Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 35
Last week, work on the New Rockford street project began in earnest, as construction crews began milling roads on the west end of town. Workers have begun milling 5th Avenue North, 4th Avenue North and 3rd Avenue North, as well as 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th streets. On New Rockford’s “Living Local” app, the city provided a small update regarding the road construction: “This does mean there will be road closures and inconvenient delays. You may be asked to move your car off the street. “Please remain patient with us and it will all be worth...
The Special Assessment Commission for New Rockford’s city street project has wrapped up its work. The result is a complete list of all the parcels in the two special assessment districts and their special assessment amounts for the city street improvement project. The total cost assessed to property owners in District 2021-1, or all of New Rockford is $7,692,000. A second district, 2022-1, has been set up for the few property owners who requested additional repairs to their gravel road. The notices of hearing for both districts are published o...
The Central Prairie Human Service Zone (CPHS), which provides social services to Eddy, Wells and Foster counties, has a new director. Julie St. Germaine, a native of Rolla, N.D., began her position as director back in April, and she's been hard at work ever since. St. Germaine took the time to sit down with the Transcript last week so she could introduce herself to residents of New Rockford and the surrounding community. St. Germaine married her high school sweetheart 30 years ago, and together...
At the NR-S regular school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9, NR-S Business Manager Dave Skogen presented the district’s preliminary budget for the 2022-23 school year. Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, Skogen put together a detailed presentation for board members, which highlighted the most notable aspects of the preliminary budget. Regarding anticipated revenue, Skogen said NR-S is expecting $3,067,734.31 in foundation aid, an increase of $194,037 over the previous school year. The increase, he add...
The Sheyenne Stampede is back! On Saturday, August 20, head on over to Hendrickson Park just west of Sheyenne, N.D., for a jam packed day of rodeo events and live music! The day opens at 10 a.m. with the Miss Sheyenne Stampede Queen Competition, and ends at 10:30 p.m. with live music by multi-platinum recording country band, Little Texas. Scheduled in between are 3D Jackpot Barrel Racing, Championship Ranch Rodeo and musical guests Bryan Loweree and Mikele Buck. Attendees are also welcome to...
Another chapter of community garden history has been written. In observance of the New Rockford Community Garden's move across the street into Centennial Park, I did a little research on the origins of New Rockford's downtown gem. It all began thanks to the efforts of one man: Edwin Horning, a 1940 graduate of NRHS and longtime resident. Horning was a rural mail carrier for nearly 30 years, as well as a Boy Scout leader. He first planted the garden in 1985, on the land upon which the old...
Love that fresh garden produce but have more than you can eat? Preserve it! It’s not difficult, but you do need to follow safe methods. This introductory hands-on workshop offers you the opportunity to learn safe food preservation techniques. You’ll learn how to water bath can and pressure can foods safely at home in this introductory course. Intended audience: Adults age 18 years or older Format: One 3-hour class Where: Carrington High School FACS Classroom When: September 6, 2022 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $20 per person Register: 701...
Fargo–United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that Tammy Longie of Tokio, ND, appeared before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND, and was sentenced to serve life in prison after having plead guilty to Second-Degree Murder within Indian Country; three counts of Child Abuse in Indian Country; and Child Neglect in Indian Country. On May 6, 2020, agents with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation responded to the home of E...
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Blaze destroys iconic building A quiet Sunday afternoon in Rolla changed in an instant last week when flames were seen coming from the roof of the American Legion cabin. The first call to the fire department came in at 2:15 p.m. and within three minutes fire fighters were on the scene. When they arrived, the building was already engulfed in flames. According to Rolla Fire Chief Brad E...
Last Thursday morning, Patti Clifton accompanied Jan Loe to Carrington where Jan kept an appointment. After her appointment, they did some shopping and enjoyed lunch at the Hiway Drive In. Saturday afternoon, Rance and Jena Brown with son Rowan, Sun Prairie, Wisc., arrived in Sheyenne for a visit at the home of Jena's mother Patti Clifton and her brother, Jared. Lots of visiting, catching up as well as playing and laughing with the newest member of the family! Steph Loe and Jan Loe were in Minnewaukan Saturday where they watched the Rock the...
Do you suffer from aching, cramping, or pain in your legs? Do you have swelling in your legs or ankles? Do your legs feel heavy or fatigued? Do you have varicose veins? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we have help for you. Dr. Michael Page is trained to perform the Closure Fast Procedure. This is a minimally invasive vein treatment that uses radio-frequency ablation delivered by an intravenous catheter to seal off the affected vein so blood gets rerouted to other veins. Studies...
Thursday, Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a visit over supper at his uncle, Mervin Indergaard and cousin, Vicki Magill’s home. Wednesday, Charlotte Koepplin received a phone call from former Brantford grade school mate, Ronald Berglund of Fresno, Calif. He plans to be in the area for the annual Steam Threshers Reunion in September. He is the son of the late Harold and Bernice Berglund, long-time farmers in Pleasant Prairie Township and later residents of New Rockford, where his father owned and ran the Standard gas station where Haley’s Repair is now...
Janet Laube and YipYip patronized the Farmers Market in Sheyenne on Saturday morning, finding fresh veggies and baked goodies. They took a cross-country route home, due to the road construction of Highway 281. Monday, Calvin Packard drove mom, Shirley, around town on errands and helped her read mail. Saturday, Todd Harrison did some errands for Shirley. Tuesday, supper guests at the Ken and Marvis Holte home were Cody and Amanda Bickett, bringing birthday greetings to mom, Marvis. Thursday, all enjoyed supper at the Pizza Ranch in Carrington, s...
