Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Recent flooding caused by spring snowstorms and rain prompted North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to declare a statewide emergency on Monday, April 25. "From flooding in the east to power outages affecting thousands of residents in the west, to record April snowfall depleting snow removal budgets and hitting ranchers hard during calving season, this April has been an extremely challenging month for all North Dakotans," said Burgum. Here in Eddy County, the James and Sheyenne Rivers are barely being ke...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Lakota businesses burglarized In the early morning hours of April 9, several businesses in Lakota were burglarized along Main Street, sustaining heavy damages. A dark four-door sedan is a vehicle of interest. This is an open investigation for the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious around that time frame, noticed their property van...
Overland flooding in eastern Eddy County has led county commissioners to sign a Flood Emergency Declaration. Commissioners met with Eddy County Emergency Manager, Lisa Thompson, on Monday, May 9, for a special meeting to discuss the situation. Thompson reported that she'd toured Columbia, Cherry Lake, Lake Washington and Tiffany Townships that morning to survey the flooding and to speak with residents. According to Thompson, an official gauge from the National Weather Service (NWS) at Camp...
On Sunday, April 24, on the corner of 4th Avenue North and 11th Street North in New Rockford, two vehicles caught fire in the parking lot of Rockford Arms apartments. According to Brian Hopfauf, Assistant Fire Chief of the New Rockford Fire Department, the call came in at around 4:38 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters saw two vehicles engulfed in flames, which were parked next to each other and up against the building's west side. Hopfauf said firefighters pulled one of the cars, a van, away from b...
On Tuesday, April 26, the Benson County Sheriff's Office issued a press release warning residents that Fentanyl has been circulating in the area. "Drugs laced with fentanyl have begun circulating in Benson County and the Sheriff's Office wishes to make the community at large aware of this," the press release states, "as there is an increased danger to those who may be unaware of its presence." The press release adds, "Fentanyl can and often does cause a decrease in the body's drive to breathe,...
New Rockford residents shouldn't be seeing orange water much longer. Since early April, when construction began on the water plant's new treatment system, New Rockford's drinking water has been getting treated by a temporary treatment process. The process has kept New Rockford's water safe to use and to drink, but hasn't exactly made it look appetizing. City officials have since received multiple complaints about the water's quality and appearance. On April 4, city commissioners approved a new...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Linton school to split top position Linton Public School District 26 and Kidder County School District 1 have agreed to share a superintendent on a one-year trial basis. Currently, Kidder County Superintendent Diegel will split his time 50/50 during the 2022-2023 school year between the districts in the new role. “I am willing to put in the work,” Diegel said. During a March 25 speci...
On Tuesday, April 26, the SNR Black Sox traveled to LaMoure for a briefer-than-expected double header versus the Kidder Co./Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter Wolves and LaMoure-Litchville/Marion Loboes. Up first were the Wolves, who pounced on SNR’s starting pitcher, Nick Berglund, and took advantage of sloppy defense in the first three innings. The Wolves scored six runs in the first inning alone, and continued imposing their will in the second and third innings. The Wolves’ Jace Larson was par...
Mother Nature has prevented local baseball for weeks, but on Monday, April 25, the weather finally calmed down enough for the SNR Black Sox to travel to Wishek for a matchup with the South Border Mustangs. Despite having not played since April 11, the Black Sox wasted no time establishing a lead. In the top of the first, a single from Connor Knatterud and a double from Caden Price set runners on second and third with no outs. Nick Berglund and Koby Duda were up next, and both knocked in a...
It's no secret that this year's winter was notably bad, even by North Dakota's standards. High snow totals, bitterly cold temperatures and howling winds battered eastern North Dakota throughout winter, and not much has changed this Spring. From April 12-15, a historic snow storm walloped most of the state, rendering roads virtually impassable and leaving behind massive snow drifts. Out west was hit hardest, with the Minot area recording a whopping 48 inches of snow accumulation from Tuesday to S...
This summer, five students from New Rockford-Sheyenne will be attending the National SADD Conference in Orlando, Florida. SADD, which stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions, holds a national conference every year to empower and mobilize students from across the country to engage in positive change. This year's conference also celebrates SADD's 40th birthday. Taking part from NR-S are Vinnie Ruppell, Joshua Homiston, Andrew Presnell, Madison Myhre and Mya Cudworth, and joining them...
Joy Tandberg, a native of McHenry, N.D., is giving local seniors in the Red River Valley a chance to keep their independence. With more than 35 years of experience as an occupational therapist, Tandberg has all the expertise necessary to help senior citizens live free and independent lives for as long as it's safe to do so. To help seniors do just that, she recently started her own business, Dak-Minn Driving & Home Evaluations, LLC. She started her business after working as a driving evaluator w...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Garza brothers charged with felony assault Arrests were made over the weekend in the assault case of Kurtis Graver, who was severely beaten on 5th Street near Last Chance Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, April 3. Grafton residents Christobal Antonio Garza Jr., 27, Jacob Garza, 26, and Jason Rudy Rey Garza, 23, were arrested Saturday at a basketball tournament in Devils Lake. All three a...
