Presidents’ Day started first in 1885, when the first American president had his birthday on February 22 made into a federal holiday.

Adapted from the Star Awards that once took place at the Annual Chamber Christmas Party, the Chamber will continue to recognize the outstanding businesses and volunteers in our community.  

Everyone likes to win; it’s a universal fact.  Here, we have just a few of the recent wins in our area.  Whether it’s at Tug-a-War, Golf or a Science Fair, our communities are proud of these accomplishments.

For a second year, rural families across North Dakota have the opportunity to participate in a program that will help their four-year-olds prepare for school. These additional resources are thanks to a $14.2 million federal grant. The United States Department of Education awarded the nonprof…

Slope County may be the least populous county in the state, but it will also be playing a key role in a pilot project for electronically posting land access for hunters.

In this week’s photos, the Bulldogs of yesteryear competed in Track & Field and Wrestling and traveled to Williamsburg.  Where are they today?

INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Feb. 16, 2020 National FFA Organization) – Agriculture is part of our daily lives—from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. This week, more than 653,000 FFA members will celebrate the role agriculture plays in our lives while sharing the message of agricultural educa…

At a recent meeting of the Bowman Community Chorus Scholarship and Steering committee funds from the 2019 Christmas concert were distributed to local entities. Very generous free will offerings from the two concerts and generous donations from many area businesses and sales of DVDs of the co…

AARP is accepting applications for the 2020 Community Challenge grant program to fund “quick-action” projects that spark change in local communities. Now in its fourth year, the grant program is part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative, which aims to make communities great pl…

When U.S. Marshals conducted America’s first census in 1790, they posted the answers in the town square so locals could check for accuracy, as required by law. This practice continued until 1850.

Bowman County Development Corporation (BCDC) held their annual meeting on Feb. 5 at the Bowman Golf Course.

Hundreds of enthusiastic young students & volunteers will attend the Bowman County School Wednesday, Feb. 26, for the First Annual Bowman Marketplace for Kids Education Day.

Pictured above from the left are Dave Nygaard and Jerri Storer from the Arc, Little Missouri, Inc. and from the right are Mike Klein, Carolynne Jones, and Mary Anderson from ABLE, Inc.

On February 1, 2020 the Bowman Fire Department had their annual meeting.  During this meeting we had election of officers.  All officers have a one-year term and are voted on at every annual meeting.  The results of the 2020 election are as follows:

Ron Palczewski, President & CEO of Dakota Western Bank, has announced employee promotions effective January 1, 2020.  Carla Teske (left) of the Scranton Branch has been promoted to Assistant Vice President and Personal Banking Officer.  She has been employed at DWB for 17 years.  Beth Cr…

On January 30,2020, The Arc, Little Missouri, Inc. sells their 101 North Main Street building to ABLE, Inc. which houses the REPEAT OUTLET store, Recycling business, and work areas where ABLE’s unique line of products are created.

This week’s unclaimed photos are all groups. 

Music may have been the message for the 2020 Pops and Pasta Concert held Sunday January 26 in the Solberg gymnasium on the Bowman High School campus.

Four leadership conferences for members of the FFA were held in Bismarck on January 4-5, 2020.  The 101 conference which was conducted by the North Dakota State FFA Officer team, was held at the Bismarck Civic center.

Bowman County School District Meetings Open to the Public

Shelly Truetken started her employment as a part-time Teller/CSR at the Scranton branch on November 25th.  She is a native of Scranton and, most recently, worked for Scranton Equity.  Shelly and her husband, John, have three children and nine grandchildren.  Shelly enjoys walking and working…

Registrations are due by February 3 for artists to enter their faith-based work in a juried show that is part of an exciting, inspirational event to be held in Bismarck March 27-29, 2020.

I love old photographs, they tell stories long forgotten, and conjure memories of favorite relatives.  If you see yourself or one of your loved ones, come on by the Pioneer and  browse through the Unclaimed Photos. The Bowman County Pioneer is open Monday – Thursday 8am to 5pm. 

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The University of North Dakota Department of Music will host their 35th Annual Honor Band, Choir & Strings Festival January 24-26.

For the Sunrise and the West River Health Services foundations, a night of youth and high school wrestling was a big success Tuesday (Jan. 7) in Hettinger.

Thursday January 9th was Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Some of the children from Here We Grow Again Daycare went and visited the Bowman Sherriff’s Department! They brought them some delicious cupcakes they made; they were topped with Cop cars that they made from candy. They also each mad…

BISMARCK, N.D. – About 2,000 qualifying North Dakota children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will transition to traditional Medicaid coverage and have access to more health and dental benefits beginning Jan. 1, 2020. This change will happen automatically, and fami…

Do you see yourself or someone related to you?Please drop by the Bowman County Pioneer to claim your photos. Next week we will be showing you unclaimed sports photographs.The Bowman County Pioneer is open Monday – Thursday 8am to 5pm.

Mrs. Benner’s third grade class used their creative abilities to paint wooden “Welcome” signs in Christmas colors.

The Bowman County Pioneer is hoping to reunite families with some of their photos, if members of the families can stop by the newspaper office.

The new Next Door Pizza in Bowman opens early Saturday with a free breakfast of pancakes and eggs starting off a long day of football, followed by chili and wings.

Dakota Western Bank donated a laptop computer and QuickBooks software to CouR4ge Scholarships, a charitable organization started by the Jason Ruggles family.  

by Merry Helm