Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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New Rockford and Sheyenne had a lot of fun on tap for Independence Day weekend. Scroll through this photo gallery to get the rundown....
Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (USDA-RMA) announced that agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops on prevent plant acres for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. Previously, cover crops could only be hayed, grazed or chopped after Nov. 1 on prevent plant acres, or the prevented planting payment was reduced. The decision allows flexibility for the 2021 crop year and makes the change permanent for future y...
New Rockford residents will have to wait a little longer for better water. Wade Senger of Interstate Engineering explained to city commissioners on Monday that the contractor has requested a contract extension on scheduled water treatment plant upgrades. Sentry Crane, the general contractor, placed an order for the reverse osmosis equipment with the expectation that it would arrive on site in August. Then, two weeks ago, they were told that due to limited availability of certain parts needed to...
Eddy County State’s Attorney Ashley Lies has been researching state law regarding responsibility for spraying road right-of-ways. What she has learned is that the law is not clear. Whereas, N.D. Century Code language explicitly states that townships are responsible for mowing right-of-ways, the text is a bit muddier when it comes to spraying noxious weeds. As a result, all 53 counties in the state are doing things a bit differently. Commissioner Glenda Collier referenced N.D.C.C. 4.1-47-09, w...
On June 17, Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd became the latest partner in the long term care industry to host nursing apprentices from Lake Region State College. The program combines rigorous academic requirements with on-the-job learning, a mentor relationship with a staff nurse, and eventually a Department of Labor certificate of completion to help acclimate students to the nursing profession and prepare them for an in-demand and challenging career. Students looking for more information on...
He's a Rolla Bulldog, but he's from Missouri, not North Dakota. Kelly Brown plays Eugene Johnson, Denny's best friend and co-conspirator in DPRCA's "Life Could Be a Dream." A junior at Western Illinois University (WIU), Brown was born and raised in Rolla, Mo., a town located 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, home to 20,000 people. He has been active in theatre since he was nine years old. He has spent every summer since 2010 performing in the Ozark Actors Theatre (OAT), Rolla's community...
The University of Utah wishes to congratulate Nathan Beals of Tempe, AZ, who was among the 8,442 graduates honored during the 152nd general commencement ceremony on May 6, 2021. Beals' degree is listed as: • Degree: Bachelor of Arts • Major: Film and Media Arts • Major code description: Film and Media Arts BA The remarkably resilient Class of 2021 includes students who graduated during the summer of 2020, the fall of 2020, and the spring of 2021-completing their degrees during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our graduates distinguished themselves...
The rising sun heated the morning air like a fuse on the fireworks launched the night before, and as it came up over the slightly rippled waters of the northern lake on Independence Day, the fishing exploded in the same fashion. Along the inside turns of the reed beds, under the mats of lily pads, and off the small rocky points of the water, the smallmouth and largemouth bass took to my tubes with reckless abandon, and by nine o'clock I had brought a dozen or so up to the boat that were 15...
From the end of spring goose and turkey seasons until the mid-August early Canada goose opener, North Dakotans find themselves in a stretch of about three months with no gamebird season open. While some hunters take to shooting activities such as sporting clays or honing their archery skills, there's an option for "shooting" North Dakota's outdoors with anything from an old flip phone or modern smartphone, to a high-grade professional camera. Photographing the outdoors is always in season and...
Outdoor notes: *July 14: Leftover deer gun license application deadline. Go to the N.D. Game and Fish Dept. website, (gf.nd.gov) for details and application. *N.D. Dept. of Environmental Quality blue-green algae advisories for Jamestown Reservoir and Antelope, Buffalo, and Coal Mine lakes. *Do not release any fish caught from water 25 feet and deeper, because their swim bladder likely won’t allow them to survive when coming up from deep water. *Watchable Wildlife photo contest underway with O...
Last Saturday, Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a visit with his sister Sharon Laxdal near Edinburg. They watched a tractor drive in progress and took pictures, and took in a car show, taking more pictures. Jimmy got in a visit with nephew Blake and Hannah Laxdal and baby Todd. Margie Anderson enjoyed the parade in New Rockford on July 3, dinner at the David and Karen Anderson home, and a visit with grandson Kenny and Sarah Anderson, who were here from Fargo. On July 4, Margie drove to Sheyenne and watched the parade, then enjoyed the Stone Pit BBQ...
House guests prior to and over the Fourth of July at the Martin and Janelle Koepplin home were daughter Trisha McMonagle, Wylie and Zaylie from Goodyear, Ariz. They enjoyed time with some other family and friends, and took in the holiday activities in the area. On July 3, Candy (Koepplin) Jenson, from the class of 1970, celebrated her 51st reunion. It all started with a float in the parade. Then, they were on to the Brown Memorial for a noon meal and lots of visiting and getting reacquainted. Allan Weisenburger was emcee for the program, a...
