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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.

CARRINGTON, ND – The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District’s Recreation Committee recently met and awarded matching recreation grants to 12 projects, totaling $282,138, according to a press release issued by Garrison Diversion Communications Director Kimberly Cook.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Commerce has announced the availability of $600,000 in funding to support the growth, sustainability and competitiveness of Native American-owned small businesses across the state. According to the NDDOC press release, the Native American Small Business Support Program was created through funding appropriated by the 69th Legislative Assembly.

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) recently announced that a key federal agency has approved the state’s final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) plan—an essential milestone that allows the state to move forward with awarding grants under streamlined, lower-cost rules.

BISMARCK, N.D. (Nov. 21, 2025) - The North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund (NDIRF) was awarded the 2024 Driver Safety Training Award by the North Dakota Safety Council (NDSC), a chapter of the National Safety Council (NSC).

The staff of the Devils Lake Journal shares their picks for the top stories from the past 12 months in Devils Lake and the Lake Region.

For about the past 2 years I have been writing what I call nostalgia stories about growing up on a farm in the 1950’s. To me nostalgia means a rememberance of things past in a positive way which leaves you with pleasant memories. The dictionary describes nostalgia as a longing for the past. Here are a couple of other versions I recently found about nostalgia.

Breydin Ehnert and Claire Leiseth, both Devils Lake residents, took time out of their busy lives to ring the bell for others at Leevers Grocery Store during the Christmas Holidays, the evening of Monday Dec. 22.