When the historic Viking Bridge closed in 2006, it caused some inconvenience for Ernest Fyre, who along with his brother, Kenneth, farms both sides of the Goose River in Viking Township. And when it was removed for a few months in 2010 to be a restored, he didn’t mind a bit, even though the bridge was sitting on his land, where the $530,000 restoration project took place. The Viking Bridge — the oldest documented vehicle bridge in North Dakota — was rededicated Wednesday. The project was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
A set of doors were the only casualties when a car plowed into East Grand Forks Senior High School early Wednesday morning. The school’s surveillance video showed the 2006 Chevy Malibu crossing from the parking lot onto the lawn, turn onto a sidewalk and drive directly into the west main entrance, seemingly, without slowing. It ended resting partly in a school hallway around 6:17 a.m.
The heated rivalry between the UND and North Dakota State football teams has been on hold since 2003. The nine-year drought appears to have an end in sight.
Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America.
People working to persuade North Dakota voters to allow retirement of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname next month say they’re encouraged by poll results released today showing their side with an edge among likely voters.
