Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Dictionary.com defines a "cheesemonger" as "a merchant who sells cheese and other dairy products." This is a fairly lackluster denotation when compared to how New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) Class of 2007 graduate Megan (Jury) Lewis, an artisanal cheesemonger in the Fargo-Moorhead area, describes her job. From her delectable portrayal, it is evident that Megan absolutely loves her line of work. Megan says, "I view my job as being a storyteller. Artisan cheese producers spend a lot of time, care...
Wayne Stephenson of CTS Group, the New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) School District’s on-site project manager for construction, gave the NR-S School Board a tour of the building, highlighting interior work that remains to be completed, during the board’s regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 13. “There is not retracting on the fact that school is starting. All trades are on site for finishing work. Our focus is on getting in cleaners and painters, and finishing classrooms.” Stephenson said as the board stood in the incomplete media center. It was obv...
At a pre-trial conference on Aug. 13 at 9 a.m. in Valley City, Alexander Lail of New Rockford entered amended pleas for the seven counts for which he was scheduled to stand trial. On counts 5 and 7, Class C Felony possession of a controlled substance and Class A Misdemeanor ingesting a controlled substance, Lail pleaded guilty. On the remaining five felony charges, he entered an Alford plea, which means he is not admitting guilt but acknowledges that the evidence presented by the prosecution...
Bank Forward recently donated $5,000 to the Women's Auxiliary Cemetery Association in New Rockford. Pictured in the photo are Karen Omoth (left) and Dillon Hewitt (right) from Bank Forward, and Kathy O'Connor and Serena Guler (center) from the cemetery board. The purpose of the donation was to help offset the cost of clean up from the July 8 wind storm....
The New Rockford Lions Club will host Miss North Dakota 2000 Kay Picconatto Levesque and husband Sean, both Minot natives, on Monday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at the New Rockford Eagles Club to raise awareness about human trafficking. This Minnesota family with North Dakota roots sold their home last year and bought a fifth wheel trailer. They, along with their three children, are now traveling across the United States to inform and educate the public about human trafficking. The Levesques are both f...
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Steve Inglish to its team of JRMC Emergency Department physicians. Dr. Inglish has advanced emergency medicine training and valuable experience at major trauma centers. In addition, Dr. Inglish also has almost two decades of military experience with the United States Army and North Dakota National Guard. "We are thrilled to onboard Dr. Inglish," said K.C. DeBoer, JRMC President & CEO. "JRMC's mission is to be the best rural hospital in...
The Eddy County Historical Society decided Sunday to reschedule its Prairie Jubilee event and military exhibit unveiling due to 100 degree heat and smoke in the air from Canadian wildfires. The event will now be held Sunday, Aug. 26 from 1 - 4 p.m. at the Museum. Musicians Bonnie Deegan and Marcie Grohs of *Dakota Blende* will provide music throughout the afternoon. There will be delicious snacks as well as desserts to enjoy and sack races and kite flying for the kids. Confirmed speaker will be... Full story
Mathew and Stacie Larson were married at Buffalo Gap Guest Ranch near Medora, N.D., on July 28, 2018. Parents of the groom are Debbie and Larry Larson of New Rockford and parents of the bride are Teresa Stecker and Mervin Stecker of Iowa....
After 30-plus years as a licensed funeral director, Jason Skiftun got his opportunity to come home. Skiftun now works alongside owner/director Tom Sauby at Evans Funeral Home of Carrington and New Rockford, providing caring service to families of departed loved ones in their time of grief. The rural Fessenden native, who grew up on a farm nearly 7 miles south of town, was in his seventh year working at a funeral home in Long Prairie, Minn., near Alexandria, when a chance meeting allowed for a...
In an effort to gauge the overall health needs of the community, CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington and Foster County Public Health will survey area residents during an approximate six-week period beginning now through Sept. 30. Results of the survey will provide guidance to CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington and Foster County Public Health on better ways to address health care needs. The survey is part of a community health needs assessment initiated by both facilities. CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington and Foster County Public Health are...
The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) has received an application from Grand Prairie Agriculture, LLP for a swine operation. As proposed, the facility will house a maximum of 2,499 sows and be located in Ramsey County, about 10 miles west of the City of Devils Lake, N.D. The NDDoH is holding public hearings in two locations to receive oral comments on the application and review of the proposed livestock facility. Both hearings will be held on Sept. 12, 2018 at the following locations: 1 p.m. - Spirit Lake Casino & Resort 5:30 p.m. - Rob...
New Rockford- Sheyenne (NRS) fourth grader Karsyn Wetzel has a vision for a better world, and the drive to make it happen. On Saturday, Aug. 4, Wetzel had a lemonade stand and made $96 for the Kindness Club at NR-S School. The Kindness Club was founded during the spring of 2018 by the third grade class in an effort to reduce bullying and help support fellow classmates. Wetzel plans to use the money she earned from her lemonade stand to buy playground patrol vests, materials to make buttons to...
A Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Enforcement Period began Friday, Aug. 17. Drivers on North Dakota roads are reminded to always drive sober, or to always find a sober driver. In an effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road, law enforcement agencies across North Dakota will run extra patrols as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign from Aug. 17 to Sept. 3. Preliminary data from 2017 reports in North Dakota shows 55 motor vehicle fatalities and 472 injuries due to an alcohol-related crash. This...
