Dakota Datebook

Convict Confesses to Murder by Merry Helm June 10, 2021 — About this time in 1949, North Dakotans were learning that a man doing time for forgery in a Michigan prison had confessed to killing two people in North Dakota four years earlier.

Valley News & Views Editorial

Over the past several months there has been a restoration project being undertaken at the Drayton City Cemetery, please see page one of this issue of Valley News & Views for more information on this project.

Life in the Slow Lane?

A few weeks ago, Lyle wrote a column about looking for work. He has written a similar column several times since his retirement from the Postal Service. I think it is time to hear the other side of the story.

Looking Down Main

Walking through the Drayton Cemetery on the evening of Memorial Day I was reminded of just how lucky we all are to live in a community like Drayton.

Guest Columnist

When the Articles of Confederation proved inadequate for dealing with the critical problems left after the 1783 armistice with England, the leading colonists advocated a national meeting of colonial delegates to amend the Articles.

We the People

Likely the most mysterious provision of the Bill of Rights, the question of the meaning of the Ninth Amendment has generated numerous interpretations and theories.

Pastor Leroy’s Column

The devastation in terms of lives lost and property destroyed in wars throughout the thousands of years of human history is incalculable. The money spent and the resources used to wage war is also beyond one’s ability to tabulate.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1779 “There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runs Time’s deer is slain, And lies where it has lain.

We the People

Throughout our nation’s history, the 10th Amendment to the Constitution has been misconstrued for the purpose of advancing state sovereignty at the expense of the Supremacy Clause. Some have invoked it as a second Supremacy Clause.

Ask Rusty

Dear Rusty: I’m 74 and receiving my Social Security benefits. My wife is 68 and we are delaying her benefits until she’s 70. But I read an article about a wife receiving half of her husband’s benefit, which makes me wonder if my wife waiting is smart. Please let me know your thoughts.