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Taking care of business at Warsing Dam will soon be more enjoyable than ever. That’s right, county commissioners have moved forward with a plan to tear down and rebuild the bathrooms at the recreation area just east of Sheyenne. At their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 4, commissioners reviewed the floor plan and cost estimate for the project, provided by local contractor Dave Chenze. The plan is to tear down the two existing bathrooms, which have become old and unsightly, and replace them w...
New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board President, Mike Jacobson, has announced the district is no longer considering the reduction of a music position. The potential of losing a music teacher had stirred strong emotions and generated spirited debate within the community and at subsequent school board meetings. The option was presented along with other potential spending cuts after preliminary budget projections had the school’s expenses exceeding their 2023-24 revenue by more than $100,000. Other o...
Local archers are gearing up for the NASP Western Nationals in Sandy, Utah, as the NR-S archery program continues its most successful year ever. At the state tournament in Minot, the entire NR-S middle school team brought home the program’s first-ever team championship, and Layton Jacobson defended his state championship in 3D archery for middle school boys. Six other individual archers also performed extremely well, bringing the total number of NR-S archers who qualified for the NASP Western N...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Racist taunting at sporting events gets legislative attention As the 68th legislative session is currently underway in Bismarck, recent racist comments at high school basketball games in Jamestown and Dickinson have prompted discussions among legislators and many others statewide. In a game between Jamestown High School and Bismarck High School on January 31, a video captured students in t...
From March 31 through April 1, The Triple Threat capped off their strong season at the esports state tournament in Grand Forks. The Triple Threat's only team to qualify for state was their Fortnite team, which includes New Rockford-Sheyenne's Kadyn Abell, an eighth-grader, and four players from Garrison. Fortnite is a third-person battle royale game, in which players are dropped onto a large map in teams of three, and must battle until only one team is left standing. During the regular season,...
On Monday, March 27, the Eddy County landowner whose verbal tirade against a group of hunters went viral pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and interference with rights of hunters. The videotaped altercation shows Jeffrey Erman berating the group of hunters near his land in eastern Eddy County, arguing they were touching his property and that they'd ruined his hunting plans for that morning. The video has amassed nearly 3 million views on YouTube. Erman originally pleaded not guilty to...
On Wednesday, March 29, the New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board held a special meeting with only one item on the agenda – discussion of music staffing. Potentially letting go of one of the district’s two music teachers had been brought up at the board’s regular meeting on Monday, March 13, prompting dozens to appear in person, where they expressed their disapproval of the idea and their support for the NR-S music program. The potential of reducing the music program by one full-time teacher was p...
April 3-9 is City Government Week, an opportunity for city leaders and staff, as well as the public they serve, to recognize the role local government plays in their community. So this week, city officials in New Rockford are putting together a few events to celebrate the work being done for their city and to engage children in their local government – beginning with a coloring contest. Starting today, the City of New Rockford has coloring pages at city hall for parents and kids to pick up. Once...
Some say accurate free-throw shooting is an art. If that's true, then Kalleigh Engels is an artist. After a stellar performance at the state free throw championship, Engels – daughter of Jackie and Jacob Engels – was named this year's 9-year-old girls' Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Champion of North Dakota. The Knights of Columbus free throw championship first began in 1972, and has been providing boys and girls ages nine through 14 with an athletic outlet while encouraging the values of...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. County caravan rescues stranded motorists On Saturday, March 11, two motorists became stranded north of Fessenden in the middle of a blizzard. The call to the sheriff’s department came in around mid-morning, notifying that two vehicles had become stuck – one had lost power and the other became stuck in a snowdrift as it attempted to assist the first. The lack of power in the first vehic...
A local business is hoping the community will give them the boost they need to reopen. When LaRae Sifuentes and her family first took over Bird Dawg Cafe and renamed it Loco Ketchup Cafe, many were excited to hear it would be open all year long. Loco Ketchup Cafe was humming along for a number of months, and many were enjoying the addition of delicious Mexican fare to the menu. As planned, Sifuentes then closed the cafe for the holidays to make time to update the 75-year-old building's...
Through their new business, Aura Aesthetics + Hydration, locals Chelsey Zeltinger, née Richter, and Taryn van Bedaf are teaming up to bring big-city amenities to the community. Located inside Breathe Health and Wellness at 740 4th Avenue South in Carrington, their new business offers aesthetic and wellness services – such as IV hydration, vitamin injectables, botox injections, and more – which typically aren't found outside larger cities. Zeltinger, a New Rockford native and NR-S graduate, said...
On Saturday, April 1, the community is invited to a medical benefit for Sharon Ludwig at Buck-It's Bar in New Rockford. Ludwig, a rural Eddy County resident, was caught up in a skid steer accident last October, suffering a compound fracture to the tibia and fibula in her left leg as it was caught under the track. Ludwig has since gone through multiple surgeries and months of healing and rehabilitation in the hopes of avoiding amputation. She was hospitalized for 10 days, endured seven...
