Articles from the January 30, 2023 edition
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First responders set ambitious goal for Giving Hearts Day
Once a year, just before Valentine’s Day, communities throughout North Dakota and Minnesota come together for Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour period to support local charities and organizations. Here...
Rockford sign comes down
The Rockford Theatre's iconic "Rockford" sign was removed from atop the building's collapsed roof on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The sign was then taken to Bismarck Sign Co. for repair, as plans are in the...
Chamber honors Weisenburger
"You're in charge of everything from toilets to half million dollar boilers, and everything in between." That's how the Chamber's January Employee of the Month describes the role he has held for just...
Stand for the Silent meeting Feb. 5
Stand for the Silent is coming to New Rockford. Local residents Maidie and Roger Enget, inspired by their own experience with their children and bullying, have taken the initiative to start a local chapter here in New Rockford. “It’s to raise...
Agland values in county up slightly
Following the announcement of an anticipated increase in Eddy County land values, the Eddy County Soils Committee approved a 5 percent increase in cropland and a 2 percent increase in non-cropland...
Youth compete in free throw championship
Four girls, ages 9-11 and 13, and six boys, ages 9-14, from New Rockford were named local champions of the 2023 New Rockford Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. Knights of Columbus local...
Meet the District 15 legislators
While most of Eddy County is now represented by District 14 legislators, the northeast corner of the county is not. That's because the entire Spirit Lake Nation Reservation, a portion of which...
Fire Department is recipient of cookbook proceeds
Colleen Hagen from Miller's Fresh Foods, New Rockford, recently presented a check to Brian Hopfauf, New Rockford Fire Department chief. The funds were generated from a holiday giving promotion at...
Last sentences imposed in "Operation Blue Prairie" multi-state drug trafficking enforcement investigation
United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on January 13, United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced 34-year-old Baquan Sledge, aka Rell, TJ, or Matthew Pierce, to serve 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised...
701 Rundown: January 30, 2023
Here’s your weekly rundown of some of the most interesting headlines from newspapers across North Dakota. Threatening behavior leads to shelter order The arrest of 44-year-old Eric Standing on...
Legislative Report: January 30, 2023
It’s Day 11. The stack of bills continues to grow. As of today’s writing, the Senate has introduced 346 bills. That’s compared to 275 last session. The House has 538 bills introduced compared to 500 last session. One issue that has come before...
Ft. Totten man sentenced for sexually abusing three minors
United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that Saunders Jamel Jackson, aka Saunders Jackson-Buckles, age 23 of Fort Totten, N.D., appeared before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, N.D., and was sentenced to a total of 27...
Pleasant Prairie News: January 30, 2023
Brief stopper Friday at the Charlotte Koepplin home was nephew Aaron Koepplin. Last Saturday, Jimmy Indergaard, Andy and Ruth Braaten, Sharon Laxdal, Nikki Braaten and Angie enjoyed dinner out. Sunday stoppers and visitors at the Margie Anderson...
Sheyenne News: January 30, 2023
Patti Clifton spent Jan. 12 - 19 in Sun Prairie, Wisc., with daughter Jena and Rance Brown and their son Rowan. While there, Jena and Rance hosted a belated first birthday party for Rowan with Grandma Patti and friends of the family attending. Fun...
Talk of the Town: January 30, 2023
Saturday, Janet Laube and YipYip enjoyed a phone call from niece Shelly Nelson from Oklahoma. Sunday, Marvis Holte received a phone call from her sister, Ardie Yates, from Arkansas where it was raining. Ardie had the sad news a losing a beloved dog,...
Learning from our elders
Veteran newspaperman Allen Stock has been out of the Independent office for a few weeks now. This is the first time since I purchased the newspaper in October 2021 that he has been absent for more...
Biden's second student loan bailout scheme is even worse
President Joe Biden isn’t waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his last $400 billion student loan bailout before rolling out another, even more costly plan (oral arguments are scheduled for Feb. 28, and it has been blocked by lower courts...
Tinker v. Des Moines: Anchoring students' free speech rights
Half a century later, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) remains the Supreme Court’s authoritative ruling on symbolic speech and the First Amendment rights of K-12 students to express their political views. Delivered...
Obituary: Darla Hagen
Darla Hagen Sheyenne, N.D. Darla Noreen Hagen, 84, of Sheyenne, N.D., died Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Sanford Health, Bismarck, N.D. Visitation was Thursday, January 26, 2023 from 1 - 7 p.m. with...
Living on Purpose: Maybe we should let someone hold our mule
“Hold my mule” is a figurative expression from the American South that means when a person is leading a mule and they need to go somewhere, or do something very important they will ask someone to...
Sermonette: Transformed by the renewing of our minds
In Romans 12:1-2, the Apostle Paul writes, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to...
Archival Anecdotes: A museum is made
It has been nearly 60 years since the Eddy County Museum held its first meeting and established a board of directors. The founding board was led by chairman Alice Rindt and secretary-treasurer Addie...
Tree Talk: It's Groundhog Day
Nearly every month of the year has its holidays – some of them to celebrate joyous religious occasions, others to commemorate historical figures or events. And then, some are just plain whimsical. G...
N.D. Game & Fish News
Participation needed in hunter harvest surveys While North Dakota’s 2022 hunting seasons have come and gone, hunter success, or lack thereof, still matters to wildlife managers. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has conducted hunter...
History of New Rockford: January 30, 2023
The Sept. 22, 1905, “Transcript” carried an ad stating that the Hotel Davies, J.W. Hedges, prop., was “Strictly a $2-a-Day House in Every Respect.” It had steam heat and gas lighting. Mrs. Ben...
