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Another standout New Rockford-Sheyenne athlete has committed to playing sports at the next level. NR-S senior Connor Knatterud has officially committed to the University of Jamestown to compete in Track and Field. Knatterud is the latest in a string of NR-S athletes to announce their commitment to a university. Kelsie Belquist and Lora Wobbema have committed to the University of Nebraska and Lake Region State College, respectively. And now, Knatterud says he's excited to get started with the Jim...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Federal agency reviews COVID relief fund expenditures A federal government agency’s “desk review” of the Turtle Mountain Tribe’s expenditures of federal COVID relief funds resulted in questionable costs of more than $32 million. The review concluded in July of 2023 and determined the tribe’s “risk of unallowable use of funds” to be high. Upon receiving the review, Turtle Mountain Tribal...
On Saturday, Jan. 27, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the May-Port-C-G Patriots for their third game facing district competition. Unlike their first two, this game would definitely go the way of the Rockets. Not only are the Patriots currently sitting at the bottom of the standings, but two of their senior players were unavailable for the game. So the Patriots were down on both size and experience, and the Rockets took full advantage. The start of the first quarter remained close...
A pair of local students recently embarked on the trip of a lifetime, taking in a gorgeous tropical scene while providing invaluable help to the less fortunate. New Rockford-Sheyenne's Mya Cudworth and Harvey-Wells County's Carsyn Ziegler graduated high school back in 2022, and are now roommates at the University of North Dakota. They're both planning to enter the medical field, and together they teamed up with MedLife Movement last month to spend more than a week in Costa Rica, where they...
Koven Walford, who once shined as an archer at New Rockford-Sheyenne, is now excelling in shooting sports at the next level. After graduating from NR-S in 2021, Walford attended the University of Jamestown for a degree in mechanical engineering. But when he's not studying to become an engineer, Walford can often be found aiming down range. As an archer at NR-S, Walford won a state championship with a near-perfect score of 298, and twice attended the NASP national tournament. Now at UJ, he's...
Deng Deng of Four Winds is one of the best athletes in the state of North Dakota, and his basketball prowess has earned him state-wide recognition. However, earlier this year he surprised many when he announced his verbal commitment to play football for the University of North Dakota. The 6-foot-5 senior has played wide receiver and safety for the Four Winds/Minnewaukan Indians at a high level, but it was his prolific scoring and dunking on the basketball court that had earned him a sterling...
The City of New Rockford and Eddy County have essentially swapped auditors. Patty Williams, the former Eddy County auditor who resigned at the end of last year, has been hired as the auditor assistant for the City of New Rockford. She will be working alongside Andrew Presnell, who took over the city auditor position when Becki Schumacher resigned last September. And now, Schumacher has transitioned from city hall to the county courthouse, taking the auditor position for Eddy County left vacant...
There's another new face in the halls of New Rockford-Sheyenne School (NR-S) this semester. Cassie Johnson, a native of the Kensal area, is the new special education teacher. Johnson brings years of experience as a paraprofessional in special education, and is currently working on an impressive list of educational achievements. Come this May, she'll have completed her dual Bachelor of Arts degree at the Colorado Christian University in K-12 special education strategy, English language learner...
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, which means it's time to show some love to our local first responders. Giving Hearts Day is a time when communities throughout North Dakota and northwest Minnesota come together to support their local charities and organizations, and it occurs just before Valentine's Day every year. Last year, more than $26 million was raised for 562 participating charities, including the Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford (CASNR). And this year, CASNR is once again...
On Monday, Jan. 15, Michael Speldrich of New Rockford was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. According to court documents, the arrest came after a 911 call was placed for a disturbance at a New Rockford address. First on the scene was Eddy County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Troy, who was reportedly told on scene that Speldrich had ingested meth and was talking to himself and hallucinating. Court documents say Speldrich’s mother explained to deputy Troy that “the night...
Three Republican challengers, including one from New Rockford, have announced their intent to represent District 14 at the state capitol in Bismarck. In a press release on Wednesday, Karisa Grothe, Larry Danduran and Jason Steidl announced their challenge to District 14's three incumbent legislators, who have all announced their reelection bid. Grothe, who recently moved to Baldwin, N.D. from Minnesota, will challenge Republican Jerry Klein for the district's senate seat. Meanwhile, Danduran...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. A showplace for Carrington With nearly a half million dollars in donations and pledged funds on the books, Carrington Rainbow Gardens is inching a little closer to reality. Plans are to build a Japanese garden and visitor center in the heart of downtown Carrington on Main Street. The site was once home to the Miami Grill restaurant, which was owned by Harry and Anne Hayashi after they s...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne boys' basketball team kicked off inter-district competition with a pair of tough losses on the road. On Thursday, Jan. 15, they took on arguably the best team in their district, the Larimore Polar Bears. For the most part, every team in District 4 has a very similar overall record, and no teams have emerged as dominant or unbeaten. Larimore, however, has risen slightly above the pack and now boasts an 8-4 overall record. Their game against the Rockets wasn't easy,...
