Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Come one and all, we challenge you to a new kind of maze! In place of corn we have cones. That's right, at least a 100 of those orange and white plastic markers line the U.S. Hwy. 281 frontage, and they'll probably remain there until the end of October. The detour routes have been in place now for about a week, and it sure has been interesting. As residents and visitors approach Hwy. 281, their decades-old habits of traveling both ways on the frontage roads and accessing businesses from their...
Long-time area residents Glenn and Mary (née Birkeland) Walz raised three children on their farm a few miles south of town. Now their adult children are raising families of their own in three different states. An update of what these New Rockford graduates are presently up to is in order. Brent is the oldest, graduating in a high school class of 52 members in 1996. When he was young, Brent spent much time building forts and hideouts in the trees and rock piles around the farm. His favorite...
Phase I of the city's water infrastructure project will begin next week. Dickinson-based BEK Consulting will come on scene Monday, Aug. 26 to begin replacing the city's century-old cast iron water mains with PVC pipe. A total of 71 blocks of water main are slated for replacement over the next 14 months. All the blocks are located west of U.S. Highway 281 in city limits. According to BEK's construction manager, Robert Bartz, Typical work hours will be 7 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 7...
The DPRCA Dakota Spark Opera House Youth Actors are making the final preparations of the production, "School House Rock Junior" That's right, the Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning educational cartoon series turned pop culture phenomenon is now the basis for one of the most fun youth musicals ever to hit the stage. This energetic show follows a young schoolteacher who is nervous about the first day of teaching. While trying to relax by watching TV, various characters representing facets of the...
The new school year is once again upon us, but for many children a new school year means a new set of challenges. The nationwide non-profit organization Feeding America estimates that in North Dakota, 54,930 people are struggling with hunger, 16,900 of which are children. For the children who are facing hunger, it can be a challenge to get the energy needed for daily learning and growth. Locally the Hunger Free Food Pantry at First Lutheran Church in New Rockford is doing its part to ensure that hungry children spend less time being hungry and...
Bruce and Donna Gedrose have been named this week's Yard of the Week winner by the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation. The Gedrose yard was nominated twice by area residents. Nominator Jill Louters said, "Bruce and Donna have an immaculate yard, featuring beautiful perennials and landscaping. Given they host an in home daycare, I love the way the yard features showcase children, bikes, swings, etc. which bring us all back to the nostalgia of our youth!" Another anonymous nominator stated,...
The North Dakota Highway Patrol has received a four-year waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate drones/Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) over people. The FAA approved the Highway Patrol’s waiver as part of the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s UAS Integration Pilot Program. The North Dakota Highway Patrol will be the first state highway patrol agency in the United States to receive this type of waiver, which enables them to routinely conduct UAS operations over people using a drone– in this case a DJI Mavic...
The Wells County Fair Truck & Tractor Power Pull that was cancelled in June will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at 5 p.m. at the Wells County Fairgrounds in Fessenden. Spectators will see trucks and tractors challenge the weighted sled to go the distance for a full pull and a chance to take home the cash. Fairgoers can use their 2019 Grandstand All Access mega pass to get into the event free of charge. The event is open to 4x4 pickups in street stock, pro-stock, super stock, street stock diesel, open modified and improved diesels; 2-wheel drive...
CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington is pleased to welcome Brian Stanley, DNP, ENP-BC, ANP-BC, FNP-C and Robert Wynn, DNP, FNP-BC, BCEN to its medical staff. Both Stanley and Wynn are familiar faces to patients. They have both traveled the past several years to Carrington through a locum agency to fill weekend provider needs for the Emergency Room and Saturday Urgent Care Clinic. As employees of CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington, Stanley and Wynn will provide the majority of weekend provider...
Is the sale too good to be true? Do you sometimes feel the sale is too good to be true? Do you find yourself impulsively buying just because it is on sale? When is a good deal not a good deal? Sale signs cloud our reasoning, which results in some of the worst shopping decisions we make as consumers. Here are a few ways to decipher if it is a real deal and too good to pass by. Do you need it, or are you buying it because it is "on-sale"? If it is something already on your list to purchase and you can save money, then it can be considered a good...
North Dakota Farmers Union Insurance based in Jamestown, N.D. has announced Donn Frahm of New Rockford, as one of the top three producers of annuities for the month of May. In June, Frahm was named the top producer of annuities for the month....
Thursday, Aug. 1, Jake, Amanda, Fallyn and Piper Hegland met Jarvis and Patty Hegland and their grandson Silas Zietz, for supper at Harriman’s in Maddock. Sunday, Aug. 4, Amanda’s brother, Ryder Weischedel and his wife, Alyssa of Jamestown were lunch guests of the Heglands. Sunday afternoon, Jake and Amanda brought the girls to Devils Lake to swim. Dianne and Carlyle Nelson of Newtown, Conn., visited Carlyle’s dad, James Nelson for a week. During the week, they visited the Spirit Lake Casino, had lunch with their favorite fishing guide Chris...
Last Tuesday evening evening visitors at the home of Greg and Cindy Hegland were Holly Zieman of Carrington and Patti Clifton. Friday evening, Jan Loe and Patti Clifton enjoyed the DPRCA's production of "Oklahoma!" at the Old Church Theatre in New Rockford. Jan Loe was among the ladies who attended the annual porch party at the home of Marlene Hendrickson, rural Oberon. Sunday afternoon, Brent and Sabrina Schmitz and Braden of Devils Lake were visitors at the home of Patti Clifton. They were on their way back to Devils Lake from Dickinson...
