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For many people, the holiday season is a special time of year marked by celebrations and gatherings with family and friends. For those struggling with the death of a loved one, the holidays may be a difficult time full of painful reminders that emphasize their sense of loss. Often, friends and family members of those affected by a loss are unsure how to act or what to say to support their grieving loved one during the holidays. Hospice professionals, who are experienced at helping people deal with grief and loss, offer these eight tips: 1. Be...
Senator John Hoeven spoke on the Senate floor to outline comprehensive efforts to combat the opioid and substance abuse epidemic that continues to impact communities across the country. The senator worked to include important provisions in the SUPPORT Act, which was signed into law last year, to help prevent illegal drugs, like fentanyl, from infiltrating communities. Additionally, Hoeven is working to advance important opioid abuse prevention and treatment funding. Hoeven outlined the SUPPORT Act, comprehensive legislation signed into law...
The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is pleased to announce the dates for the next flight! As you know, we take Veterans to Washington, D.C. free of charge to see the memorials built to honor their service and sacrifices. Preference is given to WWII Veterans, Korean War Veterans and those veterans who are terminally ill (from any service era). The next flight will depart Hector International Airport in Fargo on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 8 a.m. and will return on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 7:50 p.m. Approximately 90 veterans will...
At 10 a.m. Oct. 28, 1902, Ira Studebaker held an auction at the old Swain farm 4 miles west of town. Up for bids were 16 work horses, 13 cows, five heifers, four two-year-old steers, four yearling cattle, eight spring calves, 10 shoats, two Deering binders, one McCormick reaper, one Deere gang plow, three Dutchman gang plows, one disc harrow, one Dowagiac drill, one Van Brunt drill, one five-section steel harrow, two corn plows, one truck wagon, one single buggy, one Empire cream separator, five...
Dear Savvy Senior, How do I go about making a family health history? Most of my relatives have died before age 65, so my doctor recently suggested I create a family history to help identify my own genetic vulnerabilities. Approaching 50 Dear Approaching, This is a very good idea. An accurate family health history remains one of the most important tools in keeping yourself healthy as you age, and the holidays when family members come together is a great time to do it. Here’s what you should k...
"Brighten the corner where you are, brighten the corner where you are. Someone far from home may need a guiding star. Brighten the corner where you are." This song, which I loved to sing with my grandpa when I was a little girl, is one that keeps Scott Macaulay's annual Thanksgiving tradition going year after year. The now-annual Thanksgiving tradition began when he faced his first Thanksgiving alone in 1985. Macaulay was thinking that he would have to heat up a frozen turkey dinner and turn on...
November 22, 2019 — “Home sweet home” was not a term used to describe some of North Dakota’s newest homeowners today in 1921. These prospective homeowners were to have modern, affordable homes built for them by the Home Building Association. The Association’s laws said city homes were to cost no more than $5,000, but homeowners soon found that the Association had exceedingly underestimated this cost. In fact, on average, many of the homes cost 61 percent more than the estimated cost. Among the unhappy homeowners was the NPL Commissio...
In the last three days of the 2019 regular season, the NR-S Rocket volleyball team got pretty well acquainted with the Dunseith Dragons. One match came about when it did as a weather postponement, the other for one team’s right to keep their season alive in the Region 4 Volleyball Tournament in Devils Lake starting this past Monday. The Rockets put a bow on Super Region play with a 3-1 win over the fire-breathers, 20-25, 25-13, 25-13 and 25-16, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Dunseith, and delivered a...
Valley City State University sophomore Joshua McKnight has made a name for himself as a small school athlete contributing for the NAIA's Vikings. The New Rockford-Sheyenne graduate and son of John and Kelly McKnight finished up his second season playing for longtime VCSU Head Coach Dennis McCulloch, and helped VCSU finish with a 7-3 regular season playing in the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA). McKnight, a 5'11", 175-pound running back, played in 10 games for the Vikings, making two...
New Rockford-Sheyenne may have gotten their tickets to the ball, but their stay on the dance floor was unfortunately short-lived. The Benson County Wildcats took three sets from the Rockets, 25-14, 25-18 and 25-18, to finish the NR-S volleyball campaign in the opening round of the Region 4 Tournament at the Devils Lake Sports Center Monday night, Nov. 11. Kayahna Hopfauf had six kills for the Rockets in the loss, with two players, Hannah Haley and McKayla Waldo, each accounting for four....
Strikers League 10/31/2019 Northern Plains 85 - 59 CIA 79 - 65 Cendak 76 ½ - 67 ½ Hanson’s Bar 67 - 77 Buck-Its 63 ½ - 80 ½ Bank Forward 61 - 83 High Team Game: Northern Plains Electric 807, CenDak 735; Buck-Its 640. High Team Series: Northern Plain Electric 2225; Cendak 1949; Bank Forward 1859. High Individual Game: Norris Kjos 275, Rick Chrisianson 218, Jerome Pierce 215. High Individual Series: Norris Kjos 685, Rick Christianson 594, Kyle Irmen 547. Sunday Nite Mixed 11/03/2019 Hanson’s Bar. 32 - 8 Styles by Glenda. 24 - 16 Farmer Union Oile...
Northern Plains Electric Cooperative and Basin Electric Power Cooperatives are offering a $1,000 scholarship to a dependent of a member of Northern Plains Electric for the 2020-2021 school year. Basin Electric is a consumer-owned and controlled regional cooperative responsible for supplying wholesale electric power to nine Midwestern states. Each of the 141 rural electric cooperatives that make up Basin Electric receives $1,000 from Basin Electric to award a scholarship to a qualifying dependent of a member. The scholarship program, which is...
Congratulations to Makayla Biel and Kayden Wiedrich! Nov. 1 and 2 marked the fourth Northwest International Festival of Music for which both were selected to participate. Each year during the concerts, students who have participated in the festival for four or five consecutive years receive these special awards. A total of six students from NR- S participated in the two-day festival: Biel, Wiedrich, Christopher Becker, Jaden Gray-Greiner, Hallie Brown and Emma Duda. They are directed by Annette...
The 46th annual Harvest Bowl recognized the success, dedication and hard work of outstanding agriculturists from 61 counties in North Dakota and Minnesota. This year's event was held Nov. 8 at North Dakota State University. Greg and Brenda Rue were the Eddy County couple recognized. The Rue family raises cereal grains and row crops, as well as beef cattle, on a fourth-generation farm near Sheyenne. They use direct-seeding and minimum-tillage farming practices and have been farming for 39 years....
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