Hazen Star News
Harvest Fest’s reluctant royalty
From tree shelterbelts, blood drives, Girl Scout camp and the hospital auxiliary turkey dinner, to the maintenance of county roads and Memorial Day services – it would be difficult to find something within Mercer County that doesn’t have Lyle or Lil Latimers’ fingerprints on it.
Commission takes their last look at the 2010 city budget
In two fell swoops, the Hazen City Commission worked their way through the city’s 2010 preliminary budget and readied it for finalization.
Greener fairways in Hazen Golf Course’s future
As the dirty water retreated, slowly and mercifully, back into the banks of the Knife River – sleepless nights and headaches began for the Hazen Golf Club Board and the club’s members.
A ‘balancing’ act: City takes first whack at budget
Get out your calculators and sharpen your pencils, because ’tis the season for numbers crunching as the Hazen City Commission began work on their preliminary budget for 2010.
Hazen schools are ready again for 2009-2010
New flooring, bigger lockers, renovated bathrooms, upgraded whiteboards – but, (sigh), there will still be learning to do for Hazen students beginning the 2009-2010 school year Thursday, Aug. 27.
25 years at the forefront of an industry and counting
It was the last place you wanted to be at 4 p.m. Mountain time on any given day in 1979. “You didn’t want to be going the opposite direction than traffic was in the morning or the afternoon,” Antelope Valley Station Plant Manager John Jacobs said. “There were so many vehicles heading to work or away from work, local people tried to time trips around those times of day.”
Commission awards bid for sewer project
After one swinging strike, the city might have gotten a hit. After being forced by the N.D. Century Code to re-bid a sewer bore project in southeast Hazen because the low bid was more than 45 percent over the engineer’s first estimate, the Hazen City Commission approved a contractor’s bid for the sewer bore project in southwest Hazen at their meeting Monday evening.
A story of mutual growth, 25 years in the making
James Miller, 76, enjoys his coffee, and doesn’t at all mind making mail runs. He is simply happy to have his independence.
Stanton’s annual summer bash heats up this weekend
Four months ago, living along the Knife River wasn’t anything to celebrate. But since memories of the river’s rowdy spring behavior are beginning to fade into the blue summer sky, residents from Mercer County and beyond are ready to party at the annual Knife River Days Saturday and Sunday in Stanton.
Commission puts final touches on nursery property
In a special meeting Monday evening, the Hazen City Commission approved the rezoning of both the land where the nursery currently sits in west Hazen, and the property that will hold the future nursery.