If Nicholas Poitra is to stand trial for murder, there’s no longer any question of where it will be. On December 22, 2023, District Court Judge James Hovey rejected a motion for change of venue, meaning Eddy County could soon host its first murder trial since 1997. Poitra is facing trial after allegedly shooting and killing Troyal Thumb at a bar in Sheyenne, N.D. last February. He led law enforcement on a 65-hour-long manhunt afterwards, and eventually pleaded not guilty to several felony charge...
When students of New Rockford-Sheyenne returned to school following winter break, a new music teacher was waiting for them. Drew Relling, a 2023 graduate of North Dakota State University, has been hired to teach secondary music education at NR-S as a long-term substitute. That brings the district's music program back to its usual two teachers, as Jeff Ingerson – who taught music to all grades in the first semester – will transition to mostly elementary music education. The move also keeps the...
POSTED January 12, 4:30 pm On Friday, Jan. 12, Patricia Wick was at the Foster County Courthouse in Carrington for a sudden change of plea hearing, just weeks before her murder trial was due to begin. Wick, a former Carrington daycare owner accused of killing a 5-month-old boy in her care, amended her plea to guilty on all charges. Originally, she had pleaded not guilty to a Class AA felony murder charge, after the infant was found unresponsive in her home and later declared dead at a hospital i...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Foster County courthouse basement project explained In a special meeting, the Foster County Commission met with an EAPC architect, as well as contractors Ted Keller and Leo Straley via Zoom, to discuss the courthouse basement project. During the meeting held on Friday, January 5, the board had questions about how the basement remodel will proceed. EAPC said the project will proceed in t...
Archery season is back and bigger than ever. With over 80 archers, the New Rockford-Sheyenne archery program, which has always seen great participation numbers, is beginning this season with its largest group yet. Mike Schaefer, NR-S archery coach, said they've got 81 students signed up for this year. With the program's previous high-water mark being 72, this year's numbers set a new record in the program's history. What will be their biggest season ever comes after one of their best seasons a...
A petition audit that was circulating last summer, targeting the New Rockford-Sheyenne School District, has officially been approved by the North Dakota Auditor's Office. Petitioners were soliciting signatures as recently as last August, and the Communications Director for the Office of the State Auditor, Emily Dalzell, said the petition was officially approved on December 20, 2023. The approval followed a months-long process of information gathering and verifying signatures listed on the...
Another year has come and gone, which means it’s time to look back on what was an eventful 2023 to say the least. Just here in Eddy County Shannon Brandt received his sentence, there was a plane crash, a new laundromat opened and so much more. The past few weeks, the Transcript has been telling the story of 2023 via the stories that appeared in our newspaper. This week, we’re ending the series with a look back at the biggest stories of September through December. Brandt gets 5 years in pri...
After failing to do so on their own, the North Dakota Legislature has had the job of drawing a new legislative district completed for them. On Monday, Jan. 8, U.S. District Judge Peter Welte chose a map that puts the Spirit Lake Nation and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in the same legislative district. The decision by Welte is the result of a successful lawsuit brought by the tribes, arguing the previous map from 2021 violated the Voting Rights Act. The 2021 redistricting process put...
At a special meeting of the Eddy County Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 9, a motion was carried to offer Becki Schumacher the position of Interim County Auditor. If Schumacher accepts, the move would put a temporary end to questions surrounding the county auditor position after the county's former auditor, Patty Williams, resigned in December. The vote to offer the position to Schumacher was 2-1, with commissioners Dave Gehrtz and Jamie Allmaras voting in favor, and commissioner Glenda Collier...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Alexander school district bond referendum does not pass in special election The preliminary results of the Alexander Public School special election show a tie of 89 votes for the school bond referendum and 89 votes against it. The referendum requires a 60 percent majority to pass. In November, Alexander School District Superintendent Leslie Beiber sat down with The Farmer to explain what t...
On Monday, Jan. 8, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets took on the St. John Woodchucks on the road. The matchup between the two teams was the second this season, with the first one taking place during the annual CNDC Tournament in Harvey. That first game was dominated by NR-S, who eventually advanced to the championship game of the tournament and won three of their next five games. The Woodchucks, meanwhile, had won once in their previous five games entering their second game against the Rockets....
In the wake of Patty Williams' sudden resignation in December, county officials have been scrambling to ensure the responsibilities of the county auditor continue to be completed. They took several steps towards doing exactly that during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Kristy O'Connor, the county's tax equalization director, has agreed to take on an additional "interim deputy auditor" position for the county, and a motion was carried unanimously by county commissioners to appoint her t...
