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The city received four bids that met the qualifications for the water tower rehabilitation project. Wade Senger of Interstate Engineering provided a tabulation sheet to commissioners at their Dec. 2 meeting, noting each company’s itemized base bid as well as costs for two alternatives. The company offering the lowest base bid was Menomonie, Wisc. based Classic Protective Coating. Senger said the company’s bid of $579,958 was more than $200,000 over the city’s original budget of $376,000 for t...
Eddy County's 4-H members joined together to lend a helping hand at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd on Sunday, Dec. 1. Together, they decorated 11 trees for the holidays. ...
North Dakota Legislators have approved a list of additional rules for cottage food products. The rules were brought forth by the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH). In a press release issued on Tuesday, Dec. 3., the agency says these additions to the original cottage food law commonly known as the North Dakota Food Freedom Act which went into effective Aug. 1, 2017. The North Dakota Food Freedom Act began as a way to allow the production and sale of home-prepared (or cottage) foods such as baked goods, preserves, and pickled items. Now...
Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies reported to the Eddy County Commission that he and his deputies have seen the benefits of using technology and social media in their day to day tasks. This extends well beyond the humorous and informative posts we have come to see and expect from the department's Facebook page. Sheriff Lies explained how the new computers in squad cars can retrieve extensive information from just the entry of a license plate number. This includes the presumed driver's status,...
The New Rockford Eagles Club recently made a $5,000 donation to the local fire department. Eagles Club President Mike Yri (second from right) presented the check to Rick Swenson, Joe Lies and Brett Ehni on Nov. 20....
Driving under suspension cases dominate court Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies reported that his department has filed 43 driving under suspension charges this year, nearly one a week. That is a 34% increase over last year, when 32 cases were filed. In this report alone, we have information about five individuals with driving under suspension charges, and four of them are known habitual offenders. Charles Novotny of Sheyenne was sentenced for driving under suspension on Nov. 14. He was stopped on Nov. 5 for failure to display registration tabs. In...
Christopher Becker, a senior at New Rockford-Sheyenne School and member of the Rough Riders 4-H Club in Eddy County, is one of four youth selected to serve as a North Dakota 4-H Ambassador. Others selected include Jake Doll of Steele County (Finley Sharon High School), Rachel Larson of Adams County (Larson Homeschool) and Linnea Axtman of Cass County (Davies High School). The selections event was held during a 4-H Ambassadors retreat at the North Dakota 4-H Camp near Washburn. "I felt extremely...
The Foundation for Agriculture and Rural Resources Management and Sustainability (FARRMS) will host a soil health day on Dec. 14, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Tuttle, ND. The event, titled "A Gift for Future Generations" will feature world renowned soil health specialist, Jay Fuhrer speaking about the benefits of soil health to North Dakota's farms and ranches. There will be a celebration of Fuhrer's career providing soil health education in North Dakota and across the globe. Holiday...
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) said producers with Federal crop insurance that are experiencing a delay in harvesting their crop and potentially have a loss should contact their Approved Insurance Provider (AIP) to file a Notice of Loss and request more time to harvest. The late maturing crop coupled with extremely wet and wintery conditions this fall have extended harvest for producers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Eric Bashore, Director of RMA’s Billings Regional Office, reminds producers who have Federal crop insur...
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, and Sunday, Dec. 1, the two busiest travel days of the season, the North Dakota Highway Patrol conducted an All-Hands Enforcement event. Over these two days, all available NDHP Troopers patrolled the state’s roadways. During the event, the NDHP conducted 629 traffic stops, issued 561 citations, performed 43 commercial motor vehicle inspections, investigated 14 crashes, and assisted 83 motorists. Sixty-two percent of issued citations were for speeding. Speeding endangers everyone on the road as it increases the p...
Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a visit at the Dennis and Fran Walen home last Saturday. Martin Koeppiin was a Tuesday morning helper and baked rice dinner guest at the Charlotte Koepplin home. Thanksgiving found Margie Anderson among family to enjoy dinner at the David and Karen Anderson home. Gary Anderson was among those who attended the funeral for Donald Norton Saturday at First Lutheran Church in New Rockford. Charlotte Koepplin joined other family for Thanksgiving dinner at the Martin and Janelle Koepplin home. Thanksgiving morning Charlotte...
Lester Roberts and his daughter, Lezlee Thorson, traveled to Grand Forks to spend Thanksgiving with Lezlee’s son Ryan Thorson, daughter-in-law Megan and grandson Aiden. Lester visited Les and Janice Ferry on Friday. Sunday visitors at Lester’s home were Roger Roberts, Lezlee and Chad Getscher. Monday, Charlotte Simon visited her mother, Joan Bosch at the Care Center in Rugby. They did some Christmas decorating for Joan. Monday and Tuesday, Randy and Charlotte attended boy’s elementary basketball games in Maddock. Grandsons Easton and Jaxon...
New Rockford and area folks extend sympathy to the families of Donald Norton, Gary King and Tilman Scanson. Thanksgiving dinner guests at the David and Karen Anderson home were son Eric, Mitch and Amber Sylling and Weston and Margie Anderson. Oh boy, Kim Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Gary Lindquist and Calvin Packard sure enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings at the Shirley Packard home. All enjoyed visiting and of course taking ieft overs home. Martin and Eloise Lucht and Scott and Kim Lucht of Rochester, Minn. Were Wednesday o...
