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More questions about the proposed food and beverage tax were on the lips of several of the audience members who attended the Carrington City Council meeting last Monday. During the meeting held on Monday, February 13, Foster County resident Ed Anderson addressed the council about the new tax. He asked several questions and gave his opinion. Carrington Mayor Tom Erdmann said there will be a special meeting toward the end of February, beginning of March about the tax, but no date has been set yet....
A semi truck registered to Yellowstone Contracting of Manhattan, Mont., had its load, one half of a prefabricated house, shift and tip over while the vehicle was navigating the tight turns of the Highways 52-200/281 roundabout in Carrington Monday morning, February 13. The overturned cargo blocked the north portal of entry to the intersection, and traffic coming from and going towards New Rockford was diverted to 5th Ave. North adjacent to Casey's and Central City Lumber, and 11th St. North...
Night to Shine held their prom on Friday, February 10 at New Life on Main Church in Harvey. The Night to Shine event is held annually and is hosted by churches and communities of faith and sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. There were 75 guests at this event which included nine students from Carrington, New Rockford, Kensal, and Fessenden. The event was decorated with a starry night themed room. The tables were covered with royal blue tablecloths, the centerpieces were lighted and resembled...
It didn't take long for Carrington Public Schools to fill a key opening. As reported in the Independent in December, the school board unanimously gave the administration the green light to expand the career and technical education (CTE) programming at the high school. A new full-time teaching position, split into 5/7 agricultural and 2/7 FACS instruction, was posted following the meeting. Now, less than 60 days later, and in the middle of CTE Month, the district has filled that position....
The Carrington FFA Alumni invites everyone to visit the Carrington FFA Alumni Crop Show at Runnings, February 19-23. The FFA Alumni Crop Show is conducted to promote the crop industry of Foster County and the State of North Dakota. The crop show is open to all members of the Carrington FFA Chapter. FFA members are encouraged to exhibit threshed grain samples that have been hand picked for seed quality. There is also a grain sheave and ear corn division. The show provides Carrington FFA members a chance to exhibit threshed grain samples before...
The Carrington High School speech team competed in the Beth Stokka Invitational speech meet in Cooperstown on Saturday, February 11. Sarah Hallwachs was first in radio and speech to inform. AJ Harris was second in storytelling. Briley Carr was third in EPR and fifth in humorous. Kaley Kostelnik was sixth in serious prose, and Joie Helseth was top novice in humorous....
The job of the Carrington City Library Board of Trustees is “to provide the patrons of the library with effective public library service by helping fulfill the mission of the Carrington City Library” (Board by-laws). The 2023 Board is comprised of five community leaders with varied backgrounds but a common commitment to providing a strong, vibrant library in our community. Following is a brief introduction to the current trustees. Robin Simonson is the current Board president. Robin and her hus...
UND Fall 2022 honor lists The University of North Dakota’s Office of the Registrar issued its Fall Semester 2022 Deans List and President’s Roll of Honor. The Dean’s List comprises students whose grade point average are in the top 15 percent of the enrollment in each of the University’s degree granting colleges and schools. To qualify for the UND President’s Roll of Honor, a student must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.80 or higher. Area students that made the Dean’s List included Kenzie Edland, Lucas Hendrickson...
Wells County Youth recently exhibited 62 grain samples in the 18th Annual FFA Alumni Crops Show. The show was held at the Festival Hall during the Wells County Winter Show on January 26. Once again, the awards for the event were sponsored by the Wells County Better Seed and Grain along with the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Alumni and the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter. The following are the complete results of the show. Premier Senior Show-person: Ryan Snively Premier Junior Show-person: Sterling Opdahl...
The Cardinal Times The following are three articles reprinted from the second quarter edition of "The Cardinal Times" created by Mrs. Page's 6th grade WIN class. Millionaire Readers By Gabe Inglish This shoutout is for readers who have read a million words or more. There are a few new millionaires this quarter in our school. They are Nick Pierson, James Rau, Gabe Inglish, and Theodore Ostlie. We also have some 2 Millionaire Readers. They are Henry Pavelko and Noah Gussiaas. One million word read...
Nearly 60 years after the last basketball season under three divisions in North Dakota went into the history books, and over several decades of speculation and debate on the topic, a three-class system will be returning in 2023-24. The North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) Board of Directors, on a unanimous 10-0 vote, agreed to implement the plan that would create Divisions AA, A and B for basketball in the state. An amended motion to the plan, which states that the new...
Landowners interested in posting private land electronically for the 2023-24 hunting season can log into My Account on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. The deadline for landowners to digitally post land is July 1. Landowners who enrolled land electronically last year can renew, add or modify posting designations during the enrollment period. Others posting for the first time might need to create a profile. To post land, proceed to the “Land Parcels/Electronic Posting” section at the bottom of the page and click “Se...
