Backoo, ND

Cavalier (ND) Police say the body of a deceased adult male was found late Monday afternoon in the area of the city park. Authorities believe the case involves a medical issue and no foul play is suspected. The body was sent to UND pathology for an autopsy. The case is...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) — A mosquito sample in one Northeast Ohio community has tested positive for West Nile virus. Canton City Public Health has announced that after the Ohio Department of Health laboratory discovered the virus as part of their mosquito abatement testing program, they’re asking residents to “fight the bite.” The health department offered […]

LuElla Anita (Schock) Kautz, 79, Fairmont, MN and formerly of Truman, MN and Cavalier, ND, died suddenly as a result of a massive stroke on Friday, July 1, 2022, in Fairmont, MN. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Truman. Visitation will...

He’s one of the richest men in the world and the largest individual owner of farmland in the country. Now Bill Gates appears to have acquired a slice of their tiny city, and locals near Pembina, North Dakota, aren’t happy about it. The news is making waves across the state, as well.

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Canton City Public Health has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Stark County. The Air Quality Index has jumped into the 100-plus range a few times in the last 24 hours, as of Wednesday afternoon when the advisory was issued. The offending...

CANTON – The city's new, earlier curfew for children and teenagers under the age of 18 goes into effect Friday. Canton City Council on May 23 approved a nightly curfew of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. — an earlier start time than the previous 12:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The change comes after Canton police reported an increase in juveniles involved in violent crime amid an overall decrease in crime for the first five months of 2022.

ST. THOMAS, M.N. (Valley News Live) - The residents of St. Thomas, ND, are trying to save their school which is slated to be demolished in July. The Grafton School Board made the decision recently, however, according to some of the residents they haven’t been told what the spot is being used for.

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The city of Canton begins its first round of mosquito spraying Monday in the northwest quadrant. Canton City Public Health says the spraying takes place between 9 p.m. and midnight each day, unless it’s raining or too windy. Residents with respiratory...

At Monday night’s Canton City Council meeting, WHBC’s semi-retired host and color analyst for high school football Joe Palmisano sat waiting to offer a presentation on his recent trip to Ukraine. Little did he know he was about to he honored by the city for his unselfish acts. Joe says “they told me I had 3 minutes to speak – when have I ever been able to speak for just 3 minutes!” Check out the discussion of that and more with Canton Mayor Tom Bernabei with Pam Cook on Canton’s Morning New here:

CRYSTAL, N.D. — Located a half an hour south of the Canadian border and half an hour to the west of Minnesota, near Crystal, North Dakota, Thomas Shephard grew up with dreams of not farming, but is now in his seventh-year farming at Shephard Farms, returning in 2015. “For...