Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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It’s that time of year again - when folks in New Rockford and the surrounding area gather at New Rockford’s Centennial Park to meet their local heroes, at the annual Lifesavers in the Park. “Lifesavers in the Park is our way of giving back to the community,” said Georgia Johnson, manager of CASNR, “and it’s a good way for the community to get to know and interact with the people that are on the squad.” This year’s celebration runs from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, and will feature all kinds of family-fun activities for the whole community...
Jacob and Amanda Dauenhauer, owners of Dauenhauer Diesel Repair, have begun a new chapter in their careers. On Friday, July 29, they purchased Westside Storage from previous owners Marlin and Val Weisenburger, and have rebranded it as New Rockford Storage. The purchase included the storage facilities at 1024 Central Ave., just west of Dauenhauer Diesel Repair, and on the corner of 3rd Avenue North and 2nd Street North, right behind Casey's General Store. Also included was an RV park located...
Enjoy it while it lasts! This Thursday, Aug. 11 is the last-of-the-season Summer Street Market in downtown New Rockford, from 4-8 p.m. Yes, there will be more than a dozen vendors in the park selling their wares. And, of course, there will be lots of food. Businesses will be open offering sales and specials as well. But, that’s not all folks! Tap your toes to live music from Pastor Amy & friends in the gazebo! Featuring four different themed sets between the hours of 4:30 - 6:30, there’s tunes for nearly every musical taste. • 4:30 - Kids...
Volunteers relocated the city's landmark rock across the street from the Community Garden into Centennial Park Wednesday....
On Tuesday, Aug. 2, budgets and mills were the major topic of discussion at the Eddy County Commission’s regular monthly meeting. Eddy County Auditor, Patty Williams, began by handing out a breakdown of the funds requested and approved by the various departments, as well as the total number of mills they expect to levy in 2023. According to the breakdown, there’s not much difference in the number of mills between 2022 and 2023, even though the budget has increased. This year, the county lev...
The Sheyenne community will gather once again this summer to support one of its own fighting cancer. On Thursday, Aug. 11, volunteers will host a benefit spaghetti supper and silent auction for Sharon Whitmer. Whitmer was diagnosed with a fast-growing form of breast cancer in April. What led to the diagnosis, Whitmer says, was pure "divine intervention." She had her annual mammogram in January, as she has faithfully done for years. However, something abnormal showed up on the scan. So...
Congressman Kelly Armstrong, who's running for reelection as North Dakota's lone United States Representative against Democratic-NPL nominee Mark Haugen, visited New Rockford on Wednesday, August 3, for a pair of events focused on economic development and 4-H Shooting Sports. Up first was a round table at the Rock Inn with city officials, business owners and other members from the community. Much of the discussion focused on the role of the federal government, health care, the teaching...
City officials approved the first change order on the street project, which involves installation of curb and gutter, as well as additional improvements to the gravel road in Watson Addition. The cost is estimated at $86,990. The change order was presented by Travis Dillman of Interstate Engineering. He noted that the concrete crew also installed a new sidewalk on the north side of the 600 block of Central Avenue. Commission President Stu Richter said it was due to the condition of the existing...
On Monday, August 1, the Oberon City Council discussed plans to hold a new election following allegations they mishandled the city’s municipal election on June 14. Those allegations led to a contest being filed with the Northeast Judicial District, arguing the City of Oberon failed to give proper notice of election, failed to provide absentee ballots and illegally canvassed the results. Council members said they’ve discussed the situation with the N.D. Secretary of State’s office, who, according...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. N.D. 2023 teacher of the year finalists State School Superintendent Kristen Baesler on Friday announced that teachers in Bismarck, Linton, Grand Forks and Hunter are finalists for the 2023 North Dakota Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: • Abby DuBord, of Bismarck, a first-grade teacher at Bismarck’s Centennial Elementary who is moving to the newly built Elk Ridge Element...
Steph Loe, Bonnie Deegan and Jan Loe enjoyed viewing "Where the Crawdads Sing" at Rockford Theatre in New Rockford recently. Patti Clifton and Jan Loe were in New Rockford last Wednesday afternoon where they did a few errands and had coffee at Rockford Cafe before returning to Sheyenne. Family and friends gathered at First Lutheran Church last Friday for the funeral service of Keith Drake. Lunch and fellowship followed the service. Our condolences to the family. Barb Eversvik and Jan Loe drove to Devils Lake last Thursday and treated May...
Logan, Bobbi and Emersyn Olson spent Wednesday through Sunday at the John and Donna Grann residence. Bill Kennedy from Ankeny, Iowa was a Thursday morning visitor for coffee at the Grann home. John and Donna spent Friday and Saturday at the N.D. State Fair in Minot. Randy, Charlotte and Mark Simon visited Todd Buehler last week. Nadley Buehler returned Tuesday from a trip to Alsip, Ill. While there, she visited her parents, Ken and Mona Dempsey and brother’s family, Brian, Lisa and Jessica Dempsey and Kris and Noelle Dempsey. Nadley also m...
Saturday, Margie Anderson and Alvie Jones were among those to attend the funeral service for Kathy Westby Swenson at the First Lutheran Church in Sheyenne. Friday, visitors with a purpose at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Pastor Richard Biberdorf, Shirley Packard and Diana Rue. The gals were given communion and all visited over lunch. Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a phone call with his sister, Fran Walen, Thursday. Jimmy drove to Dennis and Fran Walen’s. Then, Jim and Fran went for a drive and enjoyed taking pictures. Evening found Jimmy a v...