The filing deadline for this summer’s primary election has passed, and the ballot is now set. On Tuesday, June 14, 10 positions in New Rockford and Sheyenne will be decided, and primaries will be held to narrow the field of candidates for Eddy County seats as well as state legislative positions in District 15. In Eddy County, nine individuals have thrown their hats in the ring for seven available positions, and the “New Rockford Transcript” will be up for re-election as the county’s officia...
In recent weeks, multiple meetings held by the NR-S school board and building committee have featured transportation as a major topic of discussion. In a special meeting on Monday, March 28, the board unanimously carried a motion for the purchase of a 2020 Yukon XL, which replaces the district’s 2005 Chevy Suburban that has 189,000 miles on it. On Wednesday, April 6, the building committee discussed engineering services for a proposed new bus barn, and on Friday, April 7, the school board h...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Tribe secures major grant to fund care center for children The Turtle Mountain Tribe received a $3.29 million grant to construct a foster care facility, which will address a severe shortage of housing for children in need. Tribal Councilman Blaine “Slugger” Davis, said the project was at the top of his mind when he took office in 2020. “When I became a councilman, my focus, passion was to...
On Monday, April 11, both the SNR Black Sox and Carrington Cardinals entered the baseball diamond with recent wins under their belt, but only the Cardinals would leave with another. For the first time this season, SNR's Koby Duda took the mound to start Monday's game, and struggled in his two innings of work. His outing began with a walk followed by two consecutive wild pitches, sending the Cardinals' Grady Shipman to third base with no outs. Another walk followed, and Cardinals' senior Lucas...
On Saturday, April 9, the SNR Black Sox traveled to Washburn, N.D. to take on the Surrey Mustangs and the Washburn/Wilton/Center-Stanton Cardinals in the Washburn Triangular. Up first for SNR were the Mustangs of Surrey, N.D., and the Black Sox didn’t waste time establishing a small lead. In the top of the first, SNR pounced on Mustangs’ starting pitcher Kekoa Munos, who struggled in his 2.1 innings of work. SNR took advantage and scored two runs in the first, but weren’t able to add on in th...
On Tuesday, April 5, Eddy County commissioners heard from New Rockford mayor, Stuart Richter, regarding the airport north of town. Richter began by telling commissioners that, first and foremost, the airport needs a new overlay, as the most recent one was completed in 2005. Troy Georgeson, lead member of the New Rockford Airport Authority, was also in attendance and told commissioners that an overlay of the runway and taxiway is planned for 2023. Richter then explained that they’d also lik...
As work on the water treatment plant continues, Water Plant Manager, Rick Swenson, took the time to provide a tour of the facility for the Transcript. Swenson explained that many of the plant's upgrades are designed to provide New Rockford residents with cleaner, better tasting water, along with modernizing old pipes, structures and processes that have existed for decades. Below are pictures and some insights into the facility's future upgrades, as well as updates that are ongoing and near...
On April 1-2, the first ever North Dakota esports championships were held at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, and three students from New Rockford-Sheyenne competed at the event for The Triple Threat. The Triple Threat had two teams qualify for state: one for Rocket League and the other for Apex. From NR-S, Jacob Louters, Taylor Anderson and Dominick Swinland took part. Unfortunately, both teams bowed out in the first round, as they faced higher seeded teams from much larger schools. Fenworks,...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Linton to go one year without superintendent After about 10 hours of interviewing candidates and having discussions, Linton Public Schools has decided to search for an alternative idea to fill the superintendent position. After holding public interviews for two candidates, March 25, Linton Public School District 36 board of directors held a special meeting on March 28 and approved to not m...
On Friday, April 1, the New Rockford-Sheyenne track team competed in the Class B CNDC Indoor Meet at the MSU Dome, where one Rockets' sprinter sent records tumbling in her wake. NR-S sophomore, Kelsie Belquist, took first place in every event she competed in on April Fools' Day, and it wasn't even close. In the girls' 55-meter dash, she ran her personal best time of 7.05 seconds, and in the 400-meter and 200-meter events, she set new meet records of 59.27 seconds and 26.19 seconds,...
The Sheyenne-New Rockford Black Sox kicked off their baseball season on Monday, April 4, in New Rockford. The Black Sox were originally scheduled to take on the Mustangs of Midkota/Dakota Prairie/Lakota/Griggs County Central (Midkota) in Tolna, but the game was rerouted to New Rockford because Tolna's baseball diamond wasn't ready. But despite their unexpected home field advantage, SNR committed a number of errors that proved too difficult to overcome. After earning a strikeout against the first...
On Tuesday, March 29, community members and veterans came together with Eddy County Veteran Service Officer, Julie Shrock, to honor veterans who served during the Vietnam War. The event was the first of its kind in Eddy County, and after its tremendous success on Tuesday, it's certain not to be the last. The event began at 6 p.m. in the New Rockford Eagles Club, where it's estimated that more than 150 residents from New Rockford and the surrounding communities were in attendance. Together, they...
