Valley City (VCSU) – Valley City State University is ranked the #1 Best Small College in North Dakota by Niche. Niche, a nationally respected college search tool for prospective students and their families, compiles annual college report cards and rankings. Niche’s 2026 rankings were released this week and are based […]

Please be alert for school buses and youngsters around them.  When the “STOP Arm” is extended, you must stop!  It is for safety and it is the law!  Child Passenger Safety Week is Sunday, September 21, to Saturday, September 27.  Does your child or grandchild have an important need to […]

BARNES COUNTY, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A 66-year-old Paynesville, MN man is dead after losing control of his motorcycle on I-94 in Barnes county Wednesday evening. North Dakota Highway patrol says the man and his passenger, a 39-year-old woman also from Paynesville, were traveling westbound on I-94 around 5:55 […]

Valley City – Valley City Public Works will be conducting mosquito control spraying on the evening of Thursday, August 21, and continuing into the early morning of Friday, August 22, weather permitting. Residents are encouraged to take precautions by keeping windows closed and staying indoors during spraying when possible.

Valley City PD – The Valley City Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the driver or owner of a motorcycle that caught fire in the 100 block of Main Street East. On 08/18/25, at approximately 1:58 p.m., the motorcycle was observed traveling eastbound on Main Street. The […]

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State University has been awarded a $478,000 grant from the National Science Foundation that will be used to fund VCSU undergraduate research projects over the next four years. VCSU is among 10 partnering institutions in North Dakota that were awarded grant money for a […]

NDHP – On Thurs Aug 14 at about 4:41 PM, a 2007 Peterbilt semi-truck driven by a 37-year-old male of Hudson, SD drove off the eastbound I-94 roadway near mile marker 276. The truck entered the ditch, drove through a slough, and came to rest approximately 200-300 yards in a […]

Many schools are opening this week so students, educators, buses and parents will create different traffic patterns throughout the area.  Busy times will likely be different than the summer, so please be “aware”. There will also be kids going to school who don’t ride in cars or the like. They […]

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – The Valley City State University Robinson Center for the Arts Gallery announces Do You Feel What I Feel, an exhibit of Eugene Ofori Agyei’s sculptural work opening August 18. The exhibit opens to the public on Monday, August 18, and will be on display through Thursday, October […]