NEKOMA ND
What next for Cold War complex? County officials hope for a development role after Nekoma site sold 
Economic leaders in Cavalier County are clinging to the hope of developing at least part of the mothballed Pyramid on the Prairie, even after falling short in their bid to buy the former anti-ballistic missile facility in Nekoma, N.D.
By Kevin Bonham , December 18, 2012
Unknown bidder offers $530,000 for former Safeguard missile complex in Nekoma, N.D.
The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex at Nekoma, N.D., has been sold for $530,000, but its fate is unknown. The Cavalier County Job Development Authority was not the winning bidder, Carol Goodman, executive director, confirmed this morning.
By Kevin Bonham , December 14, 2012
Christmas caboose nearly overflows with donated toys
This is the first time Northern Plains Railroad has held the Stuff-A-Caboose toy drive, but the turn-out has organizers optimistic that it can become an annual event.
By Robb Jeffries , December 08, 2012
Santa visiting N.D. towns to collect toys, sporting goods donations
Santa will be going through four northeastern North Dakota towns with seven volunteers from the Northern Plains Railroad for a Dec. 8 event called “Stuff-a-Caboose.” The Fordville, N.D., -based railroad is collecting donations of children’s toys and sporting equipment.
By Christen Furlong , December 05, 2012
Feds put Nekoma missile site up for sale
The federal government is soliciting online bids for an abandoned Cold War-era missile base in Nekoma, N.D., that the state insists must be cleansed of hazardous wastes.
By Kevin Bonham , October 17, 2012
Nekoma missile site still on the ‘radar’
The Cavalier County Job Development Authority still intends to acquire the abandoned Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex at Nekoma, N.D., even though negotiations with the federal government have stalled.
By Kevin Bonham , September 03, 2012
Fed funds sought to buy would-be UAS test site
Cavalier County aims to buy Nekoma, N.D., complexA group working to redevelop the mothballed anti-ballistic missile site at Nekoma, N.D., applied for a $600,000 federal grant Friday to acquire the property. The potential grant from the federal Economic Development Administration would match a $600,000 appropriation from the state Legislature, according to Carol Goodman, executive director of the Cavalier County Job Development Authority.
By Kevin Bonham , March 09, 2012
N.D. lawmaker Monson to run for state superintendent of public instruction
A state lawmaker, and the president of Mandan’s (N.D.) school board both announced on Wednesday they will vie for Republican support in the race for state superintendent of public instruction.
By Teri Finneman , March 07, 2012
NOT JUST BUSINESS: Post Offices vital link for small North Dakota towns
Nekoma, N.D., is one of 22 identified small-town post offices in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota — and 220 in the Dakotas, Montana and northwestern Minnesota — to be part of a “discontinuation study.” They’re among 47 that are operating without permanent full-time postmasters. At least partly for that reason, the U.S. Postal Service is trying to decide whether to close some or all of them.
By Kevin Bonham , May 11, 2011
A base for flight
When Al Palmer saw the news about the Oct. 12 apartment fire in Fargo that left 150 people homeless, he immediately thought that the damage could have been reduced through the use of some emerging technology.
By Kevin Bonham , November 12, 2010
ELCA bishop answers questions in churchwide webcast session
The bishop of the nation’s largest Lutheran church for the third time held a churchwide webcast town hall Sunday afternoon, taking questions from pastors and lay people online and a few from a small audience.
By Stephen J. Lee , September 19, 2010
Sweet home, North Dakota
Over a hundred people return for their first full-scale reunion since Nekoma facility shut down in 1976
By Kevin Bonham , July 10, 2010
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