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The economy may be shut down, but business is booming in the fraud arena. The Country is finding themselves at war with fraudsters. Following are just a few of the current frauds related to the COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 Prevention Pill and Cure: This scam solicits investments in a company that pushes pills and cures, claiming they can cure patients within two to three days. A scammer posted a video on an Instagram account showing himself taking the pill and then walking into an area with COVID-infected individuals stating that he would not...
The bowling season has ended at Wonder Lanes and because of the virus we did not have a 500 or 600 Club roll-off as we usually do. The following is a listing of the top 10 scores in women’s, men’s and junior bowling. Women’s High Game: Becky Kjos 249; Kortney Roscoe 242; Mary Kay Price 226; Jill Weber 225; Gail Roberts 220; Nancy Arendt 214; Anessa Bailey 213; Bobbie Guthmiller 213; Ann Wadsworth 212 and Codi Olson 209. Women’s High Series: Becky Kjos 584; Gail 582; Mary Kay Price 560; Pennie Irmen 558; Bobbie Guthmiller 550; Kortney Roscoe...
The bowling season came to an early ending for the 67 junior bowlers at Wonder Lanes on March 16. The Sunday Junior/Majors league only had one week left, the Monday Boys & Girls had four weeks left and the Tuesday Boys & Girls had three weeks left. Normally we have a roll-off between the first half winner and the second half winner to determine the league championship and second place finishers. Because of not being able to do this it was decided to take the total wins for the entire season between the first half winners and the second half...
North Dakota’s 2020 deer season is set, with 69,050 licenses available to hunters— 3,550 more than last year. In total, any-antlered licenses increased by 1,500 from last year, any-antlerless by 1,600, antlered whitetail by 250, antlerless whitetail by 200, and antlered and antlerless mule deer licenses remained the same. In addition, muzzleloader licenses increased by 70, and restricted youth antlered mule deer licenses remained the same. As stated in the 2020-21 chronic wasting disease proclamation, hunters harvesting a deer in units 3A1...
This week marks an important point of return. I don't know if that's a real term, but it's far less ominous than "the point of no return," which has had its share of dramas, dark songs and thriller type novels written about it. The point of return, however, is that point in time where we're now closer to the start of a hunting season than we are to the end of the previous one, and it should be celebrated. With New Year's Eve typically the last day of bow hunting in most northern tier states, tho...
Pheasants Forever (PF) and pet food producer Purina have partnered on an ambitious three-year, 30,000-acre incentive program directed at landowners in the prairie pothole region of southwestern Minnesota, north-central Iowa, and those parts of North Dakota and South Dakota located east of the Missouri River. With the ultimate goal of adding more than 7,200 acres of wildlife habitat in the region known for rearing a large portion of the nation's waterfowl populations, the program will analyze the...
The winter of 2019-20 was a split personality to say the least. East of the Missouri River, the state was plagued with heavy snow, colder temperatures and a prolonged season. West of the flow, it was a virtual banana belt with light snow events and minimal ground cover from December to March. As a result, North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDG&F) Upland Game Biologist RJ Gross and members of the agency know where the areas of concern lie for the state's population of ringneck pheasants and w...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne School Board decided Monday to postpone graduation until June 21 at 2 p.m. Although their formal celebration is on hold for now, NR-S graduates will still be recognized, thanks to at least three community initiatives. First, local businesses and organizations partnered to design, print and put up large banners recognizing each member of the senior class. The full color, 3-by-5 foot banners have been hung up on street light poles throughout New Rockford's downtown and wi...
Eddy County has one (1) new active case of COVID-19. However, local agencies have not released any further information about the individual. "I do not have any more information for now," Tiffany Harr, Eddy County Public Information Officer, said in an email reply to the Transcript. Eddy County Public Health Nurse Danette Schmid also would not comment further. This case is puzzling because no information other than the county of residence and source of spread has been released, not even age or... Full story
