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New Rockford's only 24/7 fitness center is now in private hands. The sale of the wellness center building and Rockin' Fitness business downtown was complete as of Jan. 1. Elliott Belquist, a native of New Rockford who is the physical education teacher, athletic director and a coach at New Rockford-Sheyenne High School, initially approached the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation (NRABC) board of directors with an offer to purchase Rockin' Fitness last fall. Belquist and business partner...
Bakers Dozen held its annual Gingerbread House Challenge over the Christmas holiday. This year the friendly competition among the McKnight family members brought in $101 for the New Rockford Park District for replanting trees that were blown down in the July storm. There is one house missing because of catastrophic structural failure during the construction process. House #4, built by Kelly McKnight, was the winner. Her house received the most dollars, or votes, from customers, so she now gets...
January is a good time to curl up by the fire with a great read. Below are five books available for check-out at the Eddy-New Rockford Library. The list includes some thrillers to keep your mind racing, a ghost story to keep your heart pumping, a magical historical fiction and a happy poignant story that will warm your heart! If you don't already have a library card, now is the time to get one free and take home one of the season's best reads. Library hours are 12 - 6 p.m. Monday and 1 - 6 p.m....
Alex Lail, formerly of New Rockford and Fessenden, will be sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. The hearing is scheduled at the Barnes County Courthouse in Valley City. Judge Daniel Narum will preside over the sentencing hearing. In August, Lail pleaded guilty to two Class A felony charges, four Class C felony charges, and one Class A misdemeanor. The charges included delivery and conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, bribery, drug possession and ingestion charges, and domestic violence. A jury trial in August found Lail guilty of two...
North Dakota will receive $1.2 million from Wells Fargo Bank under the terms of a national settlement agreement, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. The state’s share of the $575 million settlement fund is for civil costs and attorney fees. The multistate settlement agreement resolves claims that Wells Fargo Bank violated state consumer protection laws by opening millions of unauthorized customer accounts, enrolling customers in online banking services without their consent, improperly referring customers for enrollment in t...
Calling all college scholars, athletes, performers and graduates! In the January 21 edition of the “New Rockford Transcript,” we plan to feature all the latest news and accomplishments from area alumni who attend college. If you or a student you know has been accepted into a program, made the dean’s list, received a scholarship, earned a degree or been recognized for his or her collegiate performance during the Fall 2018 semester in any way, we want to hear about it. In order to submit your student news, please email our office at nrtra...
A quick cold snap on New Year's Eve Day yielded an atmospheric phenomenon technically named parhelia, or a sun halo. Also known as an icebow, nimbus or gloriole, sun halos occur when hexagonal ice crystals suspended in cirrostratus clouds refract sunlight to create a 22 degree arc around the sun. Unlike the more commonly sighted sundogs, which generally are visible only when the sun is near the horizon, a halo remains visible as the Sun rises in the sky. Aaron Anfinson captured this majestic...
The North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) and North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) urge motorists to exercise caution while snowplows are working to clear highways. In an eight-hour period on Wednesday, Dec. 26, NDHP investigated five crashes involving snowplows. In four separate crashes, vehicles rear ended snow plows on I-94 near Richardton; on I-94 near Hebron; on I-94 near Steele and on Highway 85 near Williston. Minor injuries were reported in the Steele and Richardton crashes. Two additional crashes were the result of drivers...
On Jan. 2, Kathy Steinbach reported to the Eddy County Commission regarding the services she has provided to date as Veteran Services Officer. Steinbach began her position on June 1, and since helped vets to gain medical benefits, process appeals to the Department of Veteran Affairs, obtain burial markers and request copies of discharge papers. She stated how humbling it is to meet veterans and listen to their stories, which has proved essential in understanding needs and building trust. Steinbach says she would like to see more young v...
After 39 years in the credit union industry, Kent Greff, Mill City Credit Union CEO, has announced his retirement. Kent has served Mill City since 2000. During his tenure the credit union has grown from three offices in the Twin Cities to eight branches in a total of four states. Assets grew from $72 million to $350 million. Since 1979, Kent has served the credit union movement across three states (ND, SD, MN), four credit unions and two countries (Paraguay and Poland). He has also held...
Scammers are spoofing the Social Security Administration’s 1-800 number in order to get you to provide vital personal information. The scam is becoming more prevalent by the day. The scammers are spoofing caller ID to trick people into thinking that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is calling. The callers then attempt to engage with the recipients and get them to provide important financial or personal information. Spoofing involves using technology to change the number that appears on caller ID to something different. In this case, t...
On Christmas Day, Ostby Hall in Sheyenne was filled with the sights and sounds of the holidays, as well as the aroma of a wonderful meal, thanks to the volunteer community members who prepared and served the Christmas dinner. The hall was decorated for the holidays and those attending enjoyed a meal of turkey and all the trimmings. Music was provided Dakota Blende. A total of 225 people were served a delicious Christmas meal and treated to a wonderful time....
by Allison Lindgren As we move forward into a new year, we reflect back on the some of the headlines of 2018. This is the first of a two-part series, with stories from January through June. January District 23 Senator Joan Heckaman of New Rockford was one of 14 statewide leaders appointed by N.D. Governor Burgum to serve on his Task Force for Higher Education Governance. The 15-member Task Force for Higher Education Governance was created by executive order in November of 2017 and consisted of...
