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Julie Shrock has only been the Veterans Service Officer (VSO) for Eddy County since December 2021, but as she told county commissioners at their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 1, she’s already hard at work delivering opportunities for local veterans. Shrock, a wartime veteran herself, began by telling commissioners that she made 21 house visits to mostly home-bound veterans in January and February. During those visits, she introduced herself and gifted veterans plush American flag blankets c...
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, top law enforcement officials from across eastern North Dakota met at the Spirit Lake Casino & Resort to sign a Special Law Enforcement Commission Deputation Agreement. The deputation agreement deputized state and local law enforcement officers from seven separate agencies, including the Eddy County Sheriff's Office, to assist the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) with law enforcement for the Spirit Lake Reservation, and vice versa. Other law enforcement agencies that signed...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Soholt Bakery set to reopen March 7 with new owner Long before she signed on the dotted line, Janet Holt knew she wasn’t buying a generic, run-of-the-mill donut shop. The former nursing supervisor grew up in Mayville and understood the legacy surrounding the cozy Main Street bakery that had been a fixture in her hometown since 1918. So the new owner of Soholt Bakery wants patrons to kno...
The Schuster RV Park, long owned by John and Jean Schuster, is officially under new ownership. Justin Stanton, a Florida native who settled in New Rockford last year, is the new owner of the Schuster RV Park, along with his brother, David Stanton, and partner, Alice Wiedrich. Stanton has been buying and leasing properties since he first arrived in New Rockford, but the RV park is his most ambitious acquisition yet, and he shared his plans for the property with the Transcript last week....
Sometimes, childhood dreams really do come true. Jason Lafontaine graduated from New Rockford High School in 1988 with dreams of becoming a pilot. Decades later, there aren't many places on Earth he hasn't flown to. According to LaFontaine, his earliest memories of wanting to be a pilot stem from a local crop duster near Bremen, who "used to buzz us all the time." He began admiring pilots ever since, and one day hoped to become one. However, as Lafontaine put it, "when you look at a kid in a...
Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13, Deputy Suave of the Eddy County Sheriff’s Department arrived at Hanson’s Bar in New Rockford to discover John Allmaras’ face covered in blood and with an apparent broken nose. Documents filed with the Southeast District Court allege that Joseph Lawrence of New Rockford is the man responsible. The documents further allege that Joseph Lawrence and Marnie Lawrence were drinking in the bar at approximately 11:30 p.m., on Feb. 12, at which point Marni...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Spring Flood Outlook: Risk of flooding remains high While cool weather is expected to linger into early March, the risk for moderate to severe spring flooding across the Red River remains high. The Goose River in Hillsboro has a 50 percent chance of reaching 13.8 feet this spring, nearly a foot above moderate flood state. While the local snowpack remains near to above normal for this time of...
On Monday, Feb. 21, New Rockford-Sheyenne wrapped up their regular season with an anti-climactic 49-34 loss to the North Star Bearcats at home. Despite what the final score suggests, Monday's contest was one of the Rockets' strongest performances this season... at least, for three quarters it was. The Bearcats came to New Rockford as heavy favorites, having earned a 15-3 overall record and the reputation of a top team in Region 4. The Rockets didn't seem to care. The first quarter set the tone...
On Thursday, Feb. 17, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets fell to the Hatton/Northwood Thunder by a score of 58-61. The Rockets entered their penultimate regular-season matchup with hopes of generating momentum for the District 7 tournament, and they were on pace to do exactly that... for a while. The opening minutes saw NR-S come out swinging in the first quarter, going pound-for-pound and shot-for-shot with Hatton/Northwood, who entered Thursday's matchup as clear favorites. Both teams were...
Four veterans, whose bonds were forged in the Arabian Desert, recently traveled thousands of miles to New Rockford, endured -20 degree temperatures, and had the time of their lives. Rich Hagedorn from Omaha, N.E., Aarron Clark from Franklin, N.H., John Sokolik from Paducah, K.Y., and Chris Hunt from Glen Gardner, N.J. are what some might call a 'band of brothers.' Together, they served as mortarmen in the 1st Battalion of the 327th Infantry Regiment, an element of the 101st Airborne Division...
Dennis Nybo of New Rockford will once again have his face plastered on the wall of a Hall of Fame in North Dakota. Mere months after being inducted into the North Dakota Recreation and Park Association Hall of Fame in September, Nybo finds himself once again receiving recognition for his years of service in multiple disciplines. Most recently, Nybo became the 48th member to be inducted into the North Dakota Hockey Hall of Fame on Feb. 8, alongside fellow Class of 2021 inductee Braad Schaack of...
At the regular school board meeting on Feb. 14, New Rockford-Sheyenne Business Manager Dave Skogen presented preliminary budget information to board members, which predicted expenditures in excess of $4.6 million for the 2022-23 school year. Skogen’s presentation broke down the majority of projected NR-S costs for the coming year. Only about 9 percent of those expenses, according to Skogen, are up to the board’s discretion. The other 91 percent are necessary costs such as payroll, utilities and...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Fessenden residents and firefighters face off at contentious city council meeting At the Fessenden City Council meeting on Feb. 7, Fessenden Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board President Donald Muscha and FFPD Treasurer Neal Hayford, flanked by two dozen volunteer firefighters, addressed the council concerning the ongoing contention between the two entities. That contention centered around...
