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FORT TOTTEN, N.D. – Authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday, Jan. 11 on the Spirit Lake Reservation. A juvenile male suspect has been apprehended and is currently in custody.

Stacy Ann Azure Green, 64, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Dec. 26, 2025 at CHI Hospital in Devils Lake. A visitation was held at St. Michael’s Catholic Church on Jan. 2, 2026, with a Rosary and Prayer Service. Mass of Christian Burial for Stacy was on Jan. 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. also at the church with burial in the Azure Cemetery, rural St. Michael, ND. Gilbertsonfuneralhome.com

The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) has announced Joseph “Mojo” Hill from the Devils Lake Journal as the award winner for the North Dakota Sportswriter of the Year, recognizing him for his outstanding contributions to sports reporting in North Dakota.

North Dakotans are overwhelmingly proud of their state and satisfied with their lives, with pride rooted in safety, community and faith, the latest North Dakota Poll commissioned by the North Dakota News Cooperative shows.

Lake Region State College and the Devils Lake Public Library are bringing a North Dakota author to give a book talk on January 14 at 6:00 p.m. in Chautauqua Gallery at LRSC.

Following the invasion of Venezuela by U.S. military forces on Saturday, Jan. 3, which included the capture of its current president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, North Dakota and Minnesota lawmakers released statements in response, falling along party lines. GOP politicians endorsed the military intervention taken by the Trump administration, while Democratic politicians sharply criticized it, with the North Dakota Democratic-NPL calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.”

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LARIMORE, N.D. – To spread some kindness this holiday season, the student council of Larimore High School launched “Bless a Bear,” an anonymous program made to help students in need of a little extra love and support this winter.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued a statement regarding the passing of Allen I. Olson, who served as the 28th governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1984 and as the state’s attorney general from 1972 to 1980. Olson died Friday, Dec. 26, at age 87.

ST. PAUL, MINN. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, started the drawdown of its Red River of the North basin reservoirs in preparation of spring flooding. Fall/winter drawdowns are conducted to help manage anticipated snowmelt runoff in the spring. Additional drawdowns may be necessary depending on snowfall amounts over the winter months.