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It's no secret that this year's winter was notably bad, even by North Dakota's standards. High snow totals, bitterly cold temperatures and howling winds battered eastern North Dakota throughout winter, and not much has changed this Spring. From April 12-15, a historic snow storm walloped most of the state, rendering roads virtually impassable and leaving behind massive snow drifts. Out west was hit hardest, with the Minot area recording around 30 inches of snow accumulation. The blizzard's...
On Monday, April 11, both the SNR Black Sox and Carrington Cardinals entered the baseball diamond with recent wins under their belt, but only the Cardinals would leave with another. For the first time this season, SNR's Koby Duda took the mound to start Monday's game, and struggled in his two innings of work. His outing began with a walk followed by two consecutive wild pitches, sending the Cardinals' Grady Shipman to third base with no outs. Another walk followed, and Cardinals' senior Lucas...
BY NATHAN PRICE The Sheyenne-New Rockford Black Sox kicked off their baseball season on Monday, April 4, in New Rockford. The Black Sox were originally scheduled to take on the Mustangs of Midkota/Dakota Prairie/Lakota/Griggs County Central in Tolna, but the game was rerouted to New Rockford because Tolna's baseball diamond wasn't ready. But despite their unexpected home field advantage, S-NR committed a number of errors that proved too difficult to overcome. After earning a strikeout against...
Stadium ‘76 took another step towards its eventual replacement Tuesday afternoon, as the Carrington school board approved bids for concrete work and demolition of the 46-year-old structure. At their regular monthly meeting on March 15, the school board considered three potential bidders: one for concrete work and two for removal of the stadium. The bids for stadium removal included Pat Biel Trucking, Inc., and J&J Striping. Pat Biel submitted the low bid “to demolish and remove the stadium” at a...
Mariah Wetzel, née Mertz, a devoted and lifelong farmer, recently started a new precision agricultural business aimed at improving the profit margins for farms throughout the region. Her new business, Ag Boost LLC, improves productivity on farms using a number of techniques and practices, including soil sampling, variable rate mapping, zone creation and much more. When asked why she started such a business, Wetzel said, "To help farmers be more profitable and to utilize their fertilizer and...
At approximately 4:47 p.m. on Friday, March 4, law enforcement officers from the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) and Foster County Sheriff's Office responded to a two vehicle collision north of Carrington. According to Capt. Bryan Niewind, Southeast Region Commander for the NDHP, the accident occurred on Hwy. 281, near mile marker 116. Forty-one year-old Jeremy Trostad of Carrington was traveling southbound with a group of vehicles, when he lost control on a patch of ice and entered the...
DPRCAs latest live performance, "I'm Just Wild About Harry" opens this Friday, and four new cast members have come from across the country to take part. The first few performances of the show are always exciting, filled with that special energy. And this time, the cast and crew have big plans for the three opening weekend shows. Are you ready for this? All ticket holders of the March 18, 19 and 20 shows are invited to a fun After Party at OCT. This isn't just your typical Meet and Greet, folks....
It's no secret that this winter has been notably bad, even by North Dakota's standards. High snow totals, bitterly cold temperatures and howling winds have battered eastern North Dakota all winter long. According to the National Weather Service in Grand Forks (NWSGF), the Red River Valley of the North averages 2.6 blizzards per year. The season with the most blizzards on record (going back to 1979-1980) is the current one. With 11 blizzards and counting, this winter has already eclipsed the...
Following a redistricting process that saw their home district eliminated, District 23 representatives Bill Devlin (R) and Don Vigesaa (R) have announced their future plans. Rep. Don Vigesaa, has announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives in District 29. The door was left open for Vigesaa when House Majority Leader Chet Pollert, one of District 29’s current representatives, also announced his retirement following this term. Meanwhile, Rep. Devlin, a 20-year veteran of the N...
On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Carrington school board discussed a wide range of topics at their regular meeting, beginning with an overview and approval of the school’s audit report for the 2020-21 school year. The expansive report, conducted by Schauer & Associates, P.C., seemed to deliver relatively good news to the school board, who heard a brief summary of the report at Tuesday’s meeting. Among the highlights of the report were the school’s expenditures, which totaled more than $8.8 milli...
On Saturday, Jan. 29, nearly 200 archers from 12 nearby school districts descended on the Carrington Public School to compete in the Carrington 3D and Bullseye Archery Tournaments. Sophomore Connor Cose from Mt. Pleasant High School (Rolla) seized top marks in the bullseye tournament, scoring 293 points with 24 bullseyes. Cose's 293 points placed him first in every boys and high school ranking, and were the most scored by a single archer in either tournament. However, Cose was outdone in the 3D...
Following a redistricting process that saw their home district eliminated, District 23 representatives Bill Devlin and Don Vigesaa have announced their future plans. Rep. Devlin, a 20-year veteran of the N.D. Legislature and former Speaker of the House, has announced his retirement from the legislature once his current term expires on Nov. 30. Rep. Vigesaa, meanwhile, has announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives in District 29. Late last year, a new redistricting map was...
Last week, farmers and ranchers from across the country attended a two-day-long feedlot school hosted by the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC). The CREC has been hosting the annual event for more than two decades, with the first one taking place in 1996. Karl Hoppe, CREC's Extension Livestock Systems Specialist, said that the school is helping to promote more cattle feeding in North Dakota. "Cattle feeding requires a lot of inputs and creates a lot of economic activity," he said....
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, Officer Ryan Hutton of the Carrington Police Department responded to a vehicle vs. train crash on the north edge of Carrington near 66th Avenue Northeast and 11th Street North. According to the crash report, the vehicle's driver, 35-year-old Kyle Odstrcil, told officers that he was commuting to work when he got stuck in a snow drift on the railroad tracks. Unable to free his car from the drift, Odstrcil exited his vehicle before the train made impact at 2:07 p.m. The...