Lester Roberts and Midge Quam went to Stump Lake on Sunday where they enjoyed the music of a quartet from Minnesota. Doris Griffin went to Minnewaukan to visit at the 55 Club Saturday. Coffee, bars and cookies were being served and they had a rummage sale. Doris has one more hen with one new chick and mamma is very protective. A bit of information learned on Ag Week – if your plants have yellow leaves on the bottom, it is lack of nutrients and not too little or too much water. Howard and Helen Schmid traveled to Minot on Tuesday to visit H...
East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she's mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she's lounging by the pool with her laptop. For the past few weeks, Texas (and much of the world) has been suffering through a distressing phenomenon known as summer – that time of year when we all remember what it's like being toddlers walking around with drenched undergarments. I realize that my opinion may seem blasphemous to those who enjoy a good lower-body heat rash, but I've always preferred the fall and winter o...
I was excited for the Mini Market in Carrington City Park last Tuesday, as it was a chance to see the next generation of movers and shakers in business, in action. I unfortunately couldn’t make it, so reporter Erik Gjovik was my eyes and ears at the event. Erik visited four young entrepreneurs, and there was a common theme among them. They were all inspired by an enterprising adult, in most cases their parents. Liza Steele from New Rockford sold custom greeting cards. Her business was aptly n...
In its recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court denounced judicial resort to the doctrine of substantive due process to pour the foundation for the fundamental right to access contraceptives, abortion and same-sex marriage. Since then, the “reading public,” to borrow from James Madison, has expressed deep interest in the origins of the doctrine. A search for the early development of substantive due process will reveal the Court’s landmark ruling in 1905, in Lochner v. New York. I...
David Eversvik Warwick, N.D. Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, Papa, brother, uncle, friend and neighbor, David Neal Eversvik was born May 24, 1948, in New Rockford, N.D. and passed away on July 28, 2022, after a courageous five-year battle with cancer at his home in rural Warwick, N.D. David was drafted into the United States Army on October 15, 1971, and was honorably discharged on February 6, 1976. On July 20, 1973, David was united in marriage at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Devils...
Myron Kuske Jamestown, N.D. Myron Wayne Kuske, 62, died at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo on August 8, 2022. He was born on June 15, 1960 to Orval and Margaret (Gross) Kuske in New Rockford, N.D. They lived on a farm northeast of Carrington until the late 1960's when the family moved to Carrington where he attended grade school and completed high school in New Rockford. He loved the farm life and being outdoors and in the fields with his dad. He also enjoyed ice fishing with his daughter and...
Blenda Carlson Sheyenne, N.D. Blenda Carlson, 92, of Sheyenne, N.D., passed away peacefully at her home in rural Sheyenne, N.D. on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Blenda's visitation was Sunday, August 7, 2022 from 2 - 6 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. A funeral service was held on Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Sheyenne, N.D. Her burial was at the Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne, N.D. Pastor Jeff Halvorson officiated the service. Soloist, Karla Berglund sang...
Follow is an appropriate word for today. For most of the summer it has been an appropriate word for those who have to drive on Highway 281 between Sheyenne and New Rockford. I would imagine that like me, it is getting very tiresome for all of us sitting in our vehicles waiting for that pilot car with the sign on the back that says “Follow Me.” I recall times when I had friends or family visiting when I was living in Minneapolis or Denver and we would be going out to eat or to a ball game or whatever. There were too many of us to go in one car...
Summer is winding down and it's time to take notice of the things that represent Nature's summer-best before they're gone for the season. Right outside my office window is a display of purple coneflowers, now in full bloom. It's a magnet for countless types of marvelous creatures, including bees and butterflies and even an occasional hummingbird. One of the showiest visitors over the past few weeks is the Canadian tiger swallowtail, a large native yellow and black butterfly with tails on each...
Alfred “A.C.” Buck died on April 6, 1905. [His large gray tombstone in Prairie Home Cemetery has a Masonic symbol and vines with leaves carved near the top. The stone rests on a base with the name “BUCK” carved on it. The inscriptions on the face of the stone read, “ABIGAIL P. BUCK BORN APR. 18, 1834 DIED JULY 22, 1888” and under that “ALFRED C. BUCK BORN MAY 18, 1861 DIED APRIL 6, 1905.” Abigail P. Buck was his mother; her funeral was on the afternoon of July 24, 1888, in the New Rockford Co...
Dear Savvy Senior, What types of financial resources are available to help seniors pay for long-term care? My 86-year-old mother will need either an assisted living facility or nursing home care in the near future, but she doesn’t have long-term care insurance and her savings are minimal. Searching Daughter Dear Searching, The cost of assisted living and nursing home care in the U.S. is very expensive. According to the Genworth cost of care survey tool, the national median cost for an a...
The summer has come and gone, and yes, it really did happen that fast. Schools are preparing for class, kids are salvaging their last days of freedom and parents are filling their backpacks with supplies they'll soon need. All this can only mean one thing: Football season is finally back! The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets are gearing up for a tough season, and head coach Elliot Belquist has his players practicing hard to get ready. "It's been pretty good," said Belquist on how practice is going...
