Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you offer for downsizing? My husband and I would like to relocate from our house into a retirement community condo near our daughter, but need to get rid of a lot of personal possessions before we can move. Overwhelmed Willa Dear Willa, The process of weeding through a house full of stuff and parting with old possessions is difficult and overwhelming for most people. A good place to start is to see if your kids, grandkids or other family members would like any...
Sheyenne-New Rockford opened up regional play with a nailbiter, earning a 2-1 victory against Midkota/Dakota Prairie/Lakota/Griggs County Central in Tolna on May 20. Koby Duda started the game at pitcher. While he did have a lot of traffic on the bases, due to six walks and three hit batsmen, he did his job and gave up no hits or runs earning the win. Cole Hendrickson pitched well for the Mustangs, but was victimized by some key errors and took the complete game loss. SNR's first run came in...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne track team competed in the North Central Region Meet in Rugby on Friday, May 21. Kelsie Belquist, Chloe Heinz and Evan Ulrich moved on to compete in the Class B State Track Meet in Bismarck on May 28-29. Belquist competed in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash and the 300-meter hurdles. Belquist took first place in all three events, along with setting new records in her events. Kari Wolfe of Harvey/Wells County set the record for the 200-meter dash in 2017 with a time of 26.42 seconds. Belquist surpassed that with a...
Mother Nature has created a bonus “season” for Devils Lake open-water walleye fishermen. The thick ice cover that attracts thousands of visitors every winter disappeared weeks earlier than normal. Instead of driving trucks on the lake in late April, walleye chasers were in their boats. And, the walleyes were cooperating. Of course, Mother Nature played her part with very little snow (strange for this region of North Dakota), which means minimal to no run-off. Walleyes mostly spawned in the main lake instead of their traditional migrations to...
Outdoor notes: *June 2: Deer gun and muzzleloader applications due. *June 5: National Trails Day. *June 5 & 6: Free fishing weekend. Tournaments: *June 5: Devils Lake, East Bay; Missouri River tailrace. *June 12: Devils Lake, Spirit Lake Casino; Devils Lake, Woodland Resort. *June 12 & 13; Lake Ashtabula, Ashtabula Crossing. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, May 25: 1,448.29 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.2 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,834.69 MSL; 22,000 cubic...
With spring turkey season wrapped up, our thoughts and anticipation await the next opening day, mine do at least. There is a lot of time between now and then, but now is the time of year that those wildlife species we enjoy pursuing so much each fall get down to business. Any upland hunter knows a successful nesting season and good chick recruitment will mean more points and flushes come October. So, what does it take to get there? We all like to think we can control most things, but weather events are not something we can control, so harsh...
This is the time of year when North Dakota Game and Fish Department game wardens, biologists and other staff across the state handle an influx of calls about young animals. From seemingly abandoned deer fawns, to birds that fell from a nest, to a mother duck trying to lead her brood across a crowded city parking lot, people care about North Dakota wildlife and want to do what they can to help when these situations arise. However, the best thing to do in almost all such cases is to simply leave...
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries biologists tagged hundreds of walleyes in two popular North Dakota fisheries earlier this spring to determine exploitation and harvest. Walleyes were fitted with jaw tags at both Rice Lake in Emmons County, and Antelope Lake in Pierce County, as part of one-year studies. Tagging fish for study purposes in North Dakota is not uncommon. For example, department fisheries biologists are in the third year of a four-year walleye tagging study on Lake Sakakawea to look at such things as natural mortality...
The 2021 state legislature passed a bill to allow electronic posting of private land, giving landowners another option for posting private property. This online database system is available to enroll land, with the law going into effect Aug. 1, 2021. In addition to current posting laws allowing landowners to post lands with physical signs, electronic posting adds the option to digitally post land. The digital posting system is linked to land descriptions based on county tax parcel information. Landowners interested in posting electronically...
I'll be the first to tell you that I'm a homebody when it comes to the outdoors. It doesn't take much for me to get lost chasing walleyes along the river winding through town; casting after trout in the nearby lakes; or picking off a few hungry largemouth or smallmouth bass, as summer progresses on nearby waters. In the fall, I don't travel far for hunting, heading a few minutes northeast for a readily available shot at sharpies in September, and southwest about a tumbler's worth of coffee, to...
The evolution of the fishing net in the past few decades has leapt from the one-size-fits-all model of an aluminum hoop with a nylon basket of one-inch squares into the branches of an evolutionary tree reaching out across the horizon of angling options. From ergonomic grips for more stable solo landings, to extendable handles allowing for greater reach from shore or high floating boats, to oversized baskets to cradle today's growing trophy-sized fish such as muskies and sturgeon, there's a...
Pulling the pheasant dummy down from the rafters from under the deck in the backyard, I whipped it twice in a circle before launching it across the greening grass, and it bounced with a clank against the metal fence. On the rebound, my lab jumped up and snared the foam-and-plastic bird and returned it to my hand for the second of four dozen throws. By the time we were done, I could feel the delayed onset muscle soreness from the previous day's arm workout and realized as my dog sat panting at...
Kids in grades K-12 are invited to kickstart their summer with the Summer Reading Program, "Tails and Tales," sponsored by the Eddy-New Rockford Public Library. The kick-off party is scheduled for Friday, June 4 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Centennial Park downtown. At the event, kids will play a variety of yard games, including life-size Jenga, Yahtzee and dominoes, as well as cornhole, lawn darts and carnival toss games. The lawn games, which were purchased with grant funding from the North...
