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Support is mounting for constructing a new gymnasium in New Rockford. Last week North American Bison, LLC, committed $50,000 to the project. The funds will be donated over five years, with $10,000 provided annually. Mike Jacobson, Vice President of Operations for North American Bison, said that while the donations from the first year or two will likely go towards construction, the premise of the annual gift is to offer support for ongoing operations and maintenance of the facility once it is...
Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger recently announced that North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the third quarter of 2020 were down 19.5% compared to the same timeframe in 2019. Taxable sales and purchases for July, August, and September of 2020 totaled $4.72 billion. “Similar to the decline in taxable sales and purchases in the second quarter of this year, the drop in taxable sales and purchases during the third quarter is due to economic disruptions related to the coronavirus and...
Boy oh boy, 2020 was a doozie. It seems we can agree on that. But before you write off the whole year as fodder, take some time over the next couple of weeks to review the top stories of 2020 with us. Perhaps you’ll come across something worth remembering! This week’s edition covers January to June. New Year, New Heart 2020 offered Steven Cartwright a new beginning. Son of New Rockford residents Kevin and Vicki Cartwright, Steven spent months chasing diagnoses after diagnoses only to have doctors tell him he was suffering from acute heart fai...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Holiday Lights Driving Tour sponsored by the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation and Bank Forward! After two nights of judging and days of voting on the NRABC's Facebook page, five homes got $100 in Chamber bucks and bragging rights. The winners are pictured here: 1) People's Choice: Todd & Kerri Allmaras, 228 Second Avenue North. 2) Best Overall: Alisya Thomas, 914 Third Avenue North 3) Showstopper: Dennis and Mary Gehrtz, 914 Second Avenue...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets improved to 4-1 on the still-young season with a 61-51 win in Kensal Tuesday night, December 22, over the Griggs/Midkota Titans. Johnny Grann got the Rocket train rolling with 11 first quarter points, as his efforts provided an out sized portion of a 17-10 first quarter lead for NR-S. Grann had two threes in that period. The Rockets kept the Titans at bay in the second, with six Evan Ulrich tallies and five from Nick Berglund. That made the score 30-22 at the ha...
Lake Region State College in Devils Lake is putting a new spin on its Royal Treatment program. Instead of going to area schools during the basketball season, this year, Royal Treatment will be delivered in a virtual manner. Termed the Battle Royale, LRSC will highlight two sports co-ops weekly over the next few months. During the week long battle, area residents can vote for their favorite co-op on the LRSC Facebook or Instagram pages. During the match week, there will be posts that showcase Lake Region State College students and alumni that...
North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) bestowed its highest youth achievement honor – the Torchbearer Award – on Billy Fleming of New Rockford at the organization's recent state convention, held virtually due to COVID-19. The award recognizes students for their involvement in Farmers Union's youth education program and requires five years of senior class work to enhance communication, leadership and teamwork skills, as well as business knowledge of cooperatives. Twenty-eight young people earned the...
Sheyenne community volunteers changed it up and provided curbside turkey dinners on Christmas instead of serving the annual buffet sit down meal at the Ostby Hall. Just another example of how December 25, 2020 was different for many of us trying to stay safe during a pandemic. Santa was on hand to carry meals out to the cars. Mayor Bob Hanson carved 15 turkeys, serving 180 meals. Thank you to Warren Implement and Rindy's Sheyenne Bar for their unsolicited donations. Thrivent Financial also...
Mya Cudworth finished with nearly half of the Rockets' points in a 35-28 win against Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier Monday night, December 21, in Edgeley. Cudworth, a junior, had 15 points, including a three-pointer, and the Rocket defense held the Rebels to nine points combined in the second and third quarters to get their first victory of the season. NR-S would emerge victorious in spite of a six-point difference at the foul line (2-for-4) compared to E-K-M (8-for-13). The Rebels of Region 3 and...
Devils Lake, N.D. – Lake Region District Health Unit (LRDHU) celebrates 70 years of public health service this year. Due to COVID-19, LRDHU will not be having an open celebration, but they are still gratified to announce this huge milestone. Public health’s overall role in the communities it serves is: Preventing the spread of disease, promoting good health, and protecting the environment. Through the years, public health programs and services being carried out through this philosophy has expanded extensively. In 1950 and during many of its...
There's more food on Main Street in McHenry once again following the decision of a once-retired lady to jump in and reopen the long-standing McHenry Cafe. Robyn Sorum, who moved to the northeast corner of Foster County in McHenry three years ago with her husband Bruce, said, "I just thought it would be a nice thing to get the cafe going again in the town." So, she did and with the help of her husband and a host of locals, redecorating began. "Dorothy Briss and Darla Short along with Arlene...
Jakob Schmid and Alison Widmer were home for Christmas. Jakob spent Christmas Eve with Alison’s family and Alison spent Christmas Day with Jakob’s family. Doug Schmid joined Tom, Pam, JD, Jakob and Alison at the Schmid home Christmas day. Saturday, the Schmid’s spent the day with Pam’s dad, Bud Hermanson and her brother, Dan in Hampden. Saturday evening, Lester Roberts took his friends, Midge Quam, Helen Ridley and Rita Waldorf around Devils Lake to look at the Christmas lights. Lester received word on Wednesday that his friend, Delno Kindem...
Christmas Eve guests at the Candy Jensen home were son Jerrod and Angie Holte. Afternoon found Rick and Cora Koepplin and Katie bringing holiday greetings. Janet Laube and YipYip were among those who enjoyed the Annual Sheyenne Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. It was a curbside pickup delivered by Santa. Martin and Janelle Koepplin, Aaron and Danielle Koepplin, Kerigan, Carter and Chevelle, Taylor and Amanda Koepplin and Evelyn and Charlotte Koepplin were Christmas dinner guests at the Todd and Karen Koepplin farm. All enjoyed visiting, a...
