Articles from the April 19, 2021 edition
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More 911 upgrades under consideration by Lake Region Law Enforcement Center
While the upgrades currently planned for the 911 dispatch center at Lake Region Law Enforcement Center (LRLEC) are a step in the right direction, more are needed to ensure swift emergency response,...
Letters link friends
"When my friends and I got out of high school in Sheyenne, N.D. in 1950, it was decided that we should start a letter and stay in touch," Marjorie (Cudworth) Anderson recalls. Now, nearly 71 years...
Wolbert, Brazil take over Double M Sanitation
In the United States, more than 250 million tons of trash are created every year. Double M Sanitation, an area trash removal business, is now under new ownership and ready to go to work providing...
Governor declares statewide drought disaster
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced April 8 that the State Water Commission had reactivated the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program, as the governor declared a statew...
End of year, summer plans discussed by school board
New Rockford-Sheyenne Board of Education met in the school cafeteria on Monday, April 12, the second in-person meeting they’ve held since the pandemic began. New Business Manager Dave Skogen opened the meeting. Skogen seems to be settling in...
Obituary: Lowell Lutz
Lowell Dean Lutz, 81, died April 3, 2021 at Carrington Health Center, Carrington, N.D. Funeral service will be held on Friday, April 30, 2021 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. The burial will be...
Obituary: Adeline Walen
Adeline Olga Walen, 96, died April 8, 2021 at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. Funeral service was held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was...
Obituary: Judy Possen
Judy Ann Possen, 75, of Fargo, N.D., passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021, while at her home, surrounded by her family. Memorial service was held on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Bethel Church, Fargo....
Legislative Report: April 19, 2021
Appropriations is finishing up its committee and subcommittee work and should have all bills out by early next week. I have had several subcommittee meetings to bring recommendations to the full Appropriations committee and then to the Senate floor....
N.D. House Update: April 19, 2021
The end of the 67th Legislative Session is in sight. We hope to be done sometime the third week in April. We need to save days to vote on the redistricting plan, and to make spending decisions when the next round of federal funding for the pandemic...
Sheyenne News: April 19, 2021
Easter Sunday afternoon Bonnie Deegan, Patti Clifton, Jan Loe and Kathy Magnan got together for coffee and a visit. On April 7, Patti Clifton took Jan Loe to Jamestown, where Jan kept an appointment. Patti did some shopping while Jan was at her...
Talk of the Town: April 19, 2021
New Rockford and area folks extend sympathy to the families of James (Jake) Ferguson and Marilyn Allmaras. Dianna Siebold of Fessenden had a little outdoor visit at the Shirley Packard home recently, as did Judy McKnight, bringing Shirley some...
Pleasant Prairie: April 19, 2021
Beverly Bjornson enjoyed a chat over pie and coffee on Thursday at Margie Anderson’s home. Brief stoppers, Thursday afternoon, at the Charlotte Koepplin home, were Karen Koepplin, Taylor and Amanda Koepplin, and Evelyn, for an outdoor visit. Jimmy...
Oberon Oracles: April 19, 2021
Lester Roberts was in New Rockford on business, Wednesday. Lezlee Thorson visited her dad on Saturday. Lester’s brother, Roger visited him on Sunday. Easter Sunday, Pam Schmid’s dad Bud Hermanson, and her brother Dan, were dinner guests at Tom...
Baseball strikes out on politics
You can’t escape politics anywhere now – not even in America’s once great pastime, baseball. A “pastime,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “something that amuses and serves...
The American Jobs Plan will make our infrastructure crisis worsen
I read the Fact Sheet for the American Jobs Plan recently released by the White House and found it difficult not to feel depressed by the approach. As advertised, it is bold, but when it comes to...
Obituary: Ardeth Jensen
Ardeth Arlene (Haas) Jensen passed away March 27, 2021, at St. Gabriel's Community in Bismarck, N.D., at age 97. Ardeth was born May 5, 1923 in rural Hamar, N.D., to Ray and Alma (Jones) Haas. She was...
Obituary: Marilyn Allmaras
Marilyn D. Allmaras, 97, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. Private family mass of Christian burial was held Thursday, April 15,...
Obituary: James Ferguson
James "Jim" William Ferguson, 87, of New Rockford, N.D. passed away April 10, 2021 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, April 14,...
Sermonette: Raising Children in America Today
The book of Daniel begins with a peculiar story. The best young men of Israel, who had been forcibly taken from their homes, are in Babylon when an edict comes to them. They are to be raised and educated in the palace with the best that Babylon has...
Archival Anecdotes: Fancy that!
Pictured at right is a light and sheer blouse with intricate lace work. It is one of several similar blouses housed at the Eddy County Museum. Known as the shirtwaist, or sometimes simply a "waist,"...
History of New Rockford: April 19, 2021
On Jan. 4, 1904, the New Rockford Schools reopened after the holidays. Lloyd Whiteman returned from Dickinson, where he had been two months visiting and helping in a drug store during the holidays....
The personal Constitution: Embodied in the First Amendment
The concept of the “personal Constitution,” which we introduced in this column last week, is personified in the First Amendment freedoms, particularly in the rights of religious liberty and freedom of expression. The exercise of these liberties...
Savvy Senior: Could You Have Prediabetes?
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about prediabetes, and how can you know if you have it? My 62-year-old husband, who’s in pretty good shape, was recently diagnosed with prediabetes and...
Six Rocket archers earn top 10 finishes at state
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets competed virtually in the North Dakota State Bullseye and 3-D Archery Tournament on March 19 and 20. When the results came in on April 12, six Rocket archers had...
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