Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that Cody James Belgarde, age 37, from St. Michael, N.D., was sentenced by Chief Judge Peter D. Welte to 327 months in prison following conviction at trial on charges of Second-Degree Murder and Arson. In January of 2021, Belgarde shot and killed a boy who was two weeks past his 17th birthday. Belgarde then set fire to the house where the murder took place. In November of 2023, a jury found Belgarde guilty of Second-Degree Murder and Arson within Indian country. The jury...
United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced Austin Ray Lester, 28, and Krissy Louise Hinsley, 25, both from Tokio, N.D., made initial appearances on April 19, 2024, in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, on charges of Involuntary Manslaughter and two counts of Child Neglect in Indian country. Lester is also charged with Assault of a Child with a Dangerous Weapon in Indian country. At Lester and Hinsley’s initial appearance, before United States Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter, both were ordered detained p...
New Rockford-Sheyenne's long-time elementary principal, Natalie Becker, has accepted an interim superintendent position with the district. Becker was offered the position at a special school board meeting on Thursday, May 2, and she accepted a 1-year contract for the 2024-25 school year. NR-S now has a short-term answer to the question of who will be their new superintendent, after Dr. Jill Louters resigned in March, and after their subsequent superintendent search didn't yield candidates the...
