The end of World War II was days away as a train full of military servicemen and women on the way were killed in horrific train collision on the prairie outside Michigan, North Dakota.

Fears of a toxic plume prompted evacuation of Casselton, N.D., residents. Dec. 31, 2013— -- A recommended evacuation order was lifted this afternoon for residents of a small North Dakota town, ...

Aug. 1—MICHIGAN, N.D. — On a yellowed piece of newsprint, three young women are frozen mid-laughter with arms linked and faces aglow as they wade through a sea of confetti on Broadway in New York City ...