The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Voters in Foster County will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in a primary election to select federal, state, county, city and park board representatives. For cities, the primary is the finals for mayors, council persons and park board members, while state and county winners in the primary move on to the general election on November 5, 2024. There’s only one contested race on the local ballot this year. That will be for two council seats in the City of McHenry. The City of McHenry h...
Ryan Baron, the former Midkota superintendent and high school principal facing more than a dozen charges related to child pornography, has waived his preliminary hearing scheduled for April 23 and entered not guilty pleas on all counts. Baron was first arrested in November of last year on five counts for possession of certain materials prohibited, thanks to a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Months later, he was charged with seven additional counts for the...
Krystal Klein smiles in appreciation as she receives a certificate from Karla Michaelson for her participation on the Carrington High School Academic Pursuit team. Brynn Smith and Isabel Wendel are behind Klein, standing in line for their certificates. Awards, scholarship recipients and recognition for scholastic achievements were highlighted at the CHS Honors Night, held Tuesday, April 23 in the West Gym....
From the center of war to the Central City. Carrington officials have approved a grant program that provides support for residents who want to sponsor Ukrainian citizens fleeing Russia's invasion of their country. The Carrington City Council approved the financial incentive program at their April 8 meeting. Carrington's efforts are part of a federal program called Uniting for Ukraine, administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Uniting for Ukraine provides a pathway fo...
The students at Caring-Ton Preschool have created some stellar artwork, which will be on display at the Carrington City Library this week. Each student has selected several items to showcase from this year’s art projects. Caring-Ton Preschool and the Carrington City Library invite everyone to attend the art show’s premiere event on Thursday, May 2 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. The artists will be in attendance to talk about their projects. Refreshments will be served. If you cannot attend the event, art projects will be on display during library hours...
April was Youth Financial Literacy Month. North Dakota State University Extension in Foster and Eddy counties, local banks and credit unions partnered with schools in Carrington and New Rockford to provide a lesson to first grade students on earning, spending and saving. The goal of the program was for students to learn positive money behaviors at an early age. As part of the lesson, each student was provided with a piggy bank that was theirs to keep. They decorated the bank for a "Piggy Bank...
After over 40 years with North Dakota State University serving North Dakota agriculture, Greg Endres, Extension cropping systems specialist, will retire effective May 1. Endres received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in plant sciences from NDSU. He began his career with NDSU Extension as assistant agriculture and natural resources agent in Ramsey County in July 1983 and then served as an agent in Rolette County from 1985 to 1990. He has been an Extension agronomist and cropping systems specialist at...
BJ Walters has recently been hired as an announcer for i3G Media in their Jamestown and Carrington broadcast centers. Mr. Walters brings 20 years of play-by-play and on-air experience to the job, including recent work with MSUM Athletics and Learfield Sports, along with several radio companies in Minnesota and North Dakota. Mr. Walters will be the morning announcer for KDAK AM 1600/100.1 FM in Carrington as well as the primary play-by-play announcer for Carrington baseball, softball, football,...
The Carrington Lions Club sponsored a Community Blood Drive at Trinity Lutheran Church on April 15. Vitalant reported they collected 81 products and had one new donor. The event was chaired by Lions Heather Carr and Joyce Wick. The Lions Club would like to thank all the volunteer donors and all the Lions who helped make the event a success. Pictured is volunteer donor Karen Neumiller....
Jamestown, N.D. - Lydia Eslinger, Lilly Larson, Maycee Reese and Payton Sorum have been selected to represent Midkota High School at North Dakota Leadership Seminar May 31 - June 2 at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown. They were selected because of their leadership skills, commitment to community service and involvement in their school and community. For more than 40 years, North Dakota Leadership Seminar (NDLS) has brought together some of the North Dakota’s most talented young people from across our state to join together for an extrao...
A weather system late last October blanketed Foster County with 11 inches of snow. After experiencing record breaking snowfall in 2022 – 2023, most of us were probably thinking, “Oh no! Here we go again.” But the weather event on October 26 and 27, turned out to be the heaviest snowfall we would see all winter. The Carrington REC received just 27 additional inches in the months that followed, bringing the total snowfall to 38 inches for the winter of 2023 – 2024. Our annual average is 41 inch...
A ribbon cutting was held at the new location of Gabby Hewitt's UpNorth Therapies during their open house on Tuesday, April 23. Chamber Ambassadors toured the new facility located at 6709 1/2 Hwy 200, Carrington. Many new services will be offered in addition to speech therapy for all ages. Rhonda Norton will be joining the practice as well utilizing massage and other modalities. Gabby is a CHS alum and is happy to be back in Carrington and offering services in her new clinic. Pictured left to...
North Dakota’s paddlefish season opens May 1, and is scheduled to continue through May 21. Paddlefish tags are available for purchase online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov, at license vendors, and during business hours at Game and Fish Department offices in Bismarck, Dickinson, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Lonetree (Harvey) and Williston. All paddlefish snaggers must possess a paddlefish tag, in addition to a valid fishing license. For more information on the paddlefish snagging season, snaggers should refer to the Game and Fish w...
