Week of May 6, 2024
Week of May 6, 2024
Two individuals in Carrington have been charged with terrorizing after making threats to law enforcement officers. One of them, Heather Auborn, also allegedly threatened to start a "riot" in the city of Carrington. On Friday, April 24, Auborn allegedly placed a call to a Carrington police officer, during which court documents say she threatened Carrington's Police Chief, Christopher Bittmann, and his family several times. Bittmann and the officer who received the call happened to be next to...
Her short time in the workforce has nevertheless managed to give Taylor Sabinash a wealth of experience dealing with the compassionate and comforting aspects of human experience. As a licensed funeral director, Sabinash saw that up close in dealing with bereaved families on a daily basis in her time with Evans Funeral Home in Carrington and New Rockford. Now, she will bring her talents to CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center as the hospital's new Foundation Director. Sabinash fills...
"Recognizing and prioritizing the value of maintaining our facilities is a progressive investment in the long-term sustainability and success of our school and community." Those were the words of Superintendent Janelle Helm at a community meeting on Thursday, April 25. Carrington School District officials held the meetings after both performances of the elementary concert that day, fielding questions from patrons about a proposal to increase the building fund levy from 5 to 10 mills. There...
Emma Mertz, a fifth grade student at Carrington Elementary School, placed fourth in the elementary girls' bullseye division at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Western Nationals in Sandy, Utah, April 26-27. Mertz shot a score of 277 to take fourth in both the elementary girls division out of 291 competitors, as well as for fifth grade girls, where 191 competed. Her score was also the ninth best out of all elementary shooters. Overall, she shot the 106th best score out of 1,052...
It's Spring! That means it's time to get organized for the Spring Citywide Yard Sales event. The Carrington Chamber has been sponsoring this event for many years. Bargain hunters will be hoping for nice weather to shop all the sale sites. The date is Saturday, May 18 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those that want to sell their wares are welcome to register their sale site which will be featured on the Yard Sale listing in the Independent newspaper as well as listed on the printed maps available at the...
The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota are pleased to announce that there will be five flights in 2025. Two chartered planes will fly one hour apart from Grand Forks International Airport on Sunday, April 20, 2025, with a return date of Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Just two weeks later, they will fly from Fargo’s Hector International Airport on a chartered aircraft from Sunday - Tuesday, May 4-6, 2025. Finally, on September 28, 2025, they will have two additional chartered flights leaving one hour apart from Hector...
The Mouse was in the house for Carrington Elementary School's annual Spring Concert, held in the East Gym Thursday afternoon and evening, April 25. Songs from classic Walt Disney films were the theme of the...
Student art exhibitors, along with solo and small group musicians and speech team members, put their creative sides on display at the CHS Arts Expo, held Tuesday night, April 30, in the West...
“The Great Jungle Journey” is the theme for the 2024 Carrington Community Vacation Bible School, which will be held May 28-31 at the Calvary Baptist Church building. Several local churches have a long-term plan and on-going rotation, so those congregations can share in the preparation for a week of fun activity. “The Great Jungle Journey: An Epic Cruise from Genesis to Revelation” explores key biblical events, including Creation, Corruption and Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ and the Cross, and Consummation. Did the universe start with...
The counties and cities within the state of North Dakota hold many interesting news stories. Here are just a few of the feature stories that others are reading in communities around the state. Referendum fails The controversial bond referendum for an addition to the Harvey School was soundly defeated recently, ending a nine-month campaign by supporters for a new school who were met by an equally steadfast crowd not wanting to spend $23.5 million on classrooms for the school's elementary...
MAY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., May 6 - Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli, Ginger Pears - Pool, Bridge, Open Cards Tues., May 7 - Chicken Breast, Diced Potatoes, Prince Edward Vegetables, Fruit Cocktail - Pinochle Thurs., May 9 - Hamburger with Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, Fries, California Blend Vegetables, Applesauce - Whist Fri., May 10 - Stuffed Shells in Meat Sauce, Mixed Vegetables, Bananas in Pudding - Mexican Train Dominoes Sat., May 11 - Public cards pinochle tournament, 1 p.m....
Carrington may not win all the games they play this spring, but they seem to have a flair for the games that count. The Cardinals improved their Region 3 record to 4-1 with a 7-3 win over their rivals up the highway, the SNR Black Sox, on Tuesday, April 30. With the threat of precipitation looming, the game was moved up from its 3 p.m. starting time to 1:00, and starters Josh Bickett of the Cards and Keaton Cudworth of the Sox went to work early with two scoreless innings each. SNR got the...
Carrington made a rare trip just north to New Rockford Golf Club on Wednesday, April 24, for a triangular meet featuring the Cards, the host NR-S Rockets and Griggs/Midkota Titans as featured participants. It was the first tournament hosted at the nine-hole course in quite some time, and the conditions made for some favorable scores. Grady Shipman played in his first action of the year, and took fourth with a card of 41. He was followed down the leaderboard by Hunter Bachmeier (44), Max Whitman...
Griggs/Midkota took to the track for a pair of invitational meets on April 20 and 26, as they participated in the Don Kerlin Memorial Invitational at May-Port-CG High School and the VCSU High School Open six days later. The Titans had one participant improve on his state meet seeding, as shot putter Levi Kautzman hit a big attempt of 48 feet, nine inches in Valley City. Results from the two meets are as follows: Don Kerlin Memorial Invitational Track Meet, Mayville Saturday, April 20 Boys' Team...
