
Belfield police chief resigns; new chief hired
Belfield has a police chief.

Belfield has a police chief.

FARGO (AP) — A man accused of brandishing a gun in a western North Dakota courtroom and unsuccessfully trying to kill jurors, a sheriff and a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday he forgot the weapon was in his pants and he panicked after he was found guilty of child molestation.

Steve Burch of Dickinson, right, learns Wednesday afternoon from Dickinson State University students, from left, Shengye Fan, Ravi Bhatarai and Tianming Chen, during a DSU Computer Society-sponsored laptop workshop at Klinefelter Hall. Participants were encouraged to bring their own laptops for the workshop.

It will be difficult to win the District 13 tournament that begins today at Dickinson State’s Scott Gymnasium. Every coach says it — and they have the numbers to back it up.

The Dickinson State wrestling team’s dedicated Wednesday night’s dual against Chadron State to Tyler Plummer, a DSU alumnus who spent years as an unpaid volunteer for the wrestling team. Plummer died Jan. 25 at age 33.

Winter officially began in December, and except for a few days of normal cold, it didn’t even feel like winter throughout January. Except for people who thrive on snow activities, and businesses that cater to them, most of us have breathed a sigh of relief that we aren’t having a fourth straight hard Midwest winter that seemingly lasts six months.