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Ever since the New Rockford and Sheyenne schools merged to form New Rockford-Sheyenne School District #2 in 2006, its school board has consisted of members from both the former New Rockford and Sheyenne school districts. Now, that could be about to change. At the school board’s regular meeting on Feb. 13, New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board President, Mike Jacobson, proposed forgoing the old New Rockford and Sheyenne district requirements for school board elections. But first, he’s seeking the...
Laura Hager, New Rockford-Sheyenne's middle school math teacher, has been named the NR-S School District's Teacher of the Year. The annual honor was announced at the school board's regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, by NR-S Superintendent Jill Louters, and she had nothing but praise for Hager's years of service to the district. "Her experience in the district and focus on learning outcomes and student health is exemplary," said Louters. A graduate of New Rockford High School, Hager began her te...
New Rockford's own Nathan Olds has been elected president. Board President of the Self Advocacy Solutions, N.D. Executive Committee, that is. Self Advocacy Solutions (SAS) N.D. is a non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and support people with disabilities, and to hopefully influence change where it's needed. And now Olds, who's been a part of SAS since 2011, has an even larger role to play in that mission. "I was shocked," recalled Olds about finding out he was elected. "It was...
At their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the New Rockford-Sheyenne school board took a first step towards significant changes to the school’s graduation requirements. Attending the school board meeting to present the proposed changes were high school principal Avolt Baumbach, Dean of Students Tasha Skogen, NR-S faculty member Tyler Cook and Chelsea Swart, the parent of three students attending NR-S. They are members of the graduation requirements committee, along with a number of other f...
The Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford (CASNR) raised a lot of money for Giving Hearts Day. CASNR Manager Angie Hopfauf said Tuesday that the organization raised nearly $44,000 for their local emergency responders at this year's event. The annual fundraising effort kicked off with a massive $27,000 donation courtesy of the New Rockford Eagles Club. "Special thank you to the Eagles Club for their very generous donation of $27,000 and all other businesses and individual donors who...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Man charged with aggravated assault following a stabbing near Arnegard Monty Lee Parker III, 30, of Beaumont, Texas, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a Class C felony, after allegedly stabbing a man near Arnegard, N.D. At around 5 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, the McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from the McKenzie County Hospital where a wit...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets have broken a seven-game losing streak with wins over the Hatton/Northwood Thunder and Benson County Wildcats. On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Rockets began their two-game winning streak in Hatton, where they breezed to their most comfortable win of the season. In the first quarter alone NR-S scored 24 points and held Hatton/Northwood, who'd only won a single game this season, to just 13. Making his triumphant return to the court for the first time since suffering a...
POSTED February 21, 2023 Formal charges have been filed against the man authorities believe shot and killed another man outside Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne on Sunday, Feb. 19. Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies confirmed that one male victim, identified as 30-year-old Troyal Thumb, was transported to the CHI St. Alexius Medical Center in Carrington, where he died as a result of his injuries. A suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra, and a multi-agency manhunt is currently underway.... Full story
WED, FEB. 22 @ 12:55 PM Nicholas Poitra, the man police say shot and killed another man at Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne on Sunday, Feb. 19, has been taken into custody. Eddy County Sheriff, Paul Lies, said Poitra was discovered at around noon on Wednesday, February 22, by a local farmer on County Road 12 in Eddy County, between 27th and 26th Street. Lies said the farmer saw him walking and held him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived. Poitra is being transported to the Lake Region Law... Full story
In the late evening hours of Thursday, Jan. 26, a security camera at Route 281 in Sheyenne caught a man breaking into a storage container and rummaging through nearby vehicles. According to court documents, the camera showed Clark Baker of Fort Totten grabbing a “metal bar” from a nearby junk pile and using it to break the lock on the storage container. “The individual was then seen entering the storage unit, rummaging around, exiting the storage unit, and rummaging around several unloc...
Eddy County is again on the lookout for a new NDSU Extension Agent. Chandy Howard, who took over the position in May 2020, handed county commissioners her letter of resignation at their Feb. 7 regular meeting. Her last day at the office will be Tuesday, Feb. 28. "As you know, my husband and I welcomed our first child last year and I have been given the opportunity to stay home with my child and focus on the needs of my family and our family farm," wrote Howard in her letter of resignation. "I'm...
The Jamestown Drag Racing Association (JDRA) is trying once again to bring drag racing to Eddy County. Mike Trautman, president of the JDRA, appeared in person at the Eddy County Commission's regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8, to discuss holding a drag race on County Road 12, a.k.a. Munster Road, in western Eddy County. Until relatively recently, the JDRA had been allowed to hold their events at the regional airport in Jamestown, which they had been doing without issue for two decades....
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Sky Dancer Casino security helps nab alleged murderer A security supervisor at Sky Dancer Casino and Resort in Belcourt contacted federal authorities on New Year’s Day when one man tried to collect nearly $5,000 in winnings but could not produce a social security number. Producing a valid social security number is required to collect winnings over a certain amount. The man’s name is Fidel...
