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21/03/2025

Veteran actor C. Thomas Howell, one of the stars of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film “The Outsiders,” will be stopping at the Delchar Theater in Mayville next week for a special screening of the film. We did a phone Q&A with Howell from his home in Texas on Wednesday ahead of next week’s visit.

Although he grew up on the outskirts of Los Angeles and spent his childhood visiting movie sets, C. Thomas Howell never planned on pursuing a career in acting.

21/02/2025

We’ve been covering the MayPort Area Ice Dawgs since the program made the jump from Junior Gold hockey. So we understood how much their win over West Fargo Sheyenne on Saturday meant to the players and their fans. Here’s a peek at this week’s sports cover.

15/02/2025

Every Dawg has its day. The MayPort Area Ice Dawgs won their first postseason game in program history with a 3-2 victory over West Fargo Sheyenne in an EDC play-in matchup today in West Fargo. Ice Dawgs were out shot 61 to 11 but pick up the win and advance.

07/02/2025

We should do things like this more often. We asked MayPort-CG school administrators if any high school students wanted to pick up a camera and shoot alongside us at last night's MPCG and Benson County doubleheader. Here's a photo gallery of images taken by MPCG senior Tatum Mehus. She did a great job!

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02/02/2025

MayPort-CG's boys basketball team topped No. 4-ranked New Rockford-Sheyenne 70-60 earlier today at MPCG High School. Here's a gallery of images from the game. We'll have a gallery from the Patriots and Rockets girls matchup online tomorrow.

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24/01/2025

Hillsboro-Central Valley boys basketball coach Elliot Rotvold had a memorable week. He became a grandfather for the first time and picked up his 500th career coaching win.

Elliot Rotvold’s phone started blowing up with congratulatory texts late Tuesday night.

03/01/2025

Last night’s special meeting of the Hillsboro School Board took place after the Banner went to press, so we are sharing our coverage of the meeting in an online story this morning.

More than 100 community members from Hillsboro turned out for a public meeting Thursday night to share their thoughts on spending cuts under consideration by the Hillsboro School Board.

24/12/2024

Our office will be open until noon today, then we're taking off to eat Christmas cookies and see whether Ralphie's glasses survive this year and if John McClane can save Nakatomi Tower, because Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers. Travel safely the next two days.

20/12/2024

Our paper today includes a 20-page holiday section featuring Christmas concert photos, messages of faith and letters to Santa. We didn’t receive letters from MayPort-CG students so we are asking kids from MPCG to send their letters directly to the North Pole this year.

20/12/2024

Due to heating problems in the MayPort-CG gym, tonight's girls basketball game against Nelson County has been moved to Finley. The bright side is those folks in Finley usually have top-notch scotcharoos. Tipoff is set for 6:30.

14/12/2024

We've been keeping busy capturing moments at a number of holiday concerts in the area the past couple weeks. Here's our gallery from Thursday night's concert at Hillsboro Elementary School. Other concert galleries (with still a few more to come) are available for viewing on our SmugMug site.

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10/12/2024

It's a time for song in the Red River Valley, with church and school concerts running through next week. Here's a snippet of music from Sunday evening's Hillsboro Community Christmas Choir at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.

06/12/2024

Just a friendly reminder that a dozen businesses in Hillsboro will be handing out free cookies from 3 to 5 today as part of the Hillsboro Business Association’s first cookie crawl event. Here is a 5-second-old photo of Banner editor Cole Short’s cookies. Insider sources have confirmed the longtime journalist had no idea how long baking 200 cookies would take.

29/11/2024

In today’s paper we feature Robbie Lauf, a Mayville native who serves as executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library being built in Medora, N.D. We also have more details on plans by Cruizin Cafe owners Mike and Denise Deck, who will be taking over restaurant operations at Goose River Brewing. A Hillsboro man has helped digitize and publish online more than 70 years of the Hatton Free Press. And today’s issue also includes our holiday guide to events taking place across Traill County over the next four weeks. Plus 4.5 pages of sports, cause we love sports around here.

28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to our readers. We hope you’re able to gather with friends and family today and that you find a cozy spot for a nap after lunch. Pro tip: If you’re having trouble falling asleep, the Cowboys and Giants play at 3:30.

25/11/2024

Hillsboro’s lunch landscape continues its shakeup. Days after the closing of the Subway Restaurant, the owners of the Cruizin Cafe food truck announced Monday that they are planning to take over the restaurant portion of Goose River Brewing in Hillsboro. Mike Deck said he has plans for a number of upgrades, including an updated menu featuring some of the food truck’s most popular items, but the transition could be completed as soon as mid-December. More details in Friday’s paper.

22/11/2024

Students and teachers at Central Valley School gave Jack Knudsvig a hero’s welcome on his return to the area Tuesday, two months after he struck a train on his way to school.

Rural BUXTON – Jack Knudsvig received a hero’s welcome on his long-awaited return to Central Valley School on Tuesday. Two months after striking a train with his SUV – and

19/11/2024

We’re probably more enthusiastic about this than we should be but the Hillsboro City Commission agreed tonight to repair the broken Hillsboro Burros statue and return it to Railroad Park in the spring. Local artist Eric Johnson will be doing the repairs. More details in Friday’s paper.