Calvin Packard and mom, Shirley, were among the many to enjoy the community Christmas dinner at Ostby Hall in Sheyenne. Later back at Shirley's they opened gifts and enjoyed a couple of games of Rubik's Cube. Christmas Eve day the Packards took greetings to Kim and Kevin Johnson. Todd Harrison and son Alex were visitors at Shirley's. Christmas Eve found Martin and Eloise Lucht in Devils Lake enjoying a tasty taco bar and visiting at the Tom and Dawn Stoe home. They were overnighters at the Jay and Heidi Sclmeider home and Christmas Day found...
Jan Loe recently visited with LeRoy Garnaas, Juanita Nyhusmoen and Mildred Reinke at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. It was another well-attended and successful Christmas Day Dinner at Ostby Hall. About 225 area attendees enjoyed the turkey plus all-the-trimmings dinner, music by Dakota Blende and a special visit from Santa Claus! Ron and Donna Smith of Maddock stopped to visit at the home of Patti Clifton on Christmas Day afternoon. Ron and Donna had attended the Christmas Day Dinner at Ostby Hall. Patti Clifton and Jan...
The Oberon community lost a special lady on Dec. 11. The funeral for Jackie Roberts was held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Devils Lake on Saturday, Dec. 22. It was attended by many relatives and friends. She will be missed. John and Donna Grann are in Houston, Texas for the week staying with John’s brother, Paul, who is a patient at the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center. Donna will drive up to Stephenville, Texas to visit Bobbi Grann for a few days during that time. Breana and Elisa Buehler spent Christmas weekend at the Buehler far...
Christmas Eve Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed supper and gift exchange at the Candy Jensen home. Charlotte earlier received a Christmas phone call from Rick and Cora Koepplin of Hillsboro. Ervin Longnecker joined other family for Christmas dinner at the Cory and Tammy Longnecker home. Sunday supper guests and visitors at the Esther Indergaard home were Andy and Ruth Braaten, and Nelly and Jimmy Indergaard. Sunday Dec. 30 Eric and Lisa Longnecker, Riley, Tucker and Cassie took in the Vikings football game in Minneapolis. Margie Anderson enjoyed holid...
Beginning with this first publication in January, the New Farmers Political Almanac will bring fresh insight into political prognosticating in North Dakota. Since Dave Barry just finished a dubious review of 2018, this is an appropriate time to bring out reliable foresight. January will be dominated by a meeting of the legislature consisting of many Republicans and few Democrats. The Republicans named a reapportionment commission designed to gerrymander the remaining Democrats out of office....
January is here! This means statistically we the citizens of New Rockford have cleared a hurdle notorious for suicidal behavior. National statistics show more suicides are carried out over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Now why am I writing a Presidents Point on suicide? Since the winter of 2016, New Rockford City Commission joined with other cities throughout North Dakota to take part in a program titled North Dakota Cares. This program was initiated by the former First Lady of North Dakota Mrs. Dalrymple. The programs intent was t...
“A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the President is weak.” A prominent American made the above observation some years ago, and over the recent holiday season I’ve spent some time reflecting on his wise words as we’ve been suffering under our third U.S. government shutdown under the Trump presidency. Is Trump weak? Can he get people together in a room? Well, sure he can— he got Speaker-Elect...
The liberal media are up to their usual dirty immigration tricks. This time, they're exploiting the death of a second Guatemalan child who died while in the custody of the Border Patrol at the southwestern border. As usual, the liberal media didn't blame the parents for irresponsibly dragging their eight-year-old son across Mexico with the hope of illegally sneaking into America. As usual, they didn't blame Democrats in Congress for refusing to help President Trump secure the border properly in...
Wendell Gene Larson (Swede), 89, passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in San Diego, Calif. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held Thursday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. at Clairemont Lutheran Church: 4271 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego. A military memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 11 at 9:30 a.m. at Miramar National Cemetery: 5795 Nobel Drive, San Diego. Wendell was born Oct. 13, 1929 to August and Blenda (Peterson) Larson on the family farm near Bremen, N.D. He attended...
Madelyn Gloria Willyard, 84, Grand Forks, N.D., passed away Dec. 30, 2018, at Woodside Village, Grand Forks. Funeral services were held Jan. 3 at the Federated Church UCC/UMC in Carrington, N.D. Officiating the service was Rev. Rick Lowen. Special music was provided by Clara Edwardson. Madelyn was born July 7, 1934, the daughter of Orie and Mabel Perry, in Carrington, N.D. She married Wells Willyard on Aug. 30, 1953 in Carrington. She is survived by her sons, Joel, Springfield, Mo., Warren...
A brand-new year is here and I’m excited to see what the Lord has for us! Keeping Christ at the center of our thoughts takes a great deal of discipline and determination, but so does everything else we really care about. It comes down to how serious we are about knowing God and how willing we are to give him total control of our life. Whatever we become involved with, he simply wants us to listen and obey his instructions which is the reason we are here. If we abide under the shadow of his w...
And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. Luke 2:18 Among the people (and animals) in the Nativity, shepherds may be the most surprising. In first century Palestine, shepherds were weird. They stunk of barn animals, they worked from sunup to sundown, always on call if a sheep should get separated from the pack. They were not Jewish insiders. But an angel of the Lord appeared to them. There aren’t many people who’ve had an angel show up, this clearly, and this well-documented. Zechariah, Mary, Joseph, yes. And to the...
