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As part of a new marketing plan for the City of Hillsboro, the city’s website — www.hillsborond.com — will undergo a complete facelift and a much-needed information update this spring.

In charge of creating the new and improved website is Hometown Aditude, the new local advertising agency hired by the city, HEDC, the school and other community organizations to market the city to potential new residents. (more…)

The first of seven Power Point presentations, detailing the facts and figures of the proposed $7 million addition to the Traill County Courthouse, will be given Thursday in Hillsboro.

The March 6 informational meeting in the Community Room at the courthouse will start at 7 p.m.

Sheriff Mike Crocker and Kim Jacobson, director of the county’s Social Services agency, will coordinate the meeting.

More public information meetings are being planned for Mayville, Portland, Hatton, Galesburg, Reynolds and Buxton. (more…)

By NEIL O. NELSON

Preaching how all economic development starts at the local level, North Dakota Economic Development Foundation directors visiting Hillsboro this week were offered a Red River Valley grass roots observation into growing business in the state’s eastern rural counties.

There’s a world outside Imperial Cass County and Greater Grand Forks Community, foundation directors know, and on Tuesday they were reintroduced to the promises and problems facing Traill, Steele and Griggs counties.  (more…)

LaVerne Aventi tried the Big City. The experience convinced her of one thing — she’s a small town girl.

Aventi was recently hired as a patrol officer for the two-person Hillsboro Police Department. She’s been training with police chief Ray Weber for about a month, learning the ins and outs of the job and becoming familiar with her new beat — Hillsboro, N.D. pop. 1,600.

The new cop lived and worked in Minneapolis for a short time, earning a living as a security guard. She discovered quickly that she didn’t really enjoy her job or the place she was living. (more…)

Beaten by Dakota Prairie in the semi-final round, Hillsboro bounced back and defeated MayPort-CG Monday to win a ticket to the Region 2 tournament opening Monday in Grafton.

The 14-7 Burros easily handled the Patriots, 56-41, in the region qualifying game.

Hatton-Northwood, District 3 champs, Dakota Prairie, regular season titleholders, Hillsboro and Thompson advanced to the region tourney. (more…)

Hillsboro is back in the Region 2 boys basketball tournament.

Denied a trip to Grand Forks and the region last year, the Burros will meet Grafton Monday evening in the first round of the tourney played north of the Forks this year.

Grafton is hosting the 2008 Region 2 tourney.

The 14-7 Burros are the No. 4 seed out of District 3.  (more…)

Two of Hillsboro’s perimeter players were named this week to the All-District 3 premier team.

The Burros’ Brittany Wilson and Maggie Evenson were on the 11-player all district team, announced by league officials this week.

Hillsboro finished the 2007-2008 campaign with 17 wins and 6 losses.

Wilson, a 5-1 senior, averaged 9.4 points for Hillsboro this year. One of the team’s co-captains, Wilson was the team’s assist leader with 93. She also had 82 rebounds, 25 steals and five blocked shots. (more…)

Just trying to keep up.

Save your energy, we have 35 miles to go.

The March of the Penguins.

Since my column last week lamenting on the recent cold snap I’ve been invited to study the penguin.

Apparently, I’m viewed as some kind of authority on cold weather.  (more…)

No, it’s too early for the Easter Bunny.

The 5-foot 9-inch, 170-pound hopping fool is my oldest son. The 16-year-old is sporting a cast on his left leg these days (surgery to repair a foot injury) and he thinks he can get around faster without crutches. So . . . he hops — everywhere.

He hops around the kitchen from the fridge to the sink to the stove. He hops into the living room and pounces on the sofa. He hops around the corner to the bathroom and . . . hops back again.  (more…)

With Maryland and New Jersey already approving an interstate compact to bypass the Electoral College, Illinois is now on the verge of joining the pact to force presidential elections to a national popular vote.   The measure has already passed in the Illinois legislature – 102 to 8 in the house, 35 to 27 in the senate - and, at the time of this writing, is sitting on the governor’s desk awaiting his decision.

According to his legislative staff, the governor has given no indication of his plans for the measure. If he signs the bill, he would be adding 21 electors to the 25 already committed by Maryland and New Jersey – still some distance from the 270 needed to activate the compact.  (more…)