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. Break-ins reported in Minnewaukan Multiple break-ins were reported to have occurred in Benson County during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 14, including Dakota Spirits in Minnewaukan. A red vehicle was sighted around the community and believed to have been associated with the break-ins. (Story...
Spring sports are a crap shoot. One week, we don’t have anywhere to go. The next, we have all the places and not enough people to go. We get it all in every chance we get. On Tuesday, your local newspaper had four people at five different events. New Rockford hosted a doubleheader of high school baseball, first Carrington vs. LaMoure, followed by SNR vs. LaMoure. In the NR-S gym, the elementary club volleyball team took on the Benson County Wildcats. Carrington hosted softball, where Carrington...
Editor’s note: This article is educational and is not intended as medical advice. It simply explains the two types of vertigo and the various ways vertigo affects people. Most people don’t like to talk about medical issues, although in some cases, those issues are brought into the public domain as people suffer from conditions manifested by the disease or condition. One of them is vertigo. Simply put, vertigo is uncontrollable dizziness that can last a few minutes up to a week in some severe cas...
Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics. Toilet seats that check your vitals (temperature, heart rate, oxygenation). According to the Wall Street Journal, these marvels (and others – such as self-cleaning capacities and soothing infrared light) could be commonplace in upscale homes within the next decade. If so – and if the restraining orders expire so I can...
12 Years Ago May 5, 1949 On Monday, April 25, twenty-four men and 22 tractors gathered at the Gordon Pedersen farm near Juanita and did the spring plowing and seeding for Gordon who is in the Jamestown Hospital recuperating from pneumonia. Members of the Carrington chapter of the Future Farmers of America took part in the first district FFA contest since before the war at Maddock last Friday. This contest was held to determine which schools would be represented at the state convention in Fargo i...
April CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., April 29 - Chicken Marsala, Mashed Potatoes, California Blend Vegetables, Baked Apples - Pool, Bridge & Open Cards Tues., April 30 - Pork Chop, Baked Potato, Peas & Carrots, Blushing Pears - Pinochle Fri., May 3 - Tuna Noodle Casserole, Carrots, Cinnamon Applesauce, Salad - Mexican Train Dominoes Sat., May 4 - Public cards pinochle tournament, 1 p.m. All ages welcome. GRACE CITY, MCHENRY GLENFIELD Mon., April 29 - Pork Roast & Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Green...
Dear Savvy Senior, I was recently notified that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidizes my monthly internet bill, is about to end. What are my options for finding affordable home internet services now? I’m 71 years old and live primarily on my Social Security benefits. Barely Getting By Dear Barely, It’s unfortunate, but without additional funding from Congress, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is winding down and will end in mid-May. For those that aren’t familiar with...
Lois Erickson Lois Arlene Erickson, age 90, of New Rockford, N.D., formerly of McHenry, N.D., passed away peacefully on February 24, 2024, at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, N.D. Her visitation will be on Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, N.D. Her funeral service will be held Friday, May 3, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington, N.D., with Pastor Amy Kippen officiating. Recorded music will be "How Great Thou Art" and "Amazing Grace" by... Full story
Verna Kautzman Verna I. Kautzman, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother entered Heaven on April 17, 2024, at the age of 78 while under the comforting care of her family and the staff of Sanford Fargo Hospice. She fought a courageous battle with cancer and is now resting peacefully. Verna was born February 20, 1946, to Herman (Slim) and Hattie (Ferguson) Miller of Carrington, N.D. She grew up on the family farm near Carrington and graduated from Carrington High School with the c... Full story
Fred Jacobson Frederick "Fred" Jacobson, age 83, died Monday, April 22, 2024, peacefully in his recliner at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, N.D. Fred's visitation was Friday, April 26 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 2:00 p.m., all at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd Chapel, New Rockford, with Pastor Paula Loewen officiating. Recorded music was "Jealous Of The Angels," "The Day God Took You Home," and "Precious Lord." His burial was at the P... Full story
Gardening can be a lot of work, but there are different growing techniques that gardeners can use to help save some work and their back! One of those techniques is using a trellis to grow vining crops like cucumbers, small melons and squash. Those vining plants and many more, have tendrils. Tendrils are modified leaves or parts of stems that can wrap around structures to help support the stems. Tendrils are marvels in themselves. They respond to touch and can wrap around objects several times...
The Carrington boys' golf team got their spring walks down the fairways in competition for the first time, competing in Casselton on April 15 and Hillsboro this past Monday, April 22. The Cards shot 432 as a group, behind meet winner Central Cass's 313. The Squirrels and medalist Jake Thompson (77) made use of their home course advantage to take team honors. Gabe Ricter was the top shooter for CHS with an 18-hole score of 101. He was followed by Callen Garber (106), Easton Mittleider (112),...
