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For the second time in less than 18 months,  the Williston City Council will be paring down an applicant list from which a new city manager will be hired.

 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 62 million Americans will increase 1.7 percent in 2013, the Social Security Administration announced today.
The 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that more than 56 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in January 2013.  Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2012.

Set against the warm autumn evening, the Whitehurst Ranch provided the perfect backdrop Saturday for this year’s Fall on the Prairie, a fund-raiser for Haven Hospice.
From archery demonstrations and  the toe-tapping music of Dottie South and the Slackers to barbecue beans and a silent auction, guests were treated to Southern hospitality on the rambling property while they caught up with old friends and greeted new ones.

Less than two months after two Texas physicians became majority shareholders in Tri County Hospital-Williston, its parent company, Cypress Health Systems Inc., filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Florida Northern Bankruptcy Court.
The voluntary petition was filed Oct. 5 by Tampa attorney Elena Paras Ketchum  on behalf of the company.
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, City Attorney Fred Koberlein said the city will need an attorney who will represent the rights of the hospital’s creditors, since the city services the hospital’s utilities.