The boys' basketball season is rapidly approaching an end, and New Rockford-Sheyenne has faced a rough triad of games down the stretch. The three-game stretch began with a thrilling match versus the Rolette Comets on Thursday, Feb. 10. The Rockets' began the matchup well, and NR-S senior Nick Berglund wasted no time establishing his dominance. In combination with impressive baskets from Bennett Meier and DJ Mudgett, Berglund was able to lift NR-S to the lead after one quarter. The Comets,...
The old Munster Bridge, located eight miles northwest of New Rockford on County Road 12, is getting a long-overdue facelift. At their rescheduled regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 3, Eddy County commissioners heard from Michael May of Interstate Engineering Inc., who broke the news that North Dakota had approved an application to "rehabilitate" the aging Munster Bridge, granting the county more than $450,000 to do so. May told commissioners, "Basically what you'll be getting is the small...
Following a redistricting process that saw their home district eliminated, District 23 representatives Bill Devlin and Don Vigesaa have announced their future plans. Rep. Devlin, a 20-year veteran of the N.D. Legislature and former Speaker of the House, has announced his retirement from the legislature once his current term expires on Nov. 30. Rep. Vigesaa, meanwhile, has announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives in District 29. Late last year, a new redistricting map was...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. County’s crime calls cool off The Rolette County Sheriff’s Department responded to fewer calls in each of the last four months of 2021, a trend Sheriff Nathan Gustafson said he wants to see continue this year. The Rolette County Sheriff’s Department answered 5,059 calls in 2021, which equates to an average of 14 calls every day. However, after peaking in September, the calls for service...
On a snowy Friday night in northeast Eddy County, the Warwick Warriors played host to the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets in another District 7 thriller. Following a series of debilitating near-comeback losses for NR-S, their largest hurdle entering Warwick was merely staying afloat in the first quarter, and that's exactly what they did. The Warriors' Mark Fassett Jr. got the Warriors off to a strong start offensively, but Rockets' senior Nick Berglund was every bit as strong. In the first eight m...
It's not always obvious when a local high-school graduate is flourishing in their higher education, but New Rockford native Lauren Roscoe's success is crystal clear. After graduating from New Rockford-Sheyenne in 2017, Roscoe went to Valley City State University (VCSU) to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a teacher. "I have wanted to be a teacher since I was in elementary school," said Roscoe. "It's something that, starting in fourth grade, I really started thinking about, and I just always...
Early Monday morning, Jan. 31, the New Rockford Fire Department was dispatched to the 8th Street South railroad crossing to intercept a BNSF train locomotive that had caught fire. According to a press release from New Rockford Fire Chief Todd Allmaras, the train was approximately 15 miles southeast of New Rockford when the report first arrived. With no hazardous or flammable freight on board, and due to "challenging rural travel conditions," the train engineer decided to meet the fire...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. School closes for two days amid pandemic highs Divide County School Superintendent Sherlock Hirning knew Friday there was a good possibility school would be called off on Monday. Too many staff and subs were absent due to COVID - either because they were sick, had a household contact, or their daycare was closed. “We’ll see what the weekend does for us,” Hirning said. It didn’t do enough. Th...
On Saturday, Jan. 29, nearly 200 archers from 12 nearby school districts descended on the Carrington Public School to compete in the Carrington 3D and Bullseye Archery Tournaments. Sophomore Connor Cose from Mt. Pleasant High School seized top marks in the bullseye tournament, scoring 293 points with 24 bullseye's. Cose's 293 points placed him first in every boys and highschool ranking, and were the most scored by a single archer in either tournament. However, Cose was outdone in the 3D...
On Friday, Jan. 28, the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets fell 38-59 to the Lakota Raiders in another District 7 showdown. A worrying trend for NR-S has emerged in recent weeks - the Rockets aren’t taking off very well. As they did versus Harvey a few days prior, the Rockets had a terrible first quarter in Lakota, scoring just six first-quarter points to the Raiders’ 18. The slow starts are burying NR-S in a hole they have yet to prove they can dig out of. Against Harvey, NR-S clawed themselves out...
The Rockets fell short in yet another comeback attempt versus the Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich Cardinals on Saturday, Jan. 29, falling by a score of 51-55. Put simply, the Rockets aren't a first-quarter team. The Rockets didn't just struggle finding the net in the first quarter on Saturday, they couldn't do anything defensively either. While shot-after-shot from NR-S was missing its mark, the Cardinals were breezing past Rockets' defenders for routine layups, amassing 29 first-quarter points in...
Bo Belquist, one of New Rockford-Sheyenne's most successful athletes, is continuing to shine at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. Belquist began attracting college scouts early on during his career at NR-S. In his junior year, he caught 54 passes for 1,096 yards and 18 touchdowns - more than enough to garner the attention of football scouts. When those colleges came knocking, many thought he'd follow the lead of his father, who attended and still rooted for North Dakota State University....