Patti Clifton and Jan Loe were in Devils Lake one day last week. Jan kept an appointment and then they did a little shopping as well before returning to Sheyenne. Jason, Tracy, Henry and Charlie Bedsaul and Keith, Sara, Landon, Alice and Gavin Hanson were Thanksgiving guests at the home of David and Diane Karlsbraaten. They arrived on Wednesday and left on Friday due to the weather forecast. Jan Loe and Steph met Marilyn Stenberg of Lakota and Jason Stenberg of Pekin for the Thanksgiving Buffet at noon at the Spirit Lake Casino. Jeff and...
I don’t blame millennials and Gen Z for mocking baby boomers with the trending “OK boomer” meme. I’ve had my issues with baby boomers, too. “OK boomer,” reports dictionary.com, “is a viral internet slang phrase used, often in a humorous or ironic manner, to call out or dismiss out-of-touch or close-minded opinions associated with the baby boomer generation and older people more generally.” It’s sarcasm used to tell baby boomers that they’re too critical, condescending and dismissive toward y...
Yes, I am one of “those” people. About 30 minutes after Labor Day has officially ended, I feel a strange compulsion to binge on my mother’s iced sugar cookies shaped like snowmen while listening to Nat King Cole croon about chestnuts. I usually resist breaking out my collection of “international” Santa figurines – including Las Vegas Santa indulging his gambling addiction on the slots – until after Halloween. But once I’ve polished off my kids’ trick-or-treat candy, I go into full-out Christmas-prep beast mode. I realize that my premature Yule...
If you’re tired of running around in circles to find a Christmas gift for the dog lovers on your list, I know just the thing for you to fetch. The charming softcover book “It’s A Dog’s Life: Tales from A Dog Named Max,” by Max, with help from Nina Hershberger, is now available from Amazon. For the sake of full disclosure, besides working at a farmers cooperative and writing this syndicated column, I have had a freelance business relationship with Hershberger (founder of MegaBucks Marketing) for...
A recent article on the work of the interim Healthcare Committee failed to mention that guaranteed protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions were offered by Democratic-NPL legislators (section 14 of SB 2010) back in April 2019. Unfortunately, this effort was defeated by the Republican supermajority during the 2019 legislative session. They had the opportunity to take action and once again showed their true colors— that they put politics ahead of people's health care. When the version of SB 2010 that included the amendment to g...
Donald Lee Norton, 76, New Rockford passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at Elim Care Center, Fargo. Funeral services were held at First Luteran Church in New Rockford on Nov. 30. Burial will be help at a later date at the Prairie Home Cemetery in New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated the service. Special music was provided by Mary Ellen Rue and Wayne Trudeau. Honorary bearers were his grandchildren. Donald was born on March 4, 1943 at New Rockford to D. Everett and Georgia Belle (Byrum)...
Gary Curtis King, 71, New Rockford, formerly of Minnewaukan, passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 at his home in New Rockford after a courageous fight with cancer surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Free Lutheran Church in Minnewaukan. Rec. Luter Mathison officiated the service. Special music was provided by Sid Bingaman, Rita Halvorson and Rhonda Gilpatrick. Casket bearers included Laurie Waldner, Michael Cavanaugh Jr., Randy Thompson...
Emmett Tilman Scanson, 94, of New Rockford, formerly of Grace City, ND, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Graveside service will be held in the spring. Rev. Art Scanson will officiate. Tilman Scanson was born at the family farm in rural Grace City on May 2, 1925, to Carl and Emma (Hatch) Scanson. He was sixth of ten children. Growing up on the farm, Tilman helped with the daily chores, nurturing his love for the land and the animals that they raised. He...
The Nov. 14, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” stated that Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Flater were settled in San Diego for the winter. The upper story of the Patch Block was completed and the carpenters were finishing quarters for the Buck & Couch Drug Store. Prader & Goss had just installed a new lighting plant for their general store and also a modern cash register. A.A. Pettit was a new salesman at Mulvey Hardware. Lawrence Butler had taken a position with Buck & Couch Drug Store and would learn the...
This Advent season I have been exploring the many dreams and visions that surround and are part of the story of Jesus’ birth. While there are a number of visions in the nativity found in Luke, I have been focusing on the five dreams we find in Matthew. In the second dream we encounter in Matthew the magi learn that Herod is a danger to the Christ child and they are not to return to him with news of where the child lives. We read: “And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road” (Matt...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any resources that provide free or low-cost legal services to seniors? I’m 68 and need some professional legal assistance but have limited funds. Need Help Dear Need, There are actually a number of free and low-cost legal resources that can help seniors in need, but what’s available to you will depend on where you live, the type of legal assistance you need and your financial situation. Here are several options to check into. Legal Aid: Directed by the Legal Services Corporation, legal aid offers free...
Joe Milo and Willie Ross Dec. 11, 2019 — On this day in 1914, a Bottineau prisoner was raising money so his body wouldn’t be used for science. At the time, Joe Milo was facing a death sentence for his part in a double murder at Lansford. Because he was penniless and had nobody who would pay to bury him, he knew that his body would probably end up on a stainless steel slab at the UND College of Medicine. Joe didn’t much like the idea of students dissecting him after he was dead, so he hung a contribution box on the door to his cell in the Botti...
