New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Let's get this par-tee started! It might not be quite golfing weather, but you'll wish you were out on the greens this spring. Beginning next Friday DPRCA presents "The Fox on the Fairway," a...

At a 90-minute city commission meeting on Monday, March 6, officials had further discussion on three proposals first brought before them at the February meeting. Proposed changes to the 15-year-old...

I got my annual Girl Scout Cookie fix last Friday. One of my favorite two Girl Scouts, my niece Megan, showed up just before supper time to make her pitch. I was happy to take a full case (and a...

Our physical and virtual worlds are colliding at a seemingly breakneck pace. Gaming recently joined the ranks of school-sanctioned sports. NR-S is in the middle of its third season of having a...

Harvey hosted its first NASP archery tournament on Saturday, February 25, and NR-S archers certainly made their presence known. The Harvey Eagle Eye Tournament offered both bullseye and 3D divisions,...

This past weekend I had the opportunity to do something a little different. The 4-H Shooting Sports and Outdoor Skills Club in Eddy County spent time in the Turtle Mountain region, particularly at... Full story

NR-S archers competed at the Gackle-Streeter Bullseye Tournament in Gackle on Saturday, Feb. 18. Layton Jacobson was back on top, not only among his teammates, but in the whole tournament. Jacobson...

The Wilton Miners hosted their annual archery tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11. Archers competed in both bullseye and 3D, and there were some new competitors at the top of the ranks for NR-S. Senior...

New Rockford appears to be heading the same direction as many other North Dakota communities. Amanda Hegland, Executive Director of the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation, appealed to the city...

I’ve seen a few Facebook posts from parents and grandparents showing their valentine box-making adventures recently, and just this morning we printed some artwork for one NR-S student’s valentine...

Yet another home archery tournament is in the books for NR-S. A total of 275 archers representing 14 schools met in the New Rockford-Sheyenne School Gym on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4. Layton...

Change is coming to N.D. high school basketball much like a freight train rolling down the track. Sports Reporter Erik Gjovik broke down the details of the latest proposal to move to a three-class...

Carrington Public School hosted its annual archery tournament on Saturday, Jan. 28, and over 200 archers from 15 different schools across the state faced off in bullseye and 3D competition. NR-S...

"You're in charge of everything from toilets to half million dollar boilers, and everything in between." That's how the Chamber's January Employee of the Month describes the role he has held for just...

Veteran newspaperman Allen Stock has been out of the Independent office for a few weeks now. This is the first time since I purchased the newspaper in October 2021 that he has been absent for more...

Rocket archers were on target last Saturday, earning the top five spots in their season-opening bullseye tournament in Kensal on Jan. 21. Top overall male archer honors went to Layton Jacobson, the...

Every penny counts. That’s certainly true for the City of New Rockford, which collected $388,536.66 in sales tax revenue last year, 3 percent more than in 2021. According to information obtained...

Sheyenne GRIT (Growth, Renewal, Imagination, Teamwork) was the recipient of a Vibrancy Grant from the N.D. Department of Commerce’s Main Street Initiative in December. The $1,500 award was...

We’re only a few days into the state legislative session, and North Dakota newspaper publishers find themselves thrust into a battle to protect the public’s access to information. Senate Bill (SB)...

Local entities ended the year addressing roof issues caused by heavy snowfall in December. The City of New Rockford held two discussions about the flat roofs at the Brown Memorial and the Eddy-New...

We’re in the last week of holiday break for my college-aged daughter, and I’m wondering how it went so quickly. We’ve gone over her grades from her first semester as a full-time college student,...

Locals know him as the "sandwich artist" at Casey's General Store. He also stocks shelves and handles customer checkout at Dollar General five nights a week, and keeps the fairways at the golf course...

This Christmas was definitely one to remember for some, and not necessarily in a great way. Some didn’t make it home due to the ridiculous weather we’ve been having. Others I know were sick with...

 "It sounded like dynamite going off."  That's how Manager Glenda Collier explained the sudden collapse of the Rockford Theatre roof on Monday morning, Dec. 19. Due to the intense snow load from...

 For nearly a week, from Dec. 12 through Dec. 16, Foster County and much of the Great Plains endured one of the most severe and long-lasting blizzards in recent memory.  Most of North Dakota was...