Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Sorted by date Results 1326 - 1350 of 1875
Many New Rockford and Area folks flocked to City Hall Sunday and enjoyed the Annual “Fill the Boot” firemen's breakfast. Todd Harrison was a Monday Visitor at the Shirley Packard home. Wednesday, son Calvin, drove Shirley to Devils Lake for an eye appointment and Saturday, Calvin and Shirley were among those who attended graveside service for Gary Peters at Prairie Home Cemetery. Gramma Karen Koepplin spent a couple of days with baby Kenna, Allyssa and Ross Lewis in Dickinson. Gary and Kathy Anderson, David and Karen Anderson and grandson Wes...
Monday evening, Circle Trail Riders gals, Diana Ziegler, Sandy Settlemeyer, Katie Jorgensen, Nancy Ludwig, Eve McAvoy and Charlotte Koepplin met at Bordulac Bar and Grill taking care of Circle Trail Riders business and enjoying a visit over a fine supper. Tuesday afternoon, brief visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip. Jimmy Indergaard was out and about on Wednesday, and was a visitor at the home of Mervin Indergaard, Mom Esther’s, Margie Anderson and Charlotte Koepplin. Margie Anderson was the honored birthday g...
Pam Schmid and Jane Smith were in Devils Lake checking out a few garage sales and then in Lakota taking in the city wide garage sale there. They then went on to Grand Forks and had a fun day. Lester Roberts was in New Rockford on Saturday. Lester’s Sunday visitors were his brother, Roger and his daughter, Lezlee and her friend, Bob Hoffart. Lester visited James Nelson Sunday evening. Carlyle Nelson of Newtown, Conn., is here visiting his dad, James. Linda Madson accompanied Melodie, Kennedee and McKenzee Madson to Kennedee’s fourth grade spr...
On the morning of Sunday, May 25, 1902, Union Memorial Services were held in the Congregational Church. That evening Rev. Samuel VanTassel preached in the Methodist Church “for Rev. Sewrey and his people.” Baker John Weimals was in Jamestown. On May 26, Judge S.L. Glaspell was in New Rockford so that people could take out their naturalization papers; several people obtained citizenship. In the afternoon he and his court reporter E.S. Rose opened the District Court session. Cases included— J.W....
May 17, 2019 — Happy Syttende Mai! An old article in the Hansboro News explains that May 17 is the “anniversary of the rise of modern Norway among the nations as an independent, self-governing kingdom...” The year the article was written was 1914 – the year of Norway’s Jubilee – and it stated that the 100-year celebration was “of peculiar interest to about two and a quarter million people living in Norway and about two-thirds as many of their kinsmen in foreign countries, for the most part in the United States and Canada.” During the year...
Dear Savvy Senior, I have heard that the VA has a benefit that can help veterans and spouses with long-term care costs. We recently had to move my 86-year-old father – who served in the army nearly 60 years ago – into an assisted living facility, and my mom isn’t far behind. Can the VA help? Seeking Aid Dear Seeking, The Veterans Administration does indeed have a little-known, underutilized benefit that can help wartime veterans and their surviving spouses pay for a variety of long-term care...
Some of you may already know this because I have been proclaiming it from the rooftops, but last week, I became a first-time grandma. That makes this Mother’s Day even more special. It’s my first Mother’s Day as a grandma and it is my daughter’s first Mother’s Day since her son was born. Their baby boy was born last Thursday, which just happens to be “paper day” at the Transcript. It is the day that we prepare the paper to go to print. Everyone here will attest to the pull I felt to make it to...
Bria and Brittin Buehler visited Todd, Nadley and Breana Buehler Friday afternoon. Hunter and Breana spent the weekend at the Buehler farm. They also called on Beau, Bria and Brittin. Randy and Charlotte Simon stopped by to visit the Buehler’s Sunday afternoon. Lester Roberts was in Carrington and New Rockford on business Thursday. Roger visited Lester on Saturday. Sunday evening, Chad Getscher called on Lester. Doris Griffin attended the Lake Region District Health Unit meeting Tuesday. Wednesday morning, Doris went to the Timely Topics m...
