Ground was broken recently on the long-awaited Prairie View Elementary School renovations and addition. On Thursday, May 22 (almost 70 years to the day when Prairie View was first built), people gathered to hear from Superintendent Ned Clooten and others speak during the groundbreaking. 6z1q50

With the news from Spirit Lake cautioning residents about drinking water, a number of people have inquired about the safety of Devils Lake’s drinking water supply. So the Journal ed Mike Grafsgaard from the City of Devils Lake to ask some of those questions.

The VFW Post 756 and VFW Auxiliary of Devils Lake presented a program to and honor Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 at 9:45 a.m. in the Memorial Building gymnasium.

Exciting progress is taking place at the Ramsey County Fairgrounds and Peterson Arena with the construction of the Western State Bank Event Center — a long-anticipated project that is finally coming to life. Connected to the north end of the 4-H Hall (formerly the Ramsey County Event Center) along Highway 19, the impressive new facility is hard to miss. Measuring 150 feet wide by 250 feet long, the building provides ample space to host a wide range of indoor events throughout the year.

The Devils Lake City Commission met Monday, May 19 at 5:30 p.m. with a full agenda to cover.

The Sheyenne River forms the south border of the Spirit Lake Reservation. What does the name Sheyenne / Cheyenne have to do with the Spirit Lake Dakota? The answer: on the south bank of this river was a Cheyenne earth lodge village near Lisbon, North Dakota. The Cheyenne people today live in the states of Montana and Oklahoma. The Cheyenne name for these indigenous people is not their official name. Their name for themselves is Tsistsistas (Beautiful People).

If you had told me that when I was in journalism school, I would find myself working for a newspaper in Devils Lake, N.D., I would probably say you’re drunk, crazy, or both. But that’s the funny thing about my life. There are things I never thought I would do that I would wind up doing.

Highlighted Events at the Lake Region Public Library

The Rev. Philip James Vanderlin, OSB, a native of Devils Lake and 1960 graduate of St. Mary’s Academy is retiring to Assumption Abbey, Richardton, ND, after living and serving in Bogota, Colombia for 47 years and Jackson Hole, Wyoming for 11 years.