Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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A shakeup is underway at Lake Region Law Enforcement Center (LEC), Commissioner Dave Gehrtz reported at the Jan. 21 Eddy County Commission meeting. The Towner County Commission has taken action to end its contract with the agency for 911 dispatch and intends to receive services from Cavalier County instead. Gehrtz noted that the Towner County Commission has not yet provided written notice to the LEC board, on which he represents Eddy County. He specifically referenced that Towner County...
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, President Donald Trump approved Gov. Doug Burgum’s request for a presidential major disaster declaration for the impacts of an October storm. The heavy rain and snow affected a large swath of North Dakota and caused up to $9.7 million in damage to public infrastructure, according to preliminary assessments. The declaration covers 16 counties: Barnes, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Mountrail, Nelson, Sargent, Sheridan, Stutsman, Traill, Walsh and Wells. The presidential declaration unlocks public...
NR-S seventh-grader Jackson Brazil has been named the Geography Bee Champion for Eddy County. After successfully besting his peers at the county competition on Wednesday, he now has his sights on competing at the state bee in Bismarck on March 27. This is the second time Brazil has earned the county champion title, as he earned the right to compete in the North Dakota State Geography Bee in 2018. When asked what he likes about geography, Brazil replied, "It's impossible to know it all! There's...
The county's largest employer is host to its second Employee of the Month. Brooke Cook, a CNA at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd's Heritage House, received the award for January. Marydean Weinmann nominated Cook for the award. "I have personally witnessed her interaction with the tenants, and she is a gal who obviously enjoys her job, enjoys interacting and conversing with them, and makes people feel special," Weinmann wrote. A native of Sheyenne, Cook attended her last two years of high...
The community is coming together to help one of our own in need. New Rockford resident Steve Bowman was severely injured in a car crash near Binford on Sept. 14, 2019. Bowman was taken to Sanford in Fargo, where he was treated for a number of injuries including a broken left ankle, a shattered right heel, broken pelvis, and 12 broken ribs, eight on the right and four on the left. After three surgeries and 12 days in the hospital, Steve was brought to the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd for...
Otter Tail Power Company Foundation presented Eddy County 4-H a $500 donation for the Eddy County 4-H Recreational Pavilion Project at the Winter Eddy County 4-H Council meeting on January 22. Pictured (from left to right) are Eddy County 4-H club members Maria Becker, Claire Becker, Neecie Swart, Tillie Swart, Otter Tail Power Company representative Chans Price, and 4-Hers Beth Becker and Christopher Becker....
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Northern Plains Resource Center and Development Council presented the results from a feasibility study for local foods in northeast North Dakota, and the results weren’t nearly promising as one might think. Even here in farm country, growing and distributing food products can be a daunting challenge. The study was funded by a Rural Development Grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and focused on the northeastern portion of the state, including Rolette, Towner, Cavalier, Pembina, Pierce, Benson, Ramsey, W...
What exactly is the NRABC? That was my question when I first moved to the area, and a question that I now often get. I was so impressed that a small community had a progressive organization such as this, and as the director I’m proud to tell people what we are all about. Economic and community development is an important issue in North Dakota. Our community is fortunate to have New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation, a group that has been dedicated to this endeavor since 1990 and an office staff focusing on this since 2006. So what is the N...
Hunter education classes will be held March 5 - 16 from 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Classes will be led by hunter education instructor Adnan Aldayel and will be held at the New Rockford Eagles Club. The class will meet on Thursday and Friday, March 5-6; Monday through Wednesday, March 9-11; Friday, March 13; and Monday, March 16. Enrollees must attend all days of class in order to pass. Those who do not attend may lose the opportunity to enroll for a year. Note, for enrollees under the age of 18, a guardian must be present the first evening of class...
The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians announced the addition of five locations to the implementation schedule of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Program) as well as operational changes for those locations. The expanded schedule and other changes seek to maximize the Program’s impact while also addressing funding and time constraints that will continue to increase in the Program’s final three years. “As the Buy-Back Program addresses increasingly challenging funding and time constraints in its final years, it is ta...
The Maddock Opera House Association invites you to celebrate your Valentine's Day by attending “Love And All That Jazz” at the Maddock Opera House. Friday, Feb. 14, beginning at 6:30 p.m., You will enjoy a rosemary chicken dinner accompanied by friends, cocktails and live entertainment. Local music instructor, Carson Adam and friends, will perform in a jazz combo. The event is for ages 21 and older, and includes a three-course meal. Proceeds, in part, will help fund scholarships for local students to attend the International Music Camp. Tic...
Carrington Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Grow with Google to help community members learn digital skills, with a workshop at Carrington City Library on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. At the workshop, Google My Business, individuals will learn the following: how to create or claim a Business Profile on Google, manage your business info across Google Search and maps, use Google My Business to connect with potential customers, and create a free website using the info from the Business Profile. In the second part of the...
A correction from last week: The Leeds 55 Club hosted the Christmas get-together for all the clubs in Benson County and not Minnewaukan. I apologize for the error. Lezlee Thorson visited her dad, Lester Roberts on Tuesday. Lester and Chad Getscher were in Rugby on business Wednesday. Roger visited Lester on Sunday. Beau, Bria and Brittin Buehler brought supper and visited Todd, Nadley and Hunter Buehler Monday evening. Tuesday afternoon, Dave Kenner stopped by to visit Todd. Beau, Bria and Brittin visited grandpa Todd on Friday. Later that...