Thursday visitor at the Ervin Longnecker home was Jimmy Indergaard. Charlotte Koepplin returned to New Rockford Tuesday with good reports from an eye appointment with Dr. Larson in Carrington. Saturday afternoon visitors and helpers at the Margie Anderson home were Kathy Anderson, Ryan and Laura Hager, Patti Larson and Kent and Shelly Rigsby and sons Karson and Brooks. Corey Jorgensen was a Sunday morning visitor and coffee guest at the Ervin Longnecker home. Saturday, Ruth Braaten and Esther Indergaard drove to Jamestown where Esther had a...
This is the fourth article in the feature series "What it Takes," which explores careers from a child's perspective. I've met new people and gotten to know others even better. I have also been able to learn about jobs that I might one day be interested in doing. Most of all, I hope that others might have learned something too. One job I've wanted to do for a long time is a lifeguard. It goes back to when I began taking swimming lessons. I love the water and being around younger kids. So when I...
Many families, friends and old country neighbors attended a prayer service Friday evening and the funeral service Saturday morning for Neola Richter. Both were in New Rockford at the First Lutheran Church. Last Monday, Dave and Cheryl Gabbert and Shirley Packard drove to Duelm, Minn., where they met Craig Packard of Anoka, Minn., and enjoyed a visit over some mighty fine pasta at Jim and Jack’s restaurant, an establishment that specializes in pasta dishes. The meal was Craig’s treat. Tuesday, Dave and Cheryl drove Shirley to St. Cloud, where sh...
Jeff and Denise Labrensz enjoyed the weekend in Wahpeton, Breckenridge, Campbell and rural areas celebrating their anniversary. A Saturday evening meal at the City Brew Hall in Wahpeton, which is owned by Alex Belquist, was wonderful! Tracy, Henry and Charlie Bedsaul are spending a few days at the home of her parents, David and Diane Karlsbraaten, while her husband, Jason, is in Atlanta, Ga., for work. Last Friday, Patti Clifton spent the afternoon in Carrington attending the Carrington/New Rockford Baseball Jamboree. Carrington defeated...
The May 23, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” carried an item stating that Chauncey Lathrop, the manager of the Hotel Davies, would have an $18,000 three-story brick hotel building erected on Chicago Street [it wasn’t.] W.O. Baird had several cows and heifers for sale. Recently J.W. Carroll had taken three carloads of young cattle to Carrington from his Lake Washington Ranch. H. Peoples was expecting a shipment of DeLaval Cream Separators sometime in the next week. A Card of Thanks was print...
Mr. Giveaway May 6, 2019 — McLean County is named for John A. McLean, the first mayor of Bismarck. Today we’re talking about one of his sons, Harry, who was born in Bismarck in 1883 and died May 1, 1961. Young Harry had guts and a whole lot of moxie. He started his career as a water boy for a railway construction company building a branch out of Mandan. He was a fast learner and immediately started climbing the ladder until finally going into business for himself. Working mostly in Canada, McLean specialized in doing things that “co...
Dear Savvy Senior, The U.S. Census Bureau is in the process of recruiting thousands of workers for temporary jobs to help collect valuable data for the 2020 Census, and retirees are ideal candidates. Can you write a column to get the word out? Thanks for your help! Census Recruiter Dear Recruiter, I’m happy to oblige, and I agree. This once-a-decade job opportunity is a great fit for retirees that have some free time on their hands who wouldn’t mind earning some extra income while helpi...
Six-year-old Logan drove himself to the operating room in a shiny red sports car. The young Pennsylvania boy was undergoing surgery for the second time to help repair a birth defect that had left him with a permanent soft spot in his skull. Logan and his parents were understandably anxious at the thought of him undergoing the surgery again. So, according to a report by “Inside Edition,” the medical staff at Wellspan York Hospital in Pennsylvania surprised the young boy on the day of his sur...
Washington State Senator, Maureen Walsh has been walking back comments that she made while debating Bill SHB 1155. This bill was originally intended to protect the lunch and rest breaks for nurses who work 12 hours per day or more, a shift that is standard for most hospital nurses and to limit mandatory overtime. Her comments were specifically aimed at critical access hospitals in rural areas as the Washington Senate discussed an amendment that would exempt critical access hospitals that have 25...
