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IT LOOKED LIKE A GHOST TRAIN, buzzing along the Hi-line recently near Shelby, where the train tracks parallel Highway 2 most of the time, very close to the highway. We pulled out of Shelby as the train was beginning to roll, heading east. At that time, we were living large exceeding the speed limit ...

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THE SCOBEY LIONS CLUB annual Ice Skating Party from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, January 26, drew a very good-sized crowd to Fjeld Rink next to the Daniels Memorial Healthcare Center. The weather was great as the temperature was 24 degrees but a 6-mile per hour wind made it feel a tad bit cooler but not mu...

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IT WAS THE NOVEMBER 28, 2024 issue of the Daniels County Leader when we published a list of the 87 schools scattered around Daniels County during the homestead era after Daniels County was born in August of 1920. One of those was the Butte Creek School, located at the intersection of Roseberry Road...

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DO YOU SEE IT? Is that a sad face, happy face or determined to keep standing face? You decide, but this oldie but goody might not be standing much longer. Just one good northwest wind could easily decide its fate. The old structure was spotted during a recent drive around the north suburbs of Whit...

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Who would have thunk it back in the day when old tractor tires and larger regular tires would someday become playground equipment? Well, it’s here today at the Scobey School’s east-side playground and the kids seem to enjoy crawling on them and going for a ride (or is that a stationary roll?)....