New Rockford native Haley Risovi is very, very strong. Last weekend, after overpowering her competition in charmingly-named events like the Deadlift Ladder from Hell, Risovi was crowned Women's Heavyweight Champion at Dakota Barbell's Winter Classic in Fargo. Dakota Barbell is housed inside the also charmingly-named Edgar's House of Pain, a private gym dedicated to developing athletes in powerlifting, strongman and other strength sports in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Their most recent Winter...
“She ripped off the school district and you were an accomplice to it.” Those pointed words from District Court Judge, Donovan Foughty, were directed at Carolyn Nelson during a sentencing hearing in Devils Lake on Friday, Jan. 27. Nelson, a former elected member of the Oberon School Board, had been found guilty of conspiring with Laura Schnieber-Bruns (LSB) to steal over $150,000 from the Oberon School District in 2019 and 2020. Schnieber-Bruns, who was accused of fraudulently representing her...
Hailey Crosswhite is embarking on the fight of her life, literally. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, Crosswhite was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of stage IV breast cancer. Then, her life was given an expiration date. "[Twelve] short days ago a doctor sat me down, held my hand and said 1-2 years," wrote Crosswhite in an inspirational Facebook post on Jan. 29. "He looked me in the eyes and his eyes filled with tears before he could even get the words out." The rare form of cancer is called...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Hillsboro City Commissioners OK pay hike for themselves in 4-1 vote At their regular January meeting, Hillsboro City Commissioners voted 4-1 to increase their annual salary from $1,800 to $4,800 per year, and to increase the Commission President’s yearly salary from $2,400 to $6,600 per year. To offset the higher salaries, commissioners eliminated insurance benefits that had previously bee...
Last week, New Rockford-Sheyenne was handed a couple of losses by regional teams, beginning with the North Prairie Cougars. The Cougars arrived in New Rockford on Thursday, Jan. 26 boasting an 11-2 overall record, and they showed the Rockets how they earned such a strong record that evening. North Prairie relied on a trio of excellent shooters – Blake Mattson, Jeffery Rosinski and Mitchell Leas – to do most of their scoring. The three of them accounted for all of their teams' first-quarter poi...
Once a year, just before Valentine’s Day, communities throughout North Dakota and Minnesota come together for Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour period to support local charities and organizations. Here in New Rockford, the Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford (CASNR) is once again participating in the event, which is on Thursday, Feb. 9. This year, CASNR has an ambitious goal to raise $59,700 to help fund the necessary expenses that keep CASNR fully operational and capable of saving lives, s...
Following the announcement of an anticipated increase in Eddy County land values, the Eddy County Soils Committee approved a 5 percent increase in cropland and a 2 percent increase in non-cropland valuation for 2023. Back in December, The N.D. State Tax Department announced the 2023 average value per acre for all agricultural land in Eddy County to be $628.41 an acre. This time last year, that number was $598.66 - an increase of 4.73 percent. Similar increases were fairly common throughout the...
While most of Eddy County is now represented by District 14 legislators, the northeast corner of the county is not. That's because the entire Spirit Lake Nation Reservation, a portion of which extends into northeast Eddy County, is now within neighboring District 15. The reservation used to be split into multiple districts, but during the 2021 redistricting process, legislators prioritized keeping North Dakota's reservations together, even if it meant splitting up counties. Now, the district...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Threatening behavior leads to shelter order The arrest of 44-year-old Eric Standing on Saturday, Jan. 14 in Crosby, following a shelter in place order, has led to questions about why the man hadn’t received help sooner. Standing was arrested after allegedly discharging a firearm within city limits, but community members have since painted a picture of a man that had already been in cri...
On Friday, Jan. 20, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted the St. John Woodchucks, and once again showed just how far they've come since the season began. The Woodchucks came into town with a respectable 6-3 overall record. Compared to the Rockets' record of 1-6, one might understand why the Woodchucks probably expected a win. Admittedly, St. John looked like the better team in the first quarter, having outscored the Rockets 11-7 in the first eight minutes. But NR-S turned the tables in the...
Roughrider Feeds, a local full-service Purina feed dealer, has recently partnered with Arrowquip to provide new equipment to livestock producers in the area, including safe and effective hydraulic and manual cattle chutes. These chutes allow ranchers to separate and safely restrain cattle in order to provide medical care or any number of necessary procedures. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, local ranchers attended an open house in western Eddy County to view the new equipment on offer. Roughrider Feeds'...
Last October, a group of hunters descended upon a harvested bean field for an early-morning duck hunt in eastern Eddy County, but the hunt was ruined soon after due to an altercation with a nearby landowner. The confrontation was caught on video and uploaded to YouTube by one of the hunters, and has since been watched more than 2.5 million times. The video shows Jeffrey Erman approaching the hunters, who had set up along his property line. He then interrupts the ongoing hunt and begins berating...