Jerrod Holte stopped briefly at the Charlotte Koepplin home Thursday afternoon on holiday errands. Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed beef roast and au-jus for Christmas Eve supper at the Martin and Janelle Koepplin home. Opening gifts was fun and Martin beat the gals in a game of 5000 Rummy. Christmas Day Charlotte joined other family for a ham and baked potato dinner at the Todd and Karen Koepplin farm. Margie Anderson, David and Karen Anderson were among the 180 who picked up and enjoyed the Annual Sheyenne Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. Family...
Sheyenne's traditional Christmas Day dinner at Ostby Hall went on again this year as a take-out/curbside delivery event thanks to the efforts of volunteers who spent their time roasting turkeys, mashing potatoes, preparing dressing, buns and cookies. A total of 177 people were served. Thrivent, Warren Implement and Rindy's Sheyenne Bar, for their donations to help with the expenses, and the volunteers who cooked and served the meal are much appreciated by the community and all who attended. Jason Stenberg of Pekin, Dwain and Connie Brown, Jan L...
The zeros in 2020 symbolized by rolls of toilet paper—doesn’t that sum it up? Isn’t it great that we are at the END of it? Yes, the end of 2020 is a plus, but it’s not the good news of these holidays. That we can celebrate the birth of Jesus and the impact his life had on this world—is THE good news, for it is a source of hope that we desperately need now. I have no greater wish this Christmas than to see that hope reflected on not only the faces of my family and friends, but also on those so desperately impacted by illness and turmoil....
In case you (expletives deleted) missed the marketing campaign, on January 5 the noble public servants at Netflix will launch a six-episode series, "History of Swear Words," hosted by actor Nicholas Cage. The "proudly profane" program will be supplemented with historians, cognitive scientists, lexicographers and etymology experts. (The latter should feel right at home, after years of hearing, "When are you going to quit &^%$ and get a &^%$ REAL job?") I find myself with mixed emotions as I navig...
When Professor Elwyn Robinson wrote his comprehensive history of North Dakota in the 1950s, he coined a phrase that stuck. He called it the “too much mistake” because Dakotans in the 1880s had designed a state infrastructure that was greater than we would ever need. The political creation and location of too many colleges and universities became the classic example for proving his point. It seems that most rational people in the state now agree that we have too much higher education. How...
Ernest C. Scott, Jr., 63, Maddock, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 at the St. Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey. His funeral was held Saturday, Jan. 2. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Maddock with burial at the Leeds Lutheran Cemetery in Leeds. Arrangements are with Nelson Funeral Home of Fessenden. Online condolences may be shared at nelsonfuneralhomes.com Ernest Calvin Scott, Jr., son of Ernest and Arlene (Bragg) Scott, was born Nov. 6, 1957 at Maddock. He grew up in the Leeds area and...
Iona "Ina" Kay Evelyn Johnson, age 81, of Fargo, N.D., formerly Ellendale and Sheyenne, N.D., passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. Iona was born to the late Lucas George Plancich I and Effie (McKay) Plancich on Feb. 20, 1939 in Dockton, Wash. She graduated from Vashon Island (Wash.) High School in 1958. She met and married the late Lyle Duane Duda who was stationed at Nike Airbase on Vashon Island on April 11, 1959. Iona and Lyle raised five children in the New Rockford-Sheyenne, N.D. area. She...
Greetings dear friends in Christ. Here we are, another year has come and gone. I truly hope the year 2020 was a good one for you and your families. No, I'm not joking about that. Yes, I know what this past year was like for many of you, but I still hope this year was a good one for yo. If you stop and think about it, there just may have been some very good times for you. There were so many among us that were affected by the COVID-19 virus. It's effect was felt through the community from our homes and our schools to our churches and our...
I hope that everyone had an enjoyable holiday, but I must admit that it did not seem like a normal Christmas. Yes, we sent out cards and decorated the tree, but there was something strange about the atmosphere. The signs of the virus are everywhere, and I cannot help but think about how many families have been impacted by it. Some of you may have missed seeing your loved ones because it was not safe for them to travel. My wife and I know how you feel. Others of you might have canceled your...
At 9 p.m. Oct. 2, 1903, the 15-man committee meeting at the Congregational Church selected the J.H. Hohl property west of town between Maxwell’s property and the city limits as the site for the new Academy. They purchased 100 acres running to the river with a 40-rod riverfront for $5,500. On the morning of Oct. 3, Frank Reed was operating a circular saw in the Charles Culp carpentry shop when he accidentally cut off a portion of the fleshy part of his right thumb. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hulbert w...
Unilateral presidential war-making, remarkable for its direct violation of the War Clause of the Constitution, is a sharp reminder of the widening gulf between constitutional principle and governmental practice. It recalls the observation of a 17th Century English judge: “The practice of government is but feeble proof of its legality.” Since 1950, every president, with the exception of Dwight Eisenhower has asserted authority to initiate war and lesser military hostilities on behalf of the American people, despite the fact that the Con...
Dear Savvy Senior, I understand that a portion of my Social Security benefits may be taxable when I retire. Can you tell me how to calculate this? Ready to Retire Rear Ready, Whether or not you’ll be required to pay federal income tax on your Social Security benefits will depend on your income and filing status. About 35% of Social Security recipients have total incomes high enough to trigger federal income tax on their benefits. To figure out if your benefits will be taxable, you’ll need to...
