Articles from the March 27, 2023 edition
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Rockets are state champs in archery!
This past weekend at the North Dakota State NASP Archery Tournament, the Rocket archery team reached new levels of success. First, New Rockford-Sheyenne took home its first state championship in...
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Cafe seeks funds to reopen
A local business is hoping the community will give them the boost they need to reopen. When LaRae Sifuentes and her family first took over Bird Dawg Cafe and renamed it Loco Ketchup Cafe, many were...
An aura of wellness
Through their new business, Aura Aesthetics + Hydration, locals Chelsey Zeltinger, née Richter, and Taryn van Bedaf are teaming up to bring big-city amenities to the community. Located inside...
Benefit for Ludwig at Buck-It's April 1
On Saturday, April 1, the community is invited to a medical benefit for Sharon Ludwig at Buck-It's Bar in New Rockford. Ludwig, a rural Eddy County resident, was caught up in a skid steer accident...
Hazard mitigation plan updates begin
Officials in Eddy and Wells counties are embarking on a strenuous – but very important – endeavor. Emergency managers from both counties, as well as city and county commissioners and other...
Not Spring yet
This winter will definitely be one we remember. NDSU Extension Service Foster County Agent Jeff Gale reported that the snowpack in Foster County had the equivalent of 3 inches of rain. Meteorologist...
Spring calving preparedness webinar set for March 30
North Dakota State University Extension will host a Spring Calving Preparedness webinar Thursday, March 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. CDT (noon to 2 p.m. MDT). “With as much fog as we had in January, some producers are concerned we will have a repeat of...
Poitra due back in court for prelim hearing April 13
Nicholas Poitra, the man accused of murdering 30-year-old Troyal Thumb at Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne, is scheduled to be at the Eddy County Courthouse for his preliminary hearing on April 13. Poitra...
Template found for foster family support
About half of all foster parents in the nation quit after a year, and only about a quarter make it past a second. "I would say that's a huge problem," said Annika Hapip, who felt her church needed to...
701 Rundown: March 27, 2023
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Teacher arrested during school hours for alleged felonies A Dunseith teacher was arrested...
Legislative Report: March 27, 2023
It’s day 46. The Senate still has 234 bills to act on, and the House is still looking at 203. The committees have been hearing a lot of bills and have been listening to a lot of testimony. This week the Legislature heard from two different economic...
Sheyenne News: March 27, 2023
Last Wednesday, Patti Clifton and Jan Loe were in Devils Lake to do some shopping. Friday morning, Jan Loe and Patti Clifton were in New Rockford for the funeral service of Mike Hillebrand at First Lutheran Church. It was a pickle party birthday...
Talk of the Town: March 27, 2023
Tuesday, Calvin Packard drove mom, Shirley, to Carrington where she had a medical appointment. Gary and Kathy Anderson were among those who enjoyed the VFW torsk dinner at the VFW in Sheyenne. Janet Laube and YipYip got a happy St. Patrick’s Day...
Pleasant Prairie News: March 27, 2023
Margie Anderson enjoyed a phone call with Judy Swanson on Sunday. Both are hoping winter comes to an end soon. Saturday, March 18, Charlotte Koepplin called Jerry and Carol Clancy of Thompson and wished them a happy 51st wedding anniversary. Jimmy...
The spring break that wasn't
It's officially spring. Well, at least that's what the calendar says. We observed the Spring Equinox on Monday at 4:24 p.m., in the midst of piles of snow and a temperature below the freezing mark....
Spring broke
When my three semi-grown daughters were young (and since I work in the lucrative world of public education), we’d spend our spring break holidays riding bikes to the park, making dad-sized pillow forts in the living room, and raiding the gift shop...
We the People: Court declares a right to contraceptives for unmarried individuals
In 1965, in the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time in our nation’s history, invoked the right to privacy for the purpose of upholding the right of married couples to access contraceptives. Griswold...
Sermonette: March 27, 2023
On a long car trip comes the question from a child in the back seat, “Are we there yet?” Many of us around here these days look at the calendar, think about spring and ask, “Are we there yet?” We have received so much snow this year. It...
Living on Purpose: What does having a pure heart mean to you?
Many are familiar with the beatitudes, which are a section of a larger discourse spoken by Jesus in His earthly ministry. They are found in His sermon on the mount in Matthew chapter 5, and some of them are mentioned again in the sermon on the plain...
Within our Walls: Do you have an advance directive for health care?
Do you know what an advance directive is? An advance directive is a legal document that provides instructions for medical care and only goes into effect if you are unable to communicate your own wishes. An advance directive helps you plan for...
O'Connor honored for years of service at CASNR
On Monday, March 20, members of Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford (CASNR) recognized Sandy O'Connor for 40 years of dedicated service to EMS in Eddy County. "It's hard to imagine how much...
Lucky 7's
Layton Jacobson has done it again. He is a state champion in archery. He claimed the top spot in middle school boys' 3D for the second year in a row with a score of 285. Consistency and careful...
Warriors impress at State B
From the sixth seed at Region 4 to a Cinderella appearance at the State Class B Tournament in Bismarck March 16-18, the Warwick Warriors gained a few fans along the way for their fearless, free-wheeli...
A great start
Although spring may not be here, track and field season is back. The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets traveled to the Turtle Mountain Reservation to compete in the Belcourt Indoor meet on Tuesday, March...
Confidence makes everything better
"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help." – Epicurus, Greek Philosopher, 300 B.C. If you have been following Archival Anecdotes this month, then you can...