Gene Woolley visited James Nelson one day this week. Monday afternoon, Todd Buehler visited James. Jakob Schmid spent Easter weekend at home with his parents, Tom and Pam. Tom, Pam, Jakob and his friend, Alison, took in the Country Artists Tribute Show at the Spirit Lake Casino Saturday night. Pam’s brother, Dan Hermanson spent Easter with the Schmid family. Lester Roberts attended the Kurt Anderson auction sale in Sheyenne on Tuesday. He also took in the consignment auction in Leeds on Thursday. Sean and Stephanie Thorson of Bismarck and R...
Pleasant Prairie folks extend sympathy to the family of Neola Richter. Much of the Richter family were longtime residents and farmers in Pleasant Prairie township. Easter guests at the Margie Anderson home were, Peter Larson and Joanna. Ervin Longnecker; Mike and Kim Vannett, Ali and Samantha; Eric and Lisa Longnecker, Riley, Tucker and Cassie, enjoyed Easter dinner at the Merle and Sandy Longnecker home. Monday, tax day, Charlotte Koepplin started celebrating her 72nd birthday, being treated to breakfast at the Rockford Café by Martin and...
New Rockford and area folks extend sympathy to the families of Neola Richter and Ron Waldo. Thursday Ken and Marvis Holte drove to Jamestown, did some shopping, met Faye Rink and enjoyed a visit over coffee and a treat. Martin and Eloise Lucht were treated to the Easter dinner buffet at Spirit Lake Casino by Jay and Heidi Schneider, Caleb and Callie. Later all enjoyed the beautiful spring day and watching the kids hunt for eggs. Easter weekend house guests of Todd and Karen Koepplin were daughter Allyssa, Ross and Kenna of Dickinson. All were...
David and Diane Karlsbraaten were weekend guests at the home of Tracy and Jason Bedsaul In West Fargo. Easter Sunday guests at the home of Keith and Sara Hanson in West Fargo were David and Diane Karlsbraaten; Jason, Tracy, Henry and Charlie Bedsaul; John and Mary Hanson; and Christy, Grace and Sophia Larson. Saturday, Steph Loe, Mary Ellen Rue, Beverly Soderholm, Rhoda Stenberg and Jan Loe traveled to Lakota for a birthday brunch for Marilyn Stenberg, hosted by Dave and Nadine Salwey from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Ellen Burthold from Mcville and...
On the morning of May 19, 1902, the little daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. J.E. Bennett caught her index finger on the right hand in the cog wheels of a washing machine. Her finger was badly torn, but could be saved. Miss Hamberg, the 12-year-old stepdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weipert, was hunting gophers. Carrying her .22 rifle in her right hand, she accidentally touched the trigger and shot herself in the left arm, just above the wrist, with the bullet lodging near the elbow. Dr. McNamara had...
Dear Savvy Senior, My son is getting his PhD next month and I would like to fly my parents in from across the country for his graduation, but I have some concerns about the flights. My dad is 82 and has trouble walking long distances and uses an oxygen tank for his COPD. What airport or airline services are available to help elderly passengers? Proud Mother Dear Proud, Flying across the country can be exhausting for anyone, but for seniors with health issues or physical limitations it can be...
State Hospital Opens by Merry Helm May 1, 2019 — On this day in 1885, the North Dakota Hospital For The Insane at Jamestown was opened. Its corporate seal featured the three figures of Faith, Hope and Charity, with the caption: "But The Greatest Of These Is Charity." This hospital was a model institution for the times. One reporter wrote, “I have visited many ‘insane asylums’ (back east)... but nothing like (this),” he said. “...pleasant surprises never ceased, from the discovery that there was not a single horrifying prison-like grated door...
The NR-S Financial Literacy class, taught by Patricia Rinde, took an rather educational field trip this week. They went car shopping! That's right, students visited Halvorson Auto Sales in New Rockford on Tuesday, April 23. They learned about what it takes to research and purchase a quality vehicle, as well as the details on titles and warranties. Students even an observed live online car auctions....
