The City of Bismarck Offices and the Landfill will be closed for the Good Friday Holiday on Friday, April 2, 2010.

Friday Garbage Collection Route Is Changed:
Friday, April 2nd will be collected on Monday, April 5th. Monday’s route will be collected as scheduled.

Go to www.bismarck.org for more information.

Morton County and the City of Mandan have closed their sandbag areas at the City of Mandan Shop and the Morton County Highway Department. If you need access to sandbags, please call the Morton County Emergency Management Office at 701-667-3307 to make arrangements.

The City of Bismarck Self Fill sandbag site locations will close March 30, 2010. No sandbags will be available after Tuesday, March 30. To view a map of the Self Fill Sandbag Sites please visit www.bismarck.org.

Burleigh County officials have established a sandbag disposal plan. Residents are asked to bring the appropriate tools to open their sandbags and dump the sand in the designated area. A dumpster is available onsite to dispose the empty sandbags.

The sandbag disposal site for area residents to utilize:
Missouri Valley Fairgrounds, parking lot south of the 4-H Building

Burleigh County officials have established a sandbag disposal plan. Residents are asked to bring the appropriate tools to open their sandbags and dump the sand in the designated area. A dumpster is available onsite to dispose the empty sandbags.

The sandbag disposal site for area residents to utilize:

Missouri Valley Fairgrounds, parking lot south of the 4-H Building

Local officials are very appreciative of the volunteerism and teamwork involved to prepare for the anticipated flooding.

On December 29, 1890, an engagement between Big Foot’s band of Lakota Indians and the US military’s Seventh Cavalry (the same military unit that Lt Col George A. Custer led to a devastating defeat at the Little Big Horn in Montana in 1876) resulted in what was first called the “Battle of Wounded Knee” and is today called the “Wounded Knee Massacre.” Humanities scholar and author, Clay S. Jenkinson and Bismarck State College President Larry C. Skogen dispassionately discusses what happened on that terrible winter day.

Watch Conversations with Clay Jenkinson – Wounded Knee on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)

These are conversations they both believe North Dakotans need to have. Their goal is to help people of the state reconnect with key events in their history within a broader social context and to spotlight Bismarck State College as an important player in promoting humanities within the community. These programs were funded in part by the North Dakota Humanities Council.

You can find more information and schedules on our web site.

Visit “Conversations at Bismarck State College” at: www.bsctalk.com.