The Daily News serves Richland County, ND and Wilkin County, MN including Wahpeton, ND - Breckenridge, MN, which are nestled at the base of the Red River of the North on the North Dakota-Minnesota border. In the middle of one of the world's most fertile growing areas- the Red River Valley, visitors passing through the area quickly notice the extremely productive farm land stretching for miles along the lake bed of the former Lake Agassiz. Many crops including wheat and other small grains, sugar beets, sunflowers, soybeans and corn, thrive in the area.