Officials in Eddy and Wells counties are embarking on a strenuous – but very important – endeavor. Emergency managers from both counties, as well as city and county commissioners and other officials, are working to construct their new hazard mitigation plan. Hazard mitigation plans expire every five years, and the current plan for Eddy and Wells counties expires this August. Without a new one, neither county would be eligible for funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sho...
Nicholas Poitra, the man accused of murdering 30-year-old Troyal Thumb at Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne, is scheduled to be at the Eddy County Courthouse for his preliminary hearing on April 13. Poitra allegedly shot and killed Troyal Thumb of Sheyenne with a short-barreled shotgun on Feb. 19, before breaking into more than one area farmstead as he led law enforcement on a 65-hour-long manhunt in the days that followed. After being taken into custody with the help of a local farmer and his fiancé,...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Teacher arrested during school hours for alleged felonies A Dunseith teacher was arrested last week and is facing six charges, including child abuse and retaliating against a witness. Federal authorities took Rhawnie Marcellais into custody during school hours and transported her to Minot for a court appearance. She appeared at last week’s hearing via video from the Ward County jail, whe...
Right now, North Dakota's 68th Legislative Assembly is debating a bill that would allow feedlots and dairies to partner with corporations and limited liability companies, potentially eroding long-established anti-corporate farming laws. The bill – designated HB 1371 – has comfortably passed the N.D. House of Representatives after a 70-24 vote, advancing it to the N.D. Senate where it's being discussed by the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee. Currently, the state's anti-corporate far...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne School District is considering a number of potential spending cuts, including the release of one of their two music teachers. After word spread that budget cuts to the music program were on the agenda, dozens of concerned parents, faculty and students attended the NR-S School Board’s regular meeting on March 13. Currently, NR-S employs Heather Klocke to teach elementary music and Annette Hovey to teach middle and high school music. Any proposed cuts had not p...
Kent Brown, the longtime technology director and math teacher at New Rockford-Sheyenne, has submitted his letter of resignation to the NR-S school board and will retire after 23 years with the district. "Please accept my resignation from employment at the conclusion of my current teaching contract; specifically at the conclusion of the last day of school on May 26, 2023," wrote Brown. Brown first student-taught in New Rockford during the spring of 1990 before teaching full-time at the Upham...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Increase in DUIs is major concern for officials Local law enforcement are expressing concern after the City of Watford City saw five arrests for driving under the Influence (DUI) of a mind-altering substance in a single weekend. Three of those five arrests were made by a single officer during a single shift, and law enforcement believe such a high number of arrests in such a short time p...
Since moving to New Rockford in August 2021, I’ve covered dozens of regular and special meetings of the New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board as a reporter for the Transcript. Yes, at times there’s been drama and I’ve been able to write some interesting articles, but lately, I’ve started to appreciate something else – how different a small school like New Rockford-Sheyenne is compared to the school I graduated from, and I mean that in a good way. I grew up in Huron, South Dakota and graduated... Full story
Over the March 10 weekend, the Bantam A Devils Lake Flames traveled to Grand Forks to defend their title in the North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association's (NDAHA) state tournament. New Rockford native Jackson Schumacher, 15, is a forward and the assistant captain for the Bantam A Flames, and he helped his team return to their second consecutive appearance in the championship game. Bantam A is a division of the NDAHA for kids aged 14-15 years old. Schumacher and his squad began the tournament on...
The American workforce shortage has been covered extensively since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, which literally brought the U.S. and global economies to a standstill. Ever since, workforce shortages are still impacting every industry despite significant economic growth – and agriculture is no exception. Here in central North Dakota, where agriculture is the life blood of the local economy, local businesses and operations are struggling to find help. “Labor is a huge, huge thing for any sector...
James River Dentistry's new building is nearing completion, and on Wednesday, March 8, the Transcript got an early look at the latest addition to downtown New Rockford. The new office, located next to Rockford Cafe on First Avenue North, promises to provide more accessibility, space and capabilities to James River Dentistry, which has been serving New Rockford and area communities for over four decades. James River Dentistry is currently housed inside the same building it's called home since...
Over the Feb. 25 weekend, 4-year-old Axel Rue won his first ever races on a snowmobile. The racing took place in Perham, Minnesota as part of the Two Eighty Six Sno Series, with Rue taking part in the "Zoomies" 3-to-5-year-old class and Amateur Stock 120 class. Despite his first-ever snowmobile race occurring as recently as January, Axel has already racked up four third place finishes and has now enjoyed two victories. He took on eight competitors in each of his race wins in Minnesota, and when...
