News

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.

Continued from DLJ Dec. 16, page 5

Jan.1, 2026: NOTICE: There will be NO Devils Lake Journal for Thursday, Jan. 1 for the New Years Day Holiday.

A potent winter storm brought blizzard conditions, treacherous travel and power outages in parts of the Upper Midwest on Monday, Dec. 29 as other areas of the country experienced plunging temperatures, strong winds, a mix of snow, ice, and rain, and dangerous wind chills in North Dakota and Minnesota.

HARWOOD, N.D. – On Monday, Nov. 24, Senator John Hoeven, along with members of the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard (FMHG) and federal, state and local leaders, will break ground on the Veterans Memorial Center at the Fargo National Cemetery (FNC). This follows Hoeven’s successful efforts to secure an agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including VA Secretary Doug Collins and VA Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs (USMA) Sam Brown, to approve the conceptual design advanced by the Hoeven-led community working group in partnership with the FMHG.

BISMARCK, N.D. – On Wednesday, Dec. 10, Gov. Kelly Armstrong thanked U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins for approving North Dakota’s application for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food-choice waiver, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

Despite stubborn inflation, higher daily costs and a dip in holiday spending, most North Dakotans are as committed to charitable giving, according to the latest North Dakota Poll, commissioned by the North Dakota News Cooperative.

BISMARCK, N.D. – State School Superintendent Levi Bachmeier lauded North Dakota’s improvement on a national financial literacy report card, saying the result strengthens efforts to make North Dakota the nation’s most financially literate state.