Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (Garrison Diversion) General Manager, Duane DeKrey, and General Manager, Merri Mooridian, traveled with the Directors from Eddy, Grand Forks, Ransom and Ward counties to Washington D.C. to meet with the North Dakota congressional delegation. The group met with Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp, as well as Representative Kevin Cramer’s staff to discuss the ongoing importance of the Municipal, Rural and Industrial (MR&I) Water Supply Program. “MR&I funding is very important to Garrison Diversion bec...
Eddy County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Bittmann visited the school this April to talk about bullying. By the time he left, he had inspired a group of third graders (Karsyn Wetzel, Olivia Larson, Lily Whitley, Emmie Belquist and Jocee Lawrence) to start The Kindness Club. Since then about 15 more students have joined to help stop bullying. The Kindness Club was started by these girls mostly because of the amount of bullying that goes on. The club founders know that bullying happens most often outside...
It’s spring cleaning time in New Rockford! The City of New Rockford is once again holding Spring Clean-Up Week May 14-18. This Clean-Up Week is an opportunity for city residents to bring large items to the boulevards for city workers to haul to the landfills at no cost. This gives residents the opportunity to dispose of the unwanted items in their homes and yards, including old furniture, major appliances and tires. City residents will be responsible for hauling items out of their homes and yards and bringing the items to the boulevards. T...
Bright yellow banners with the words "Now Open!" greeted customers to the new Dollar General store along U.S. Hwy. 281 in New Rockford on Wednesday, May 2. According to Angela Petkovic of Dollar General Corporation, a grand opening event is in the works for later this month. The store is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Dollar General is proud to be America's neighborhood general store, with more than 14,000 stores in 44 states. Stores sell a variety of items including food, snacks, health a...
At a special meeting on Monday, April 30, New-Rockford Sheyenne (NR-S) School District board members went into executive session to consult with their attorney, Ian McLean of Serkland Law in Fargo. He reviewed the district’s $3.2 million contract with CTS Group as per the board’s request after they received a much lower estimate from another firm. Following the consultation the board came back into open meeting and voted 6-1 to move forward with the performance contract they had signed with CTS...
NDSU Extension Service partnered with local banks, credit unions and schools to provide a lesson to first grade students on earning, spending and saving during Financial Literacy Month. The goal was to teach positive money behaviors at an early age. As a part of the lesson, each student was provided with a piggy bank which they decorated for a "Piggy Bank Pageant" contest. The piggy banks were displayed at local financial institutions through the month of April, and patrons could vote for their...
Kenneth James Eagleman of Fargo, N.D. has been charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a class C felony; and reckless driving and driving under suspension, both misdemeanors. According to the criminal complaint, Deputy Bittmann observed that the vehicle driven by Eagleman had an inoperable headlight and attempted to perform a traffic stop at approximately 1:50 a.m. on March 23. The defendant refused and fled at speeds exceeding 100 mph through Eddy County and into Foster County. Eagleman was eventually stopped after he...
Breana Buehler of Mandan and Hunter Buehler, NDSU, spent the weekend at the Buehler farm. Nadley and Breana attended the baby shower for Jenae, Justin and baby Jaxon in Maddock Saturday afternoon. Breana visited Bria Buehler Saturday evening. Steve Bracken of Devils Lake visited Todd Buehler Tuesday. Charlotte Simon visited her mother, Joan Bosch, at the Care Center in Rugby on Tuesday. Friday, Charlotte spent the day with grandchildren, Max and Elin Thompson at Carson and Heidi’s home in Grand Forks. Mavis Maloney and Jane Brorby were C...
The Eddy County Commission approved an amendment to the 2017 Eddy County Zoning Ordinance to accommodate the newly-passed medical marijuana initiative. The 2017 North Dakota Legislature enacted Senate Bill 2344, relating to the implementation of the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act for the regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries and the cultivation and propagation of medical marijuana in North Dakota. The addition of Article 11 Medical Marijuana set guidelines and fees to comply with the state law, including a permit application fee of...
Last Thursday evening, Barb Blaine, Jan Loe and Patti Clifton attended the Taylin Jacobson Benefit held at the Eagles Club in New Rockford. Barb Eversvik and Jan Loe participated in the vendor show at Tolna on Saturday. Later, they enjoyed the concert at Spirit Lake Casino. Rhoda Stenberg and Jan Loe attended the senior recital of Jared Hartl and Nick Hovey at the Latte Lobby in New Rockford. In attendance at the recital were their UND instructors. Also performing a couple numbers was the Men's Quintet. Sheyenne's Relay for Life team hosted a...
Congratulations to the NR-S Speech team for their performances at the ND Class B Speech Tournament at Mandan High School on Saturday, April 28. Sandra Larson placed seventh in Radio, Jaden Gray finished seventh in Poetry, and Lauren Roscoe and Jared Hartl received the Superior Medalist award for their Humorous Duo....
Thursday Charlotte Koepplin was in New Rockford taking care of business and later was a brief visitor at the Martin and Janelle Koepplin home. Wednesday morning Jimmy Indergaard visited his mother Esther at Golden Acres Estates. Later he picked up his Uncle Mervin Indergaard and they drove to New Rockford, where they stopped at James River Ag and chatted with Taylor Koepplin a bit. They returned to Carrington and enjoyed dinner at Mervin’s. Later Jimmy was also a visitor at the Charlotte Koepplin home. David and Karen Anderson, Amber Sylling a...
