Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Spring is here, which means track and field has also begun. But this year’s track and field season is much different from last year. When notice was given that previous track and field coach, Cherry Heinz, had put in her resignation, NR-S athletic director, Elliott Belquist, stepped up and offered to take the position. In just a year, the track and field team has doubled in numbers. There were a total of 17 track and field athletes last year. As of March 23, 2022 there are 40 student athletes e...
Hanson's Bar brought on another battle of the bags on Saturday, March 19. This time, the Brown Memorial offered a little shelter from the unpredictable spring elements, and competitors got 100% payback of their registration fees. Trestan and Nicole Demarce were the big winners, with Stu Richter and Mike Zeltinger coming in second place....
Outdoor notes: *Ice is never completely safe, especially with the transition to open water. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice and don’t move around at night. *April 1: New 2022 hunting, fishing, & trapping licenses due. *April 1: Snowmobile North Dakota trails close. *April 2: Lake Region Ducks Unlimited banquet, Devils Lake KC Hall, 5:30 p.m. *April 9: Spring turkey season opens. *April 9: Central Dakota Rocky M...
Many people are a little surprised and often enlightened when they visit with a North Dakota game warden and learn more about the people behind the badge. A hunter may not realize the time and resources spent in service training and administrative/safety requirements. Anglers know wardens are checking for over limits and license compliance, but the most citations are issued for safety violations, such as not having enough life jackets on board. Chief game warden Scott Winkelman provided some...
Spring is in the air, and if you get a whiff of it in the coming days, it likely will bear with it the scent of gunpowder. Across the country and the region, USA High School Clay Target Leagues are kicking off their spring season, bringing tens of thousands of student-athletes in grades six through twelve to the trap and skeet range as well as the five stand and sporting clays course. Thousands of those shooters will be new to the pastime of shooting sports, and undoubtedly a little nervous for...
6-24 Fishing regulations set North Dakota’s 2022-24 fishing proclamation is set, with regulations effective April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2024. New fishing licenses are required April 1. Anglers can find the 2022-24 North Dakota Fishing Guide online at the state Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov, or at Game and Fish Department offices and license vendors throughout the state. Noteworthy regulation changes include: • Increased the statewide smallmouth/largemouth bass daily limit from 3-to-5 and possession limit from 6-to-...
On April 1, New Rockford-Sheyenne is sending three players to the first ever N.D. state tournament for esports. Fenworks, the company that facilitates high school esports competition in North Dakota, is hosting their first ever state tournament in Grand Forks, and 126 players from 30 teams across the state will travel to the Alerus Center for their game's championship. For esports, NR-S competes in a co-op with two other small schools: Hazen and Garrison. Within the Fenworks esports program, the...
Sunday afternoon visitors and supper guests at the Janelle Koepplin home were Aaron and Danielle Koepplin, Kerigan, Carter, Chevelle and Hendrix. Calvin Packard was a reader and helper with paperwork at mom’s Shirley’s, one day. Wednesday, Ken and Marvis Holte did some shopping in New Rockford and enjoyed a chance visit with Janelle Koepplin at the Rockford Café. Eloise Lucht reports that daughter Heidi and Jay Schneider, Caleb and Callie have safely returned from an enjoyable spring break trip to Florida. Saturday visitors and supper gues...
Roderick Heinitz Carrington, N.D. Roderick "Rod" Heinitz, 55, of Carrington, N.D. passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington. Funeral service will be held on Monday, March 28, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at Federated Church UCC/UMC, Carrington Cemetery. Pastor Rick Loewen will officiate the service with special music by Clara Edwardson. Casket bearers are Jacob Heinitz, Rebecca Heinitz, Nicole Heinitz, Mike Huether, Ade Sobande and Brian Degenstein. Roderick Jay Heini...
Janice Ferry Oberon, N.D. Janice (Ploium) Ferry, 86, of Oberon, N.D. passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford. Funeral service will be held on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Sheyenne, N.D. with burial to follow at the Hillside Cemetery, Oberon, N.D. Rev. Jeff Halvorson and Paula Loewen will officiate the service with special music by Mallory Westby and Mary Ellen Rue. Casket bearers are Kyle Christianson, Scott...
Falconry by definition is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. The most important word in this definition is "hunting." There are several avenues a person can take to legally acquire a bird of prey such as education or rehabilitation. But if the person isn't on the landscape giving the bird the opportunity to catch wild animals in their natural habitat, they are not practicing falconry. This distinction is important because it allows...
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