Martin and Janelle Koepplin and Todd and Karen Koepplin were among family, friends and neighbors to take fifth birthday greetings to Chevelle on Sunday at the Danielle Beckley and Aaron Koepplin home in Carrington. Those bringing good wishes enjoyed a BedRock - Flintstones lunch including dinosaur eggs, Barney’s beans and Wilma's special cupcakes. Saturday Calvin Packard and his mom Shirley drove to Underwood where they were part of a surprise retirement party for Jerome "Jerry" Klocke hosted by his wife Vida Klocke and their children Jesse a...
Everyone must be busy harvesting or on vacation or just plain busy – not much news this week. Betty Rushfeldt recently enjoyed an acrylic arts class. Betty and Sharon Rance were coffee guests at the home of Kermit and Glenna Garske on Sunday afternoon. Other guests were Fred Rance, Everett and Gloria Rance and Darlene Schoenfish. They were celebrating Kermit’s birthday. Thursday, Lester Roberts was in Maddock on business. Roger was a Saturday visitor at the Roberts’ home Chad Getscher visited the Roberts’ on Sunday. Monday through Thursday...
The Spirit Lake Tribe was among awardees named when Congressman Kevin Cramer announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development approved grants totaling $157,950 for various commercial and manufactural development projects in North Dakota under the rural business development grant program. Spirit Lake Tribe was approved for a grant of $8,950, which will fund a feasibility study of clothing manufacture at the tribe’s current industrial building in Fort Totten. If this project is viable, it would enable the residents of Spirit Lake T...
Last Monday evening Dale and Diane Rosenberg, Ervin Longnecker, Corey Jorgensen, Nancy Ludwig, Eve McAvoy John Topp, Calvin Packard and Charlotte Koepplin made up the monthly meeting of the Circle Trail Riders Inc., at Hanson's Bar. Plans were made to hold the Fall Ride Sept. 14-16 at the Dale and Diane Rosenberg farm. Fran Walen drove her mother Esther Indergaard to Jamestown Saturday for her regular dialysis appointment. Son, Jimmy visited his Mom Esther Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday morning surprise visitors at the Charlotte...
Troy Woodrow, of Chicago, stopped by the Sheyenne Senior Center Friday, Aug. 3, to visit with his aunt Jan Loe on his way to Minnewaukan for a Woodrow Family Reunion. The Woodrow’s gathered at Bud's Place in Minnewaukan for an impromptu family reunion hosted by Brian and Pam Hill, Jim and Marjean Woodrow and Jan Loe on Saturday. It was a fun time getting reacquainted with cousins and their families. Jeff and Denise Labrensz recently spent a few days camping at Stump Lake along with some boating and fishing. The fishing wasn't the best, but t...
Hold that hammer, political activist, before driving that yard sign into the ground. Your life and your sign may be in mortal danger. Not everybody likes those political poppies that compete with dandelions and crabgrass as the most hated of unwanted exhibitions on neatly trimmed yards. Most of the time, the intruders don’t match the yard décor. According to a nationwide survey conducted by ShieldCo, a sign company located in Maryland, one-tenth of the neighbors are so irritated by yard si...
In 2005, when Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), it was in expectation that the nation’s supply of gasoline would soon be supplemented by something other than etha- nol made from corn. Some of the best minds in science and engineering were say- ing with considerable confidence that the move from the research phase to commercially significant levels of production was just around the corner. The adoption of the RFS, which many states replicat- ed, turned out to be anoth- er m...
The Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency has scheduled a meeting of its Board of Directors for August 22, 2018 at 6 p.m. in Devils Lake at the DPCAA Office, 223 4th Street NE. Discussion will include administrative and programmatic topics of importance to the ongoing operation of DPCAA. The public is welcome to attend this meeting if they have issues, concerns or comments regarding services, activities or the operation of DPCAA....
The refugee resettlement industry is in full panic mode. Some may ques- tion whether “industry” is the correct word. But the multi-million dollar budgets voluntary agencies (volags) have at their disposal and the lofty salaries the direc- tors earn reveal that resettle- ment is a big and lucrative business, largely American taxpayer-funded. Aided by a favorable Supreme Court decision, President Trump wants ev- er-fewer refugees. To the contractors’ dismay, last year President Trump threw out 5,0...
Nicole Haffely of Hillsboro will be inducted into a bowling hall of fame later this year. We know this because she was featured in a front-page feature story in the Hillsboro Banner. In Mayville, the Riverwood Addition development site was nearly sold out as more people build homes there. That news was on the front page of the Traill County Tribune. The Devils Lake Journal noted that the local Sons of Norway lodge recently won a statewide award, and the Walsh County Press reported that Park River is the first city to receive the state’s V...
John C. Good Iron (Aabaa Ihdia Cagish – Loud Good Voice), 48, from St. Michael, N.D., passed away Aug. 9, 2018. Mass of Christian Burial was Aug. 15, in St. Michael Catholic Church, St. Michael, N.D. Burial followed at Yellow Wolf Cemetery, rural Mandaree, N.D. Father Paul Schuster and Deacon Francis Davis officiated. Spiritual Leader was Joseph Lawrence Sr. Special music was provided by the Spirit Lake Drum Group. Senior pallbearer was OnaLee Johnson; active pallbearers were: Ashton T...
The Evolution of Right and Wrong Adam and Eve made a mistake. Obviously, they made the mistake of eating from the tree; but there was a greater mistake in the bigger choice they made. They chose to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Based upon the tree’s title and the snake’s comments, we’re left to assume that prior to their sin, Adam and Eve could not discern between good and evil. For them, life was made up of one choice: obey/follow God, or not. It seems that they were unable to discern between good and evil separ...