New Rockford area folks extend sympathy to the family of Don Anderson. David and Karen Anderson, Peter and Patti Larson and Sandra and Margie Anderson were Sunday afternoon and supper guests at the Gary and Kathy Anderson home. All enjoyed a blow by blow and pictures by Sandra of her recent trip to Europe. Ross and Allyssa Lewis and Kenna of Dickinson arrived at the Todd and Karen Koepplin farm Friday. Saturday, despite the stormy weather, all, plus Taylor and Amanda Koepplin and Evelyn got together and introduced Ross to the art of making...
Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed a phone chat with her Aunt Lucille Saldivar from Anaheim, Calif., on Tuesday morning. A little family and weather catch up since the holidays. Jimmy Indergaard was a visitor and dinner guest at his Uncle Mervin Indergaard’s home Saturday and a Sunday visitor and supper guest at his sister Ruth and Andy Braaten’s home. Sunday Margie Anderson was among family to enjoy a visit and supper at the Gary and Kathy Anderson home. Tuesday afternoon found Candy Jensen a visitor and supper guest at the Charlotte Koepplin hom...
When my childhood home got a phone call, it was an event. That was partly because my father, a longtime phone-company employee, installed four brass-belled phones throughout our home. The phones rang so loudly it sounded like crooks were breaking into Fort Knox. It was also because we were eager to discover who was calling – though I was always disappointed when I answered and it was a young man calling for one of my sisters. You see, before Caller ID became common in the late 1980s, I was o...
Ivanka Trump wasn’t in the Golden Globes audience when master of ceremonies Ricky Gervais delivered his scathing indictment of celebrities and Hollywood elite. Trump would have been well advised to heed Gervais’ message. Gervais urged the assembled actors to, if called on to accept an award, shut up, refrain from making political speeches that no one wants to hear, and stop the hypocritical pretense of concern about average Americans, about whom they know nothing. Trump is quite possibly the nation’s most privileged individual. A bride who p...
Many states claim to be different, but of all of the states, North Dakota has the distinction of having the flattest power structure. Power is distributed thinly because everybody must have “a say.” Egalitarianism runs to the point of becoming sinful. First, our institutional makeup is evidence of our egalitarian public square. We have more elected officials per capita than any other state, with twice as many elected officials than any other state except South Carolina. We have over 10 while most states average around five. The ballot loo...
Mildred Reinke, 99, passed away Jan. 11, 2020, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford. The funeral service was held Jan. 26 at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, with Chaplain Paula Loewen officiating. Special music was provided by Marcy Grohs, Alicia Vorland and Bonnie Deegan. Burial will be held at the Oak Creek Cemetery, Bottineau, N.D. Honorary bearers were all of Mildred's grand and great-grandchildren. Mildred Leona Larson was born Nov. 18, 1920, at St. Andrew's...
Donald "Duane" Anderson, 82, of New Rockford passed away Jan. 18, 2020, at his home in New Rockford. The funeral service will be held Monday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bremen, N.D. Pastor Pauline Crowder will officiate, with special music provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Becky Anderson. Casket bearers will be David Anderson, Mark Lange, Quentin Lange, Tyler Newton, Donald Ystaas and Donald Lindstrom. Burial will take place in the spring at Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne, N.D....
Glenn Duane Bjornson, 85, of rural Tolna (formerly of Grace City), passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2020, at Good Samaritan Society in Lakota, N.D. A memorial service was held Jan. 19 at New Life Fellowship, rural Hamar, N.D. Glenn was born and raised in the McHenry, N.D. area, the son of Sophus and Irene (Melland) Bjornson. He was a sharpshooter and marksman for the U.S. Army stationed in Korea from 1959-1961. Glenn married Carolyn (Manz) on Aug. 19, 1961, in Warren, Minn., and they began...
Paul Wishinsky, age 61, passed away Jan. 2, 2020, at Essentia Health, Fargo, N.D. There were no services per the request of Paul. Paul was born on Jan. 29, 1958, in Newport News, Va. Paul was the oldest son of Steve and Helen Wishinsky. He graduated from New Rockford High School in 1976. Paul loved sports. He enjoyed archery in Germany and playing high school football. Paul was an entrepreneur his whole life. He worked many years in the restaurant business-starting with "Poppa's" Pizza Parlor,...
Barbara N. Olson, 94, died on Jan. 17, 2020, in Fargo, N.D. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home in Fargo, with visitation one hour prior to service. Full obituary to be published at a later date....
This is from the devotional, “God is in the Manger” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor who was imprisoned and executed for participating in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. In an incomparable reversal of all righteous and pious thinking, God declares Godself guilty to the world and thereby extinguishes the guilt of the world. God himself takes the humiliating path of reconciliation and thereby sets the world free. God wants to be guilty of our guilt and takes upon himself the punishment and suffering that this guilt bro...
The discovery kerosene dates back to 1846 when British physician Abraham Gesner devised a method for distilling coal. The clear fluid that resulted became known as kerosene and proved to be an indispensable fuel source in the century ahead. Kerosene lamps had yet to make an appearance until 1853 when Polish inventor Ignacy Łukasiewicz and American Robert Edwin Dietz each designed a suitable lantern at the same time, and independently of each other. The Dietz Lantern offered a flat wick made of...
