New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Lake Region State College recently added a new certificate program in its Nursing Program. Employer demand in the EMS community and in public health is emerging as this new community care model is promoted by the National Association of State EMS...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Erin Oban announced today that USDA RD is making investments that will create new and better markets for a bison processing facility in North Dakota. “This $6.2 million loan...

Tolna Days is here again, and we invite all of our friends and families to come and enjoy the activities. Friday evening, the EMTs will serve a supper on Main Street. We will have bingo at the auditorium on Main Street at 7 p.m. At 10 a.m. on...

For farmers like Dunn County’s Lenci Sickler, recent U.S. Department of Labor rule changes that alter the pay rates for temporary seasonal foreign workers could cause his labor costs to skyrocket, he said, unless they are rescinded. Sickler...

The New Rockford community hosted a blood drive with Vitalant on May 25 at St. John’s Catholic Church, which helped collect a total of 43 units of blood products for patients in need. A total of 49 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 40 ind...

Sunday visitor at the Ken and Marvis Holte home was Holly Zieman. Heidi Schneider and Callie stopped in one morning after a dental appointment and visited mom and grandma Eloise Lucht. Monday, Ruby Simms was a visitor at the Shirley Packard home....

Sunday, Margie Anderson visited at the Glenn and Judy Cudworth home. Charlotte Koepplin was around town Tuesday and Thursday taking care of necessary errands. Friday, Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed a short phone call with cousin Cindy Allen (Longnecker)...

Saturday evening, June 24, Shirley Westby, Stan and Marilynn Kruger enjoyed a get-together with Shirley and Stan's sister, Darlene Daugherty, and her family at the Rock Inn in New Rockford. Lots of visiting and delicious food! Jan Loe and Steph atten...

Dear Generac standby home generator, I want to apologize for calling down multiple elaborate curses upon you for being so expensive as you sat loitering beside the house almost completely idle for the three years since I financed you – despite the...

A reader’s question has captured the history-making nature of the forthcoming trial of former President Donald Trump. “What are the implications of the trial for the Constitution, presidential power and the rule of law?” The gravity of the...

Betty Lou Dravitz Moorhead, Minn. Betty Lou (Moe) Dravitz, 94, of Moorhead, Minn., passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at St. Catherine’s North, Fargo, N.D. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m., followed by the funeral service at 1 p.m.,...

Viola Gisi New Rockford, N.D. Viola Gisi, age 90, of New Rockford, N.D., died Friday, December 2, 2022, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. Vi’s visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by a funeral service at...

Stanley Trenary Fessenden, N.D. Stanley Ray Trenary, 67, of Fessenden, N.D. passed away Thursday evening, June 22, 2023 in Bismarck, N.D. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 8, 2023 at the Fessenden Country Club with...

Stenberg Please join us in celebrating the life and love of Mervin and Marlene Stenberg on July 15 from 1-3 at Calvary Lutheran Church, located at 305 Main Ave. W., Oberon, N.D. Mervin Leroy Stenberg born May 2, 1936 passed away October 2, 2020....

“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” This is my favorite quote by one of the most forgotten characters of the Christmas story: John the Baptist. Sure, he was at most only a couple of months old when Jesus was born, but John...