Bank Forward is pleased to announce that Brianna Grandalen has joined their team in the Jamestown location as a Personal Banker. Brianna comes to Bank Forward with local knowledge, extensive customer service experience, and a Business and Marketing degree from Valley City State University. Grandalen is the daughter of Lucinda McDonald and Ryan Grandalen and is a 2019 graduate of Midkota High School....
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. The Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory If the rolling hills and Missouri River cliffs of central North Dakota could talk, they would tell the tales that Ron Berget writes of in The Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory. And there are so many stories. Berget’s methodical and robust research about l...
We publish “scam alerts” in this newspaper periodically. Often we receive a press release from the AARP, and other times local authorities notify us that there has been a victim of a particular scam in our area. As I’m sure most do, I receive an endless sea of spam and phishing emails on a daily basis. Some days I spend more time clearing out unwanted messages than I do responding to actual requests from real people. Yesterday took the cake though. Since I began serving on the North Dakota Newsp...
These stories about flying saucers just don’t seem to go away. People continue to talk about seeing them or evidence of them all over North Dakota. Numerous people continue to tell me about their experiences with UFOs. They tell me in confidence because they don’t want to be ridiculed. The thing is, these people, many of them in their 70s and 80s, have seen some strange things in the sky, or bizarre evidence that UFOs landed. I’ve covered this topic from time to time. Several years ago infor...
Who needs forensics and gunfire? My wife and I have been catching up on episodes of “The Mysteries of Laura,” the 2014-2016 NBC series starring Debra Messing. Forget murders and chases. The real reason the show resonates with me is because as Laura Diamond juggles the duties of a single mother and police detective, she’s understandably a slob with her car. Yes, my poor Altima gets woefully neglected inside and out. It’s a magnet for the abundant tree sap in my yard and the interior is home to...
12 Years Ago February 19, 1948 The season’s worst storm hit Carrington at 9 p.m. Wednesday, when snow began falling and the wind blew at 50 or more miles per hour. Before the snow came a heavy rain fell. The wind came up suddenly and with flurry. Thursday morning, the storm was still at its height. Highway travel was impossible. Betty Turner, Carrington High School senior, who was selected as the DAR pilgrim from Carrington this year, placed third in state competition. It was announced by s...
FEBRUARY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., Feb 20 - Spaghetti & Meatballs, Lettuce Salad, Garlic Toast, Sauce - Pool - Bridge & Open Cards Tues., Feb. 21 - Chicken & Dumplings, Corn Bread, Potato Salad, Jello - Pinochle Thurs., Feb. 23 - Salisbury Steak, Baby Bakers, Squash, Cake - Whist Fri., Feb. 24 - Tuna Hotdish, Peas, Juice, Bar - Golf Sat., Feb. 25 - Public Cards...
Do you talk to your plants? I read an interesting article last year on this topic and filed it away for later use. It turns out the dark foggy days of January are the perfect time to explore the benefits of plants in our lives. In 2022, Trees.com surveyed 1,250 people to see how chatty they are with their plants. Forty-eight percent of the people surveyed reported talking to their trees and/or plants. One in five of those people talk to their plants every day. Houseplants were the most talked...
Douglas Roundy Douglas "Doug" Roundy, age 81, of Carrington, N.D., passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023, at the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinberg, Texas. Doug's visitation was Tuesday, February 14 from 5:00-7:00 p.m., with family present at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. A funeral service was held Wednesday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington, N.D., with Rev. Paul Cross officiating. Teresa Edland was organist, and congregational hymns were "What A... Full story
Denny Land Denny Land, overcame some serious health issues in the recent years, but on February 3, 2023, he lost the battle. There will be a celebration of Denny's life on April 22, 2023, at the Maple Grove, Minn., Community Center from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Burial will be at the Carrington, N.D., Cemetery on April 28 at 2:00 p.m. Denny Land was born March 3, 1944, the firstborn child to Vernus and Vivian Land. Denny was living his best life on the family farm and loved being his dad's little... Full story
Phyllis Lura The matriarch and cornerstone of the Lura family, Phyllis Ramona Lura, passed January 17, 2023, at an epic 102 years of age at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. "I have no recipe [for a successful life] my life wasn't planned, it just happened and I'm glad for it." Summarizing a life so well lived will be nearly impossible but Phyllis loved stories so we owe her a good one. A visitation will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., followed by a funeral... Full story
James Wehler James Wehler, 74, of Fergus Falls, Minn., died Thursday, February 9, 2023, at his residence under the care of Knute Nelson Hospice. Services are being planned for the summer of 2023 in Carrington, N.D.... Full story
North Dakota lost one of its most noted historians on March 24 in 1985. Elwyn Burns Robinson passed away at the age of seventy-nine, after a life-long career documenting North Dakota's history as a distinguished professor at the University of North Dakota. Robinson was born on a small Ohio farm in 1905. After earning his PhD from Western Reserve in Cleveland, Robinson was quickly offered a job to teach history at UND by Dr. Orin Libby. During his thirty-five years as a UND professor, Robinson...