Janet Laube and YipYip were brief visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home Sunday afternoon. During the week, Janet enjoyed phone calls with grandson, Travis, and Lois Ockert, both of Fargo, and niece, Shelly Nelson, of Oklahoma. Calvin Packard took mom, Shirley, to a chiropractic appointment Tuesday. Friday, Mary Gehrtz was a helper at Shirley’s and Calvin was back on Saturday to do some reading for mom. Candy Jensen has been entertaining cute house-guest, Jasmine (Jazzy), a mini dachshund, while her master, Brenda Trauman Thurin, is moving f...
Comedian Carl Reiner was good at living well - and he lived well until the age of 98. I recently watched his 2017 HBO documentary, "If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast." It introduces viewers to several people who are flourishing in their 90s - running races at 100, doing yoga at 98, playing the piano professionally at 100 - and it really does inspire people of all ages to get off their duff and take life by the horns. Average life expectancy has taken a hit in the past few years due to...
The Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944), upholding the forced evacuation of American citizens of Japanese descent from their homes for no reason other than their ancestry was, as scholars have characterized it, a national disaster, one that will live in infamy. For the first time in our nation’s history the Court, in one swift blow, significantly undermined the writ of habeas corpus, a civil right fundamental to American Constitutionalism. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066, issued on Febru...
Today I’m noshing on a summer salad and sipping raspberry tea from inside the Garden Gate, Carrington’s downtown gathering place. The exposed brick walls, tin ceilings and beautiful barnwood details, as well as the wireless internet and music in the background, are all things I appreciate about it. In fact, I suggested that one of my newspaper colleagues spend time here when she came to town a couple of weeks ago. She had a little work to do before our meeting, and I told her it was the ide...
Kathryn Swenson Langley, Wash. Kathryn Jean (Kathy) Swenson, 70 years of age and formerly of Sheyenne, N.D., passed over in her sleep on June 11, 2022, at her home in Langley, Washington. Kathy was born to Sherman and Shirley Westby on August 4, 1951, the first child of the family. Her siblings, Steve, Neil, Paula, and Ross are younger. Even in Kathy's early years in Sheyenne, North Dakota, she showed a passion for decorating the world around her, making life more beautiful with visual expressio...
Magdalene Waldo Warwick, N.D. Magdalene "Lynn" M. Waldo, 63 of Warwick, N.D. passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022, at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Mont. with loving family at her side. Visitation was held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake on Sunday, July 31, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Devils Lake with Reverend Joseph Littlefield celebrating the Mass. Lynn was laid to rest...
David Eversvik Warwick, N.D. David Neal Eversvik passed away on July 28, 2022, after a courageous five-year battle with cancer at his home rural Warwick, N.D. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. with a Rosary and Scripture Service at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Very Reverend C.F. Wilhelm celebrating the Mass. David will be laid to rest in the Warwick Cemetery with...
August is here. Where did the summer go? It seems like we just celebrated the fourth with picnics and parades and related festivities. Family and school reunions have come and gone with only memories remaining. August is one of the several transition months we have here in North Dakota. Of course, many of the northern tier states and several others in the upper Great Plains experience the changes of the four very different seasons. We start out August with hot and sometimes humid weather. We will end the month thinking about the first frost...
American elm is North Dakota's state tree. Elms were a natural choice for planting in communities and windbreaks because it is one of our tough native species. It is these tree canopies that, with their beautiful vase-shape, form leafy "tunnels" along elm-lined streets. Then, the unthinkable happened: Dutch elm disease (DED) entered the U.S. in the 1920's and found its way to Mandan in 1969. It was first identified in the Netherlands, hence the name. From there, it spread quickly to other countries, including the U.S. DED has spread to every co...
On April 1, 1905, the Streeter & Cooling Company began doing business as a corporation with G.W. Streeter, O.G. Cooling, and W.M. Chamberlain as incorporators. The main office was in New Rockford for the land, loan, collection, and abstract business. Attorney D.F. Ellsworth was the legal advisor and would also do the abstract work. On April 1 and 2, T.J. Strande was in from the Morris area. From April 1 to 3, J.W. Perry was down from Esmond. At 3 p.m. Sunday, April 2, Rev. S.F. Beer preached at...
Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you recommend for choosing a good active adult housing community? My husband and I, who recently retired, are planning to relocate to an area closer to our grandkids and are interested in buying a house in an age-restricted 55-plus housing community. Active Retirees Dear Active, If you’re contemplating moving into an age-restricted community, finding one that’s right for you takes some legwork. While active adult communities generally offer the opportunity for...
Two decades ago, the Sheyenne-New Rockford Black Sox made it to the State Class B Babe Ruth championship game as one of the strongest teams in North Dakota. Coached by Glen Nystrom and Chris Romanoski, the 2002 Black Sox were a dominant force, and their runner-up finish still stands as the best-ever result in Black Sox Babe Ruth history. "We were hitters," Coach Nystrom said about his old team. "If you look at the stat sheets, there's a lot of guys with really good averages ... a lot of driving...
