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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.

08/11/2024

We have plenty of election news in today’s paper but we wanted to highlight how readers can help families and children this holiday season by donating to the local Angel Giving Tree program.

The Traill County Community Giving Project kicked off its 13th annual Angel Giving Tree program on Monday – two weeks earlier than usual.

06/11/2024

Around Thanksgiving every year we publish a lengthy story outlining upcoming Christmas-themed events taking place in and around Traill County. If you have a holiday event that you'd like us to include in the roundup, email us ([email protected]) and we'll try to share the information with our readers.

06/11/2024

A few local election results to pass along tonight. Incumbents Larry Young and Kurt Elliott have won re-election to the Traill County Board of Commissioners, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night. In Hillsboro, voters approved a half-cent sales tax being sought by Hillsboro Fire & Rescue to build a new fire station. The sales tax measure passed 591 to 185.

04/11/2024

Starting this Friday we'll be sharing a series of cooking columns over the next few weeks from Fargo food blogger Jeff Benda, founder of Wild Game & Fish Media. We thought a segment of our readers would enjoy having a few extra game and fish recipes to keep on hand with deer opener coming up Friday.

02/11/2024

ICYMI: Reynolds will be hosting a series of fundraisers today for Jack Knudsvig, the Central Valley senior recovering from injuries he received in a car-train collision in September.

REYNOLDS – The Beehive bar and community members from Reynolds and Buxton will be taking part in a series of fundraisers on Saturday to benefit Jack Knudsvig, the Central Valley