Last Friday evening, Jan Loe and Steph were in Minnewaukan for a walleye cookout at the summer place of Brian and Pam Hill. Jim and Marjean Woodrow were also there for the cookout. Bonnie Deegan's sister Margaret, and her husband Will Brinks, recently spent a couple of nights at Bonnie's. Lots of catch-up visiting! Saturday afternoon, Steph Loe and mom Jan drove to Lakota to visit Marilynn Stenberg. Bonnie Deegan's son Paul, from Los Lunas, New Mexico, came home to North Dakota last week. He spent time with Bonnie, helping out with some project...
Every night, just before bed, he’d thank his bride of 70 years for giving him another wonderful day on earth. That was the sweet-hearted nature of Jack Krieger, my family’s next-door neighbor for more than 30 years. I first met him as a very young boy, shortly after my growing family moved to our brand new suburban house in 1964. As I grew up, I knew him as the dad of five children, a good neighbor and an usher at our church. Jack and his wife, Mary, would become lifelong friends with my parents...
Most of the state legislatures have terminated their business for the year, leaving the abortion issue unsolved, most likely because it is an unsolvable issue that straddles the secular and spiritual worlds, making it a political, as well as a theological enigma. Since the protection of life has been a responsibility of society through government action, politicians are bound to get involved. Unfortunately, no issue can be considered objectively these days because perspectives are jaundiced by...
Students of the Constitution often ask for an explanation of the Constitutional Convention’s rationale for distinguishing the length of terms for members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. Why, they wonder, do Representatives serve two-year terms, while Senators serve six-year terms? The starting point for analysis of Article I, Section 2 and 3, of the Constitution, as James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 52, is to understand that the entire debate in the Philadelphia Convention and, for that matter, throughout the coun...
Although postponed for almost a full year, it is with jubilation that First Lutheran Church’s 100th anniversary festivities will finally take place this fall. On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Pastor Amy Kippen conducted a special service to acknowledge the church’s milestone anniversary, but due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time, the main celebration to commemorate the many years of ministry has been scheduled for Sunday, September 26, 2021. The delayed date will not diminish the reverence or excitement for this important tribute. Eastern North...
Wednesday nights this summer, join First Lutheran Church in New Rockford for worship, fellowship and fun. S'more Worship services will be held Wednesday, July 14 & 21, and August 4 & 18 at 6 p.m. at the Hirchert home, next door to the church. Bring a lawn chair and your whole family for a casual evening worship featuring music, scripture and uplifting words from Pastor Amy Kippen. Then stay for the s'mores bar and fellowship!...
Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” This verse has been my motto this summer. I work full time with a campus ministry. Though I LOVE what I do, at the end of the school year, I was tired, and had a tendency to just go through the motions. When summer hit, the Lord got my attention and highlighted this verse. He spoke to my...
I watch my little grandson, who is almost three years old, and it’s amazing how fast he is learning about life. He’s happy when he has his way, but when he’s told no or stop, he bows his head and sticks out his lower lip. How many of us are like this? Ha! All of us! I often think about the many situations and experiences this little fellow will face in his journey, and how he will eventually learn there is more to life than watching cartoons and playing with toys. There will be times when he wil...
For as long as I can remember, I've heard songs and jokes about the cookie jar. Yet somehow, I have never lived in a home that had a cookie jar. I guess my cookies resided in plastic packages (as many do). Cookies are characterized as sweet, handheld baked goods. They first made their appearance in the Middle East during the seventh century. The concept of the cookie (and the sugar needed) eventually made its way into Europe, and by the 14th century, cookies were commonplace in European...
At 6 p.m. on March 25, 1904, the Epworth League of the Methodist Church sponsored a supper at the Opera House for 25 cents. Over 100 plates were laid. After the meal, R.P. Allison acted as the emcee for a musical program (numbers by the League choir, and solos by Miss Lou Arnold and Mrs. R.R. Woodward), and a debate between teams from Sheyenne, who took the Affirmative, and New Rockford (Charles A. Babcock, Mrs. B.W. Rantz, James A. Manly), who had the Negative on the question, “Resolved, T...
American elm is North Dakota's state tree. It is these canopies that, with their beautiful vase-shape, form leafy "tunnels" along elm-lined streets. Elms were a natural choice for planting in communities and windbreaks because it was one of our tough native species. Then, the unthinkable happened: Dutch elm disease (DED) entered the U.S. in the 1920's and found its way to Mandan in 1969. It has spread to every county of the state, decimating American elms in North Dakota's communities,...
Dear Savvy Senior, How can you know when someone has sleep apnea? My husband has become such a terrible snorer that he wakes himself up at night, and he keeps me up too. Tired Teri Dear Teri, If your husband is a loud snorer who wakes himself up during sleep, he probably needs to be tested for sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder that affects more than 22 million Americans, but often goes undiagnosed. Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes a person to stop breathing during sleep, hundreds of times d...
New Rockford Post #30 avenged their earlier loss to Carrington Post #25 on July 1. The Black Sox soundly defeated the Redbirds 12-2 in six innings. Carrington started the scoring with a single run in the first inning, but the Sox took the lead, scoring six runs in the second, and never looked back. All of the NR-S starters reached base in the game. Caden Price, Alex Harrison, Nick Berglund, Koby Duda, Johnny Grann and Luke Yri all had two hits each. Harrison got the start on the mound and was...
