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Ever since the New Rockford and Sheyenne schools merged to form New Rockford-Sheyenne School District #2 in 2006, its school board has consisted of members from both the former New Rockford and Sheyenne school districts. Now, that could be about to change. At the school board’s regular meeting on Feb. 13, New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board President, Mike Jacobson, proposed forgoing the old New Rockford and Sheyenne district requirements for school board elections. But first, he’s seeking the...
Laura Hager, New Rockford-Sheyenne's middle school math teacher, has been named the NR-S School District's Teacher of the Year. The annual honor was announced at the school board's regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, by NR-S Superintendent Jill Louters, and she had nothing but praise for Hager's years of service to the district. "Her experience in the district and focus on learning outcomes and student health is exemplary," said Louters. A graduate of New Rockford High School, Hager began her te...
New Rockford's own Nathan Olds has been elected president. Board President of the Self Advocacy Solutions, N.D. Executive Committee, that is. Self Advocacy Solutions (SAS) N.D. is a non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and support people with disabilities, and to hopefully influence change where it's needed. And now Olds, who's been a part of SAS since 2011, has an even larger role to play in that mission. "I was shocked," recalled Olds about finding out he was elected. "It was...
At their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the New Rockford-Sheyenne school board took a first step towards significant changes to the school’s graduation requirements. Attending the school board meeting to present the proposed changes were high school principal Avolt Baumbach, Dean of Students Tasha Skogen, NR-S faculty member Tyler Cook and Chelsea Swart, the parent of three students attending NR-S. They are members of the graduation requirements committee, along with a number of other f...
The Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford (CASNR) raised a lot of money for Giving Hearts Day. CASNR Manager Angie Hopfauf said Tuesday that the organization raised nearly $44,000 for their local emergency responders at this year's event. The annual fundraising effort kicked off with a massive $27,000 donation courtesy of the New Rockford Eagles Club. "Special thank you to the Eagles Club for their very generous donation of $27,000 and all other businesses and individual donors who...
Night to Shine held their prom on Friday, February 10 at New Life on Main Church in Harvey. The Night to Shine event is held annually and is hosted by churches and communities of faith and sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. There were 75 guests at this event which included nine students from Carrington, New Rockford, Kensal, and Fessenden. The event was decorated with a starry night-themed room. The tables were covered with royal blue tablecloths, the centerpieces were lighted and resembled...
Bank Forward is pleased to announce that Renelle Allmaras has joined our team as a Controller in our Fargo Administrative office. Originally from New Rockford, N.D., Renelle graduated from North Dakota State University with a degree in accounting and earned her CPA license in April of 2022. She will be a great asset to our team. Bank Forward has been an independent community bank for over 90 years. The organization offers a complete line of personal and commercial financial, insurance and tax...
North Dakota students included on the attached list were among the students to graduate from North Dakota State University in fall 2022. NDSU awarded 829 degrees to students. Students are listed by hometown. The list includes their major and degree received. An asterisk indicates students who graduated with honors. A student must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher to graduate with honors. Harvey: Axel McKinven, Bachelor of Science. Medina: Seth Moser, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. New Rockford: Jared Hartl, Bachelor of...
Nearly 60 years after the last basketball season under three divisions in North Dakota went into the history books, and over several decades of speculation and debate on the topic, a three-class system will be returning in 2023-24. The North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) Board of Directors, on a unanimous 10-0 vote, agreed to implement the plan that would create Divisions AA, A and B for basketball in the state. An amended motion to the plan, which states that the new system...
The Lake Region State College DECA students had an outstanding performance at the ND State Collegiate DECA Conference in Fargo, February 9 and 10! Each of these students qualified for the International Career & Development Conference to be held in Orlando, Fla., April 15th-18th. • Gavin Brown: Professional Sales – third place; • Deidra Flanders: Entrepreneurship – Starting a Business – third place and Hotel and Lodging - fourth place; • Derek Kitchens: Restaurant and Food Service Management...
The Hunger Free Food Pantry distributed 30 Christmas baskets through the Share the Joy of Christmas project. Thanks to everyone who helped with and donated towards this project. We have received so many generous donations this year! Thank you to all who are sponsoring a child this year through the Food 4 Kids Backpack program. We are currently supplying seven kids with a backpack of food each weekend. We have also started a second helpings program to ensure that the free and reduced children...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Man charged with aggravated assault following a stabbing near Arnegard Monty Lee Parker III, 30, of Beaumont, Texas, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a Class C felony, after allegedly stabbing a man near Arnegard, N.D. At around 5 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, the McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from the McKenzie County Hospital where a wit...
It’s day 27. The Senate is working hard to make our crossover deadline. Almost all the Senate bills have been heard and are awaiting action from the committees. We have 154 bills still left in committee and waiting for Senate action. Most are in the Appropriations committee which has 74 left to act on. There have been a whole lot of asks for state money. The State has a healthy reserve, indicating that our economy is doing fine. The committee will have to look hard at what is a need and one-time spending, or something that will burden t...
Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop) Community College (CCCC) is hosting a signing event on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11 a.m. in the CCCC amphitheater to commemorate the signing of an agreement to establish registered apprenticeships at CCCC for regional workforce development. CCCCs Early Childhood Education and Social Work Programs are the initial programs for the agreement to help staff local Head Start programs and tribal or regional social services departments. The public is invited to attend. The agreement(s) is with the U.S. Department...
Precision Ag results (a division of Fessenden Co-op Association) will present its annual Precision Ag Day, taking place at its Maddock facility on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 and will feature several very notable presenters. The day will start with Dr. Frayne Olson, Crop Economist/Marketing Specialist with the NDSU Extension and Director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives giving his market outlook for the coming year. Well-known Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN), will then share with the...
Last Wednesday, Patti Clifton was in New Rockford where she met Joyce Peters for coffee and a visit at Rockford Cafe. Later, Patti did some shopping before returning to Sheyenne. Thursday, Jan Loe and Patti Clifton went to the Community Ambulance soup and bread stick lunch. The event was part of Giving Hearts Day. Bonnie Deegan and Jan Loe were in Devils Lake on Saturday where they did some shopping at the party store and later had lunch. Following worship service at Calvary Lutheran Church in Oberon, Jan Loe and Bonnie Deegan went to Rockford...
Secretary Charlotte Koepplin was host to the February meeting of Circle Trail Riders Inc. at her home. Eight were present as the riders made decisions on the upcoming June trail ride and fund raising raffle, a family party and annual business and voters meeting. Margie Anderson enjoyed a visit and supper Wednesday at the David and Karen Anderson home. Last Thursday evening, Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed the boys and girls ball games in Carrington where he also seen and had a chance to not only cheer the teams on but visit with Tim and Bobbi Jo...
House guests and helpers for a couple days at the Candy Jensen home were Brenda Thurin and Jazzy. Monday, the gals went on a shopping spree in Devils Lake. Calvin Packard was a helper off and on this week at Mom, Shirley Packard’s. Todd Harrison also helped aunt Shirley do a few tasks on Saturday. Friday, Amanda Bickett drove her parents, Ken and Marvis Holte, to Jamestown where mom had a medical appointment. They also did a bit of shopping and enjoyed lunch before returning home. Saturday, Janet Laube and YipYip took advantage of the i...
We publish "scam alerts" in this newspaper periodically. Often we receive a press release from the AARP, and other times local authorities notify us that there has been a victim of a particular scam in our area. As I'm sure most do, I receive an endless sea of spam and phishing emails on a daily basis. Some days I spend more time clearing out unwanted messages than I do responding to actual requests from real people. Yesterday took the cake though. Since I began serving on the North Dakota...
Who needs forensics and gunfire? My wife and I have been catching up on episodes of “The Mysteries of Laura,” the 2014-2016 NBC series starring Debra Messing. Forget murders and chases. The real reason the show resonates with me is because as Laura Diamond juggles the duties of a single mother and police detective, she’s understandably a slob with her car. Yes, my poor Altima gets woefully neglected inside and out. It’s a magnet for the abundant tree sap in my yard and the interior is home to...
President Joe Biden’s delivery of what has become the annual State of the Union address fulfilled one of the few constitutional obligations imposed upon the nation’s chief executive. What were the framers of the Constitution thinking when they wrote in Article II, section 3, that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and convenient”? In the Constitutional Convention, delegates spent virtually no time di...
Phyllis Lura Carrington, N.D. The matriarch and cornerstone of the Lura family, Phyllis Ramona Lura, passed Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 at an epic 102 years of age. “I have no recipe [for a successful life], my life wasn’t planned, it just happened and I’m glad for it.” Summarizing a life so well-lived will be nearly impossible but Phyllis loved stories so we owe her a good one. Visitation will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 from 10-11 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m., all at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington, N.D. Burial will t...
At the very end of Jesus’ sermon on the mount, he wraps up with a familiar image: two houses, two very different foundations. One is built on sand, the other built on rock. Matthew 7:24-27: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into pra...
a prayer by George Washington, the first U.S. President ALMIGHTY GOD: We make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection; and cultivate a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large. And finally that thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, without a...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets hosted their final regular season game on Monday, Feb. 13 against the Dunseith Lady Dragons. Before the start of the game, NR-S senior, Madisen Myhre, was recognized for her time spent on the court with the Rockets. Congratulations on a great season, Madi! With the Lady Dragons' overall record being 2-16, the Rockets knew they had a great chance of earning one more Super Region 4 victory. With a slow but steady start by both teams, the Rockets took a 5-point lea...
