The Dollar General in Devils Lake opened Wednesday at Noon this week. This new store is located on College Drive South near Minnie H Kindergarden Center. It is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. (Photo by Louise Oleson, DLJ)

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $27.4 million to help 69 North Dakota hospitals and health centers purchase 215 ultrasound imaging devices and train the state’s sonography workforce.

A very special event will take place on Friday, March 7, 2025 right here in Devils Lake. For many years the churches of the city have come together to host the World Day of Prayer taking turns presenting the program and worship service based on scripture and prayer. It falls the first Friday of March each year and is celebrated in many different churches all at the same time around the globe.

President’s Day Monday Feb, 17, 2025, dawned clear and very cold in Devils Lake, ND. What would normally have been a day off for all city employees turned out to be exactly the opposite for many of them as a large water main break was detected early in the day. On 10th Street NE a virtual fountain of water bubbled up from the street affecting the supply to the city’s water tower.

The Devils Lake School Board held a regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 24. Here are some highlights from the meeting.

Relationships can be like puzzles. Putting them together might seem easy when you look at the bigger picture, but putting them together could take some time. Navigating relationships is the theme of the newest LRSC Playmakers production of LOVE/SICK. The play is an anthology written in 2010 by Massachusetts playwright and actor John Cariani. The show premiered in 2010 High Point University and ran off-Broadway in 2015.

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It may have been brutally cold Sunday, but it was all warm smiles and hot food inside the KC Hall in the morning. The Devils Lake chapter of Fishing has No Boundaries, a non-profit volunteer group that provides fishing opportunities for people with disabilities had its yearly breakfast fundraiser. Pancakes and sausages were served from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with proceeds going to their annual fishing event in July.

For Spirit Lake’s Stuart Lohnes, music is a form of expression. He has used his hip-hop music to spread positivity and his perspective of the world. Using his music to tackle issues that affect the Native American community, has made him a unique voice amongst Indigenous artists. He is one of five Indigenous artists who received a $5,000 fellowship. The money is used to help further their artistic endeavors. He will speak on Friday, Feb. 21 at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck at 3 p.m. about how the grant has helped him as an artist.