Tuesday forenoon Charlotte Koepplin stopped in at James River Ag, just in time to visit with the crew over grilled burgers and peach pie and an ice cream treat. Margie Anderson enjoyed a phone call recently with Jerry and Carol Clancy of Thompson. The Clancys have been busy this summer with family and grandkids. Sunday found Jimmy Indergaard and his sister Sharon Laxdal taking in a tractor pull at Mountain, N.D. Margie Anderson enjoyed a visit with Mary Ellen Rue one evening. Margie and daughter Patti Larson enjoyed a visit over coffee at the...
Among those attending the monthly meeting of Circle Trail Riders Inc. at the New Rockford Eagles Club Monday evening were Bill and Diana Ziegler, Duff Settelmeyer and Kim Brawn. Tuesday Sharon Pierce was a brief visitor at the Shirley Packard home and Wednesday Merita Aldayel stopped in briefly. Wednesday Heidi Schneider, Caleb and Callie stopped briefly at the Martin and Eloise Lucht home with fresh garden veggies prior to dental appointments. Thursday arrivals at the Ken and Marvis Holte home were Marvis’ sisters, Ardy Yates of Arkansas a...
When Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation Leann Bertsch announced a new Justice Reinvestment program to reduce the prison population and cut recidivism, this column hailed the program with a quotation from “Governing,” a magazine for state and local governments, “North Dakota is conducting a prison experiment unlike anything else in the United States.” Leann had been to Norway and found that it had less recidivism than North Dakota and decided that this was the time to change tactics...
For various reasons, my graduating class has seen two milestone anniversaries sail by without a class reunion materializing. So, I can understand the disappointment of those on the slightly older end of the baby boom generation who have now seen the 50-year reunion celebration of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival collapse. Although the organizers had no aspirations of matching the 400,000 attendance of the original Woodstock, they did originally envision a three-day multi-generational event...
Thought I’d try something different: Instead of the usual carefully researched and elegantly styled prose masterpiece, how about a handy clip-n’-save listicle to keep you up to date on all the news that fits. It’s been a busy stretch—way back in April, Trump passed the 10,000 mark for verified, 100% wrong statements. That’s ten thousand things he’s said that turned out to be entirely false—not an exaggeration, not a gaffe, not a mere misstatement: 10,000 things that are just plain wrong. People...
This American Wind Week (Aug. 12-18) we celebrated the ways wind powers opportunity in all 50 states, including North Dakota, by creating jobs, investing billions of dollars in rural communities and providing support for schools, public safety and quality of life investments. North Dakota is a national leader in wind energy, generating about 26% of its electricity from wind, the fourth highest in the USA. It now has over 3,000 MW of wind power and ranks 10th in the nation for installed capacity. Today, there are nearly 4,000 jobs related to...
A child who dies in the womb knows only its parents love. He knows no pain. In support of these families, the 9-hole GOLF "fore" ANGELS tournament benefits infant bereavement care at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Every year, families experience the loss of an infant due to an unexpected circumstance. The Dr. Mandy and Dave Sorlie ANGELS fund helps pay medical bills for those parents through the JRMC Foundation. The fund is available to anyone who experiences infant loss at JRMC at the...
Rain. We love it. It is needed to grow our crops. Oh, there may be some irrigation on a small scale here and there but for the most part, our farmers here need the rain. I must admit, agricultural purposes aside, I do like the rain. Even as I write this sitting at my desk, there is a very light drizzle happening right outside my window. The other day when I got home from the office I was in my recliner reading and listening to a gentle rain. It wasn’t storming or blowing, just enough so that I could hear it. Yes, I know it is going to make t...
We all love to sit down to a good meal. Whatever our favorite food, we really look forward to enjoying the things we love. After our appetite is satisfied, it doesn’t take but a few hours and we are hungry again, but we seldom consider that our spiritual life functions in much the same way. For those who follow God, they have been given a new spirit which loves to spend time reading and praying, meditating, being grateful or just enjoying his presence and this is how we absorb our spiritual n...
On Aug. 12, 1902, County Superintendent Grace Putnam went to Fessenden where the Tri-County State Teachers’ Training School was held from Aug. 11 to 30. She was in charge of the afternoon sessions devoted to the course of study. Other Eddy County educators in attendance included Misses Addie Haugh, Laura Dafoe, Annie Ducke, Mayme T. Keefe, Emma D. Owen, Susie Monahan, and Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Bennett. Visitors from New Rockford included Winsor Holgate and Mrs. Riley. On that day, Daniel O’Connell r...
Chicken Mystery August 22, 2019 — At the beginning of the summer in 1945, the secretary of the American Legion Post in Ashley asked the editor of the “Ashley Tribune” to report on what he and many others called a mystery: Some chickens had strayed from the chicken barn, and were lost. The paper really upped the advertising ante on these chickens. Every week or every other week, at least, something was announced about them. Certainly residents of Ashley followed the tongue-in-cheek calls for lost chickens with interest. The birds were some...
Dear Savvy Senior, I own two dogs and a cat that I would do almost anything for, but expensive veterinary bills put a strain on my budget. Is pet insurance a good idea? Older Pet Owner Dear Pet Owner, If you’re the kind of pet owner who would do anything for their furry family, including spending thousands of dollars on medical care, pet insurance definitely is an option to consider. Here’s what you should know. Rising Vet Costs The cost of owning a pet has gone up in recent years. New tec...
