Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Get a relaxing spa treatment right here in New Rockford. Shear Delight now offers pedicures by New Rockford native Alissa Bachmeier. Alissa is available from 2 - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and other times by appointment. A 2007 graduate of New Rockford-Sheyenne High School, she received her cosmetology certificate from the Salon Professional Academy (SPA) of Fargo in 2010. The 60-minute long pedicures Alissa offers have all the bells and whistles. She starts with the basics, pushing back...
A lifeline came for G & R Grain and Feed, just in the nick of time. Local producers Lynn Homelvig, son Ryan and grandson Dylan Rosso purchased the feed mill operation effective Oct. 1. As livestock producers, they began looking for other places in the area to get feed after Chet Pollert made the announcement that he would retire. What they found was that without G & R Grain and Feed, there was a big gap in service in Eddy County. "It's not good to lose competition," Lynn surmised. The Homelvigs...
The city reached a milestone last week. The last of the new water mains have been installed by BEK Consulting. The restoration work, including paving and concrete replacement, is expected to continue this week. At the regular city meeting on Oct. 5, commissioners approved a $576,436.25 payment to BEK for work completed in September. The contract for the water treatment plant upgrade remains held up due to concerns USDA has about the railroad right of way. However, Wade Senger of Interstate Engin...
The county seeks candidates for two open positions, both part-time. State’s Attorney Ashley Lies approached the commission at Tuesday’s regular meeting about the open part-time assistant job in her office. She said she has only received one application, citing that others who expressed interest had not completed applications after learning about the cost of health insurance. The county pays half the single policy rate for part-time employees, which results in a $1,200 per month out of poc...
There are two new cooks in town, and they're making their mark on the local restaurant scene. Tony Waswick and fiance, Emily, are the mastermind behind Midnight Munchies, the newest place in New Rockford to grab some grub. They landed in New Rockford recently after a stint in Minot. Midnight Munchies opened for business on Oct. 1, operating out of the kitchen at Buck-It's Bar in downtown New Rockford. The massive menu boasts stout sandwiches, wild wings and appealing appetizers. Patrons can...
There are some key steps rural property owners in Eddy County must take before they can build a structure on their property. The Eddy County Commission and Lake Region District Health Unit want to remind property owners that there is a county zoning ordinance in place which directs the construction of buildings, and regulations in effect that require the health unit’s approval before installing a private septic system. According to Eddy County Commissioner Glenda Collier, local officials have i...
Eddy County residents who applied for mail-in ballots received their general election ballots in the mail last week. While many likely have made their candidate selections for president, governor and other local races, there are two constitutional measures on the ballot for consideration of which they may not be aware. The Transcript has you covered with a breakdown of the measures and what a yes vote would mean, as per a memorandum sent out by the North Dakota Legislative Council....
On Tuesday, September 22, New Rockford-Sheyenne School identified multiple COVID-19 positive cases among students and staff, prompting an immediate move to the “red level” per the school’s health and safety plan. “In response to multiple positive cases, per our protocol, grades 7 -12 will move to distance learning beginning Thursday morning for 13 days, returning to in person instruction on Thursday, October 8,” Superintendent Jill Louters posted in a written statement on the school’s...
"When it is darkest, we can see the stars." These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson bring to light the essence of suicide prevention. Exactly nine months to the day after losing their loved one to suicide, friends and family of Levi Duda gathered in Bismarck Sunday afternoon to remember him. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's "Out of the Darkness" Walk had been scheduled for that day, but had been changed to a virtual event due to the pandemic. There was no formal event in place, but...
The potential of a renaissance at the local bowling alley came one step closer to reality last week. The New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation (NRABC) board unanimously passed a motion to purchase Wonder Lanes bowling alley at their board meeting on Wednesday, September 9. In 2018, the NRABC completed a strategic plan to identify a vision for the community’s future. Securing the future of the bowling alley was an item of concern for citizens at the time. After reading the article in the ...
Yes, we're known as the Steam Engine Capital of North Dakota, so we couldn't let a year go by without an annual reunion of steamers! The Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Association is gearing up for its 62nd annual show this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and stationary engines of all kinds will be proudly featured at the Eddy County Fairgrounds northwest of New Rockford. The newly-constructed diesel building is ready for visitors, and will be the place to see several rare gas and diesel...
Big news hit the Transcript newsroom on Monday. The North Dakota Department of Health had reported that a woman in her 80s residing in Eddy County had died with COVID-19. The novel coronavirus had knocked on the door of our rural county all spring and summer, but it hadn’t breached its way into the living room until just a few weeks ago. It wasn’t bad enough that roughly one out every 100 of our residents had been fighting the virus at the same time (a high of 21 active cases were reported on...
Bill and Joyce (née Neuharth) Starke celebrated 70 years of marriage this past week. This couple's contributions to the community, as well as to their marriage, family and farm, have left a lasting legacy on New Rockford. Bill, whose given name is William, has spent all but one of his 93 years of life right here in Eddy County. His grandfather, also William, homesteaded in Superior Township in Eddy County in 1883, the very same year that Eddy County, the City of New Rockford and the City of...
