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Heated moments and hostile politics have often gripped North Dakota’s Legislature. In 1890, the state’s first legislative session included the censure of two senators for insults. One of them was replaced as president pro tempore.

Today is the birthday of Hariette Lake, who was born in 1909 in Valley City. Her mother was an opera singer and her father was a “traveling thespian."When…

The roots of Valley City State University extend all the way back to North Dakota’s first year as a state, when the school, and one in Mayville, were…

Norwegians make up one of the larger ethnic groups in North Dakota, with almost 1 in 3 boasting Norwegian heritage as of 2009. That’s the highest…

The Barnes County Museum in Valley City will soon host a new display of fossils - many of which would have been typical plant and animal life from Eastern…