While the HWC junior high team hosted a meet in Fessenden, the Hornet varsity tracksters participated at the Mariya Tate Memorial Track and Field Meet in Rugby. The Hornets performed well in the strong winds, picking up new qualifiers in the boys' 4x100-meter relay and the girls 4x200 relay, and finishing 3rd in the boys' and 5th in the girls' divisions. Dylan Heitman, Keaton Keller, Carson Heilman and Tallen Thorson raced to a 45.35 clocking to qualify the boys' 4x100 relay, while Breanna...
Harvey-Wells County hosted a junior high invitational meet in Fessenden on Thursday, April 25, with 13 teams participating. Winners of the divisions included Rugby (7th girls), Carrington (8th girls) and Devils Lake (7th and 8th grade boys). Capturing first place in their events for HWC was Emilee Cazier (7th grade discus) and Westin Opdahl (8th grade pole vault). Other outstanding performances included Layne Allmaras, who finished 7th in the 200 dash, 2nd in the 400 dash and 100 hurdles and...
Quietly, the South Border Mustangs have inserted themselves into the conversation in the short list of Region 3 contenders one month into the high school baseball season. Wins over LaMoure/Litchville-Marion (11-8) on April 11 and Carrington (4-0) in the second part of the Cards' doubleheader with Langdon/Edmore/Munich on Thursday, April 25, means that the regional picture has become ever more muddied. But with a strong pitching performance by Grady Shipman in Wishek, CHS showed they can still...
Junior girls' hurdler Savannah Reister provided the M-P-B Thunder's individual highlight at the Clark and Sharon Lloyd Invitational with a first-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles. Reister crossed the line in 17.88 seconds for 10 of the team's 31 points for the meet. On the boys' side, Mark Thomas scored all 15 of the M-P-B points with four placings. Thunder results from the Lloyd Invitational are as follows: Clark and Sharon Lloyd Invitational, Fessenden Tuesday, April 23 M-P-B Girls'...
75 Years Ago May 12, 1949 Foster County will be represented at the state dairy show to be held in Jamestown in September by a Foster County Dairy Queen who will be selected in Carrington on Dairy Day, June 22, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. G. H. Gwynn of Carrington has been presented with a “Safe Driving Recognition Award” by the Standard Oil Company in recognition of the fact that no accidents are chargeable against his record as a driver for a period of twenty consecutive...
As a gardener, many of us browse through catalogs and websites of local greenhouses. It is a source of inspiration and a great way to try something new to grow. I love succulents! I especially love having them in my office because they're low maintenance. They work well in my office as I'm quite busy and can forget about them, but they will continue to thrive. I recently discovered lithops, or living stones, through a local greenhouse's Facebook page. I was completely intrigued looking at the...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good resources to help me locate some quality doctors in my area? I’m looking for an orthopedic doctor for my 77-year-old mother and a new internist for me, since my doctor retired last year. Searching Susan Dear Susan, Finding and researching doctors is a lot easier than it used to be. Today, there are variety of websites you can turn to that provide databases of U.S. doctors, their professional medical histories, and ratings and reviews from past...
“My name is Derek Petteway. I have been out of MRCC custody since November 28th, 2023. While at MRCC I was able to obtain my CDL, and since have found a very fulfilling career path because of it. I started a job as a crane rigger about two months ago. This job has treated me very well and it will provide me with outstanding benefits and a great retirement plan. The end goal for me is to eventually become a certified crane operator one day. “None of this would have happened if it wasn’t...
The venerable comic strip “Gasoline Alley” is wrapping up a storyline in which the dastardly assistant mayor schemed to change the town’s name from Gasoline Alley to the ostensibly more modern Electric Acres (without even offering a compromise such as Hybrid Hollow). Sentimentality saved the day in the funnies, just as it usually applies the brakes to abrupt municipal name changes in the real world. (“I have no idea which jurist, general or fur trader our town was named for. Neither...
There was a report in North Dakota newspapers a couple of weeks ago regarding the closure of a Crosby grocery store. For months there were efforts to save it, but the closure happened and forced the closing of several other Jason’s Super Foods stores on the northern tier. Crosby is a community of more than 1,000 people and is the Divide County seat. The residents are now faced with having to travel if they want to visit a bonafide grocery store. Crosby has a Dollar General and another...
Margaret Stangeland Margaret Stangeland, age 91, died peacefully on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. Her visitation will be Friday, May 3 from 4:00 -5:00 p.m., followed by a prayer service at 5:00 p.m., all at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington, N.D. Margaret's funeral service will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Federated Church UCC/UMC, Carrington, N.D., with Pastor Rick Loewen officiating. Her burial will be at Grace City Cemetery, Grace City,... Full story
Frances M. Hammer Frances M. Hammer, 84 of Jamestown, N.D., passed away on Thursday morning, April 25, 2024, at Edgewood Senior Living, Jamestown, in the loving care of her family, JRMC Hospice and Edgewood staff. Frances Marie, one of twelve children born to George and Mary (Warmsbecker) Bachmeier, was born on June 1, 1939, on the family farm in Orrin, N.D. Fran was raised on the family farm and later moved to New Rockford to attend the Catholic school. Fran loved living on the family farm and... Full story
