to be more contagious which reinforces the importance of continuing to wear a mask, physical distancing, staying home when you’re sick, getting tested, ...