The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Do you love to partake in St. Patrick’s Day festivities? Many of us do, whether it is simply wearing green, setting up leprechaun traps with your kids or enjoying a green beer! There are many traditions associated with this Irish celebration, such as finding a shamrock that will bring you good luck. Legend has it that St. Patrick used shamrocks for teaching the Holy Trinity. In the month of March, shamrocks can be easily found at local greenhouses and nurseries. What exactly is a shamrock? Have...
A split squad of Harvey-Wells County track and field athletes recently traveled to Grand Forks to compete at the Fighting Hawk Classic at the Fritz Pollard Athletic Center on the Campus of the University of North Dakota. The event was held on Saturday, March 16. Tallen Thorson led the way for the HWC boys with a school-record setting time of 8.51 and a first place finish in the 60-meter hurdles. Christalea Wagner led the girls team with a second place finish in the 400, a fourth in the 200 and...
Mandan Braves senior Kenlee Edland was selected to the NDHSAA's All-State girls' hockey team for the 2023-24 season. A five-year varsity player since eighth grade, Edland was named the Braves' team MVP for the third consecutive season. She plans to attend the University of North Dakota (UND) and major in dentistry. Kenlee has numerous local ties. She is the daughter of Melissa Lutman of Mandan and Tony and Jessica Edland of Jamestown. Her grandparents are Neil and Della Lutman and Dale and...
A drier-than-normal winter has largely kept snow melt drainage to the bare minimum, meaning that if the forecasts remain favorable, the spring sports season can get going in a timely manner. The Carrington track and field team will be the first Cardinal program to christen the 2024 spring with an indoor meet at NDSU's Shelly Ellig Track Complex this past Saturday, March 23. This will be CHS Coach Greg Hoeckle's swan song after a legendary 35-year stint as the leader of the program, which has...
Three Carrington archers earned a trip to the NASP Western National Tournament in Sandy, Utah on April 26 and 27. Thirty local archers earned the opportunity to compete at the North Dakota State NASP Tournament in Minot on March 15 and 16, with their flights in both bullseye and 3D taking place on Friday night. The Cardinals' pride and joy was fifth grader Emma Mertz. She excelled in both bullseye and 3D competition, finishing in second place among elementary girls in bullseye and fifth place in...
Elk, moose and bighorn sheep applications are available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. The deadline for applying is March 27. A total of 833 elk licenses are available to hunters this fall, an increase of 230 from last year. Licenses in units E1E, E1W and E3 increased due to a stable to increasing elk population. Licenses in elk units E2, E4 and E6 remain the same as in 2023. A total of 242 moose licenses are available, a decrease of 15 from last year. Licenses in units M5, M6, M8 and M10 remain the s...
Abraham Lincoln's greatest influence on North Dakota was his signing of the Homestead Act in 1862, which brought thousands of settlers to the state with the promise of free land. The Railroads and the US Government were also selling land in North Dakota in the late 1800s, for as little as a dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, but there was still plenty of land available, even after the Great Dakota Boom of 1878-1890. However, it was getting more expensive. In the March 1907 editions of the...
High Rollers - Week 26 Creative Impressions 85.0 35.0 Leevers Foods 75.5 44.5 CK Construction 57.0 60.0 Cork & Barrel 53.0 67.0 L.R. Floucers 51.5 68.5 Bye 0.0 0.0 High Team Game: Creative Impressions, 838; Leevers Foods, 828; CK Construction, 783 High Team Series: Leevers Foods, 2375; Creative Impressions, 2226; CK Construction, 2210 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 290; Clint Johnson, 267; David Roberts, 233 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 746; Clint Johnson, 714; David Roberts, 643 TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 26 Chain Gang 74.5 45.5...
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