For the first time in 57 years, Wonder Lanes' owner LeRoy Krueger is not organizing league bowling at the New Rockford bowling alley this fall. Wonder Lanes has been closed since March 15, the day Governor Doug Burgum ordered schools to close due to the novel coronavirus. LeRoy told the Transcript Tuesday, Sept. 1 that due to health issues and the ongoing threat of COVID-19, he does not plan to reopen the downtown business. LeRoy and his wife Pat have both worked hard to keep the bowling alley...
It will cost the county an estimated $30,000 to clean up the former Mill Pump property on U.S Highway 281 in New Rockford, that’s according to Sarah Smith Warren, who the county commission hired to work with them on the project. She gave a complete update on what’s ahead at the Eddy County Commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1. There are four key focus areas Smith Warren identified: 1) Fuel tanks: The three fuel tanks buried underground need to be emptied and removed. There are approx...
He sprays, spreads and hauls, but that's not all. John Schuster, a custom applicator at CenDak Cooperative in New Rockford, was named the Chamber's Employee of the Month for August. Schuster has been a loyal employee of CenDak for 10 years. This time of year he's spraying pesticides and herbicides, as well as spreading rye seed as a cover crop. Last year the cooperative fertilized and sprayed more than 20,000 acres for member farmers. Although this spring was slow for fertilizer due to...
Sierra Hillius began her new role as manager of the New Rockford Eagles Club in July, and little more than a month later, she had the pleasure of hosting the International President for the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Dave Smith. Hillius is a native of Jamestown. She and her fiance, Eddy County Deputy Bennett Sauve, moved to the community from Fargo. Hillius was the manager of the Fargo Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, the franchise's busiest location in North Dakota. "I have a passion for...
"Your baby is going to need surgery." Levi and Justene Koubas' lives changed after hearing that one sentence on June 17, less than a minute into their appointment with a maternal fetal medicine doctor. Two days earlier they had been told that their son Kipp, with whom Justene was six months pregnant at the time, had something wrong with his heart. Their baby was believed to have a ventricular septal defect (VSD), or hole in the heart. He was also diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare...
The City of New Rockford has accepted a bid for the last phase of the city’s water infrastructure project, now entering its second year. The project calls for the removal of the lime softening system currently in use to treat the city’s water supply. A potassium permanganate treatment and reverse osmosis skid will be installed in its place, and the water plant’s physical footprint will increase to accommodate the new equipment needed for the two treatment processes. The $2.5 million water treatm...
"The numbers are starting to go in the wrong direction," Governor Burgum announced during his weekly coronavirus press conference Wednesday. In the seven days prior, a total of 1,003 North Dakotans had tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the state's active case count close to 1,400 for the first time since the pandemic began. Yet, two of the main metrics to which Burgum pays close attention remained relatively positive. He noted that more than 34,000 people had been tested for the...
"I'm not here to be right, I'm trying to get it right." This quote by Texas researcher Brene Brown is at the heart of the Frahms' approach to life, career and family. For the past four years, Kristi Frahm has written an exclusive series about the lives of area graduates. Readers were delighted with stories about alumni success at all ages and in nearly all corners of the world. When she retired last month, Kristi left the "Where Are They Now?" story about her own grown children "in the very...
Farmers Union Insurance agent Donn Frahm has announced his retirement, effective Sept. 30. A Wimbledon, N.D. native, Frahm began working for Farmers Union Insurance as soon as he graduated college in 1979. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and business education with a minor in economics from Valley City State University. Frahm's 38-year stint here in New Rockford began in 1982, when he purchased the business and the office from agent Dale Garrett. The office was a...
Eddy County 4-H’s team of four juniors brought home a championship at the State 4-H and FFA Land Evaluation Contest in Dickinson on Thursday, Aug. 6. Maria Becker, Nick Berglund, Mason Schuster and Macey Wobbema competed in the senior 4-H division, consisting of youth age 13-18 as of Sept. 1, 2019. During the contest, youth evaluate the physical nature and capability of soils by looking at factors such as land slope, soil texture, color and depth. 4-H team scores are determined from the top thre...
The New Rockford Airport Authority presented a plan Monday to rebuild the airport hangar destroyed in the July 8, 2018 storm. Airport Authority member Larry Danduran brought the proposal before city commissioners, which calls for the construction of a 60-by-140 building north of the former site. The three-member board reviewed three bids recently and recommended that the city approve the proposal from New Rockford-based Lesmeister Construction. Owner Jesse Lesmeister would build a Nucor...
Taxpayers will notice a drop in their county property taxes next year. The Eddy County Commission approved its 2021 preliminary budget Tuesday, reducing its expected mill levy from 99.55 mills in 2019 to approximately 92.8 mills in 2020. The county’s financial position is strong, with adequate reserves and a roughly $300,000 general fund balance carryover estimated at the end of 2020. More than half of that comes from CARES Act funding recently announced by Governor Burgum. Monday the E...
