Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice. *Remember to keep any fish caught in 20 feet of water and deeper because they don’t survive coming up from those depths. *It’s illegal to chase, harass or pursue all wildlife – including coyotes – with any motorized vehicle. *Feb. 23: Dakota Valley Fowlers Delta Waterfowl banquet, Valley City Eagles, 5 p.m. *Feb. 23: Light goose s...
“Unfortunately, there isn’t anything that can be done to keep the Carrington location open.” Those were the words of a representative of Shopko, Ryan Lawlor, on Tuesday, Feb. 12 regarding the closure of the Shopko Hometown store in Carrington. This followed the announcement on Feb. 6 that Carrington and six other communities in North Dakota would lose their stores, as the Wisconsin-based company had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Carrington Economic Development Director Denise Schuchard said she received a message from Lawlor stating he ha...
Spring Turkey Application Deadline Feb. 13 Prospective spring turkey hunters are reminded the deadline for submitting an application for the 2019 season is Feb. 13. Spring turkey applicants can apply online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Applications can also be submitted by calling (800) 406-6409. Paper applications are not available. First-time spring turkey hunters ages 15 or younger are eligible to receive one spring license valid for any open unit. To be eligible, the youth hunter must be 15 or younger on...
The North Dakota Council on the Arts and Governor Burgum have announced the recipients of the 2019 Governor's Award for the Arts. Amid 26 nominations, six award winners have been selected. Among those is Annette Hovey, who teaches choir for grades 7-12 and band for grades 5-12 at New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) Public School. In her 21 years of teaching, Hovey has taught all levels of the public school music curriculum. Before moving to New Rockford, she taught K-12 music at in Climax, Minn., and...
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, twelve NR-S students in grades 5-8 stepped into the Eddy County Courthouse with the clear minds and sharp focus required to correctly spell words ranging from guava to gangrene. These semi-finalists had been selected through a vigorous class-level competition, yielding three individuals from each grade to participate in the long standing tradition of the school spelling bee. The bee began with a onerous written portion where students were challenged to correctly spell 50...
By today's standards, the school mischiefs committed by high school students of the '50s and '60s would be considered quite mild and innocent. Possessing keys for most school building doors, taking a noon-hour spin in a 1937 Chevy, and signing "not so nice" teachers' names to a harmless letter are a few of the shenanigans that Allan Garnaas and Darrell Tuntland were involved in as high school buddies in Sheyenne. Still, these examples of "good, clean fun" resulted in detention time for Allan,...
The small but mighty New Rockford-Sheyenne High School speech team opened its season with meets in Devils Lake and Rolette. First, Cassidy Holth, Jaden Gray and Sandra Larson participated in a Class A meet in Devils Lake on Saturday, Feb. 2. Gray placed third in poetry and Larson fifth in radio. Then the girls headed to Rolette on Saturday, Feb. 9 for the Bonnie Muehlberg Memorial Speech Meet. In that event, Gray finished first in poetry and qualified for the state meet. Larson placed third in radio, and Holth earned fifth place in dramatic....
District 23 Democratic NPL will have a reorganizational meeting for the purposes of electing district officers and receiving a legislative report on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Latte Lobby in New Rockford from 2-4 p.m. Reorganizational meetings are held in the odd number years, and officers hold their office for two years. Current District 23 Dem-NPL officers are Chair Sharon Ludwig of New Rockford, Vice Chair Gene Gunhus of Pekin, Secretary Ben Vig of Sharon and Treasurer Dewey Heckaman of New Rockford. State Senate Minority Leader Senator Joan...
Shannon Riggle, auditor for the City of Oberon, completed the Auditor’s Certification Program with the North Dakota League of Cities. “This is a great honor for a city auditor,” said Chelsey Benson, training services and communications manager for the North Dakota League of Cities. “Each city can be proud of this accomplishment and will enjoy the benefits of having a city leader so committed to the future of the community.” The Auditor’s Certification Program is an education requirement for city auditors passed during the 2017 Legislative...
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