Martin and Eloise Lucht were among those who attended a prayer service for Martin's sister Dory Thompson on Thursday evening at Evans Funeral Home in New Rockford and Home Cemetery. Other family included Bob Bass of Illinois, Tom and Bonnie Kuhen of Fargo. Martin’s nieces Gloria Hendrickson and Christy Schultz of Minnesota and Jay and Heidi Schneider, Caleb and Callie. Tuesday found Calvin Packard driving his mother, Shirley, to Devils Lake for an eye appointment. Last Monday evening Curtis and Marti Larson and Olivia and Marion Larson were v...
“He said to his friend, ‘If the British march By land or sea from the town tonight, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal light’.” Well, I’m no Paul Revere and my horse is lame But I’m hanging a lantern all the same This time the Russians are coming, make no mistake about it. Yes, to North Dakota. They will arrive as soon as the U.S. Senate campaign involving Heidi Heitkamp and Kevin Cramer is launched. The reason they will be attacking the state’s ele...
Last week I had the great fortune to be able to take a proper vacation with my family for the first time in what seemed like forever. Now that I’m back to work, I’ve been trying to figure out just what it is that made this time off so magical. Was it the warmer weather we headed off to? I’m sure that helped, but we’ve had warm-weather vacations before that weren’t this restorative. A break from my usual onslaught of emails and work deadlines? Yes, but ditto. The easy availability of chicken n...
Observing the swamp during the last few weeks, one trend is clear: federal courts are all-powerful, and even though the judges are appointed, not elected, they have the final say in legislative issues. Nevertheless, lower court judges don’t have the right to steal American sovereignty or usurp presidential powers including those the Executive Branch has over immigration. Two recent examples: in Sessions v. Dimaya, the Supreme Court struck down a congressional statute that mandates criminal a...
As I was praying about, meditating and reflecting upon, asking questions about Sunday’s assigned second reading (1 John 5:1-6), a particular part of the text caught my attention. It was 1 John 5:6a: “This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood.” While these words may seem strange at first, they do have some relevance to our modern time. The early Christians were engaged in a theological battle with the gnostics. The gnostics thought that the material world was evil and t...
Marvel Eleanor Lindstrom, 93, Glenfield, N.D., died Tuesday, April 25, 2018, at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. A funeral service was held Monday, April 30, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington. Rev. Fred Grundmann & Rev. Russ Christiansen officiated. Special musicwas provided by Clara Edwardson and Darwin Solberg. Burial was in James River Cemetery, Glenfield, N.D. Casket bearers were Mark Pederson, Kevin Pederson, Dennis Lindstrom, J Lindstrom, Alan Scanson and Nathan Spickler....
Success is a popular subject and an exciting attitude that fuels the imagination and drives our motivation. The fervent desire to succeed seems to be embedded within our DNA and I see nothing wrong with an honest inspiration to accomplish certain goals. Even the Bible talks about “pressing toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” and refers to winning and being victorious as a spiritual blessing in accordance with God’s perfect will. Yes, success can be satis...
On the morning of August 22, 1901, Logan & Farley opened their restaurant in the old courthouse building and former Headquarters Hotel building with R. McDowell as the cook. It was on lots 4 & 5, block 17, on Chicago St., now 8th St. N., where the Do It Best Hardware is now located (2008). Charles Ohrner of Kidder County came in to work the harvest and was hired within twenty minutes. Miss May Renfrew came over from Harvey before her departure for the Pan American Exposition. Frank Parker was in town, saying he had threshed his best oat crop...
How to Find Great Volunteer Vacations Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are approaching retirement and are interested in learning more about volunteer vacations. Can you give us some information on this travel option, and refer us to some good organizations that offer these types of trips. Love to Travel Dear Love, If you’re looking to do more on your next vacation than relax in the sun or go sightseeing, volunteer vacations – also known as voluntourism – which combine travel and volun...
Did you remember Mother’s Day is just around the corner? Not this Sunday but the next, on May 13. While the Mother’s Day that we celebrate is a recent development in the world of holidays, the basic idea goes back to ancient mythology—all the way back to the long-ago civilizations of the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks paid homage to Cybele, the mother figure of their gods, and the Romans dedicated an annual spring festival to the mother of their gods. In 16th century England, there was a speci...
May 10, 2018 — Today is anniversary of the only official riot in North Dakota state history. It started innocently. In April of 1969, NDSU student body president Chuck Stroup couldn’t afford to go to Florida with his sister for spring break. So he came up with a cheap alternative and took it to NDSU’s school paper, "The Spectrum." He was planning a gathering near his hometown of Hazen to be held the following month. He called it “Zip to Zap” and took out a classified ad. A responsive front-page article about the event set things in motion. I...
The Sheyenne- New Rockford Black Sox high school baseball team played two varsity games in New Rockford on Friday, April 27. Both games counted in the Region 3 Standings. Their first game was against Kidder County. The Wolves plated one run in the fourth inning. The locals came up with four runs in the fourth. Nick Presnell knocked in two runs on a single and Nathan Holzwarth brought in two more on a double. The Wolves came up with one more in the fifth. The Black Sox added one more in the f...
Fessenden Junior High Meet New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) track teams traveled to Fessenden for a junior high meet on Friday, April 27. Rocket Girls Placers 200 dash, Kennedy Demester, fourth 400 dash, Demester, fourth 100 hurdles, Demester, third 800 run, Mya Cudworth, seventh 1600 run, Cudworth, fifth Rocket Boy Placers 100 dash, Harry Joseph, sixth 200 dash, Joseph, fifth 400 dash, Joseph, fifth Times and team scores were not available. Haneman Memorial Meet NR-S Varsity Track teams were at Rugby on Saturday, April 28 for the Haneman M...
