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National EMS Week is celebrated the week of May 15-21, 2022, with the theme this year, "Rising to the Challenge." The CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center EMS service has a long-standing commitment to providing emergency care to the greater Carrington area, which includes portions of Stutsman and Wells counties in its sphere of coverage. CHI Carrington EMS lives by the core mission of their parent corporation, CommonSpirit Health, "We make the healing presence of God known in our...
Carrington High School Principal Chrystopher Bitz submitted his resignation Monday, May 9. He is the second CPS administrator to resign this spring, following Superintendent Kris Kuehn's resignation in March. "My resignation will begin at the expiration of my current contract," Bitz said in his letter. His contract ends on June 30. Bitz has served as the high school principal for just one school year. "I am extremely grateful for every opportunity granted to me this past year. Carrington Public...
The 90th annual Foster County Fair will be open to the public Wednesday, June 22, through Saturday, June 25. The Foster County Junior Livestock Point Show will be at the fairgrounds Sunday, June 26. Many of the entertainment features are regulars – the Mighty Thomas Carnival will once again bring the rides, lights and cotton candy all four days. Advance vouchers are a great deal again this year – the prices have stayed the same and the Super Pass is for all four days! What's a fair without del...
The North Dakota Newspaper Association (NDNA) released the names of the placers in their annual Better Newspaper Contest Friday, May 6, held in conjunction with the organization's 136th annual convention. For work published during the calendar year of 2021, the Foster County Independent was the recipient of 24 total awards. The Independent earn-ed the Third Place award in the General Excellence category for Mid-size Weeklies, encompassing circulation from 1,001 to 1,999 subscribers. In the same...
The City of Carrington will have to hire a geotechnician to over see the boring under CP Rail tracks for the water-loop on the west side of the city. This was learned at the city council meeting last week when Travis Dillman of Interstate Engineering was asked to report on the water-loop project. During the meeting held on Monday, May 9, Dillman said Bowman Construction won the bid on the water-loop project with a bid of over $428,000. What the council wasn’t expecting was the extra $10,136 it w...
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...
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. Filing error leaves nobody on ballot for mayor There will be no candidates listed on the ballot for commission president in Tioga this June, despite initial filings showing a contested race. A review of would-be candidate Kevin Litten’s petition, following the April 11 filing deadline, revealed an error o...
The North Dakota Flickertail Girls State will be held on the UND campus, June 12 - 17. Carrington student, Emma Hone, daughter of Matt and Carlen Hone, Carrington, will be sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of Carrington. She will experience an empowering week of leadership and government training at the UND campus. Since the inception of the Girls State program in 1937, over a million young people have had the opportunity to learn first-hand how their state and local governments...
North Dakota State University Extension and Research Extension Center support staff were honored for their years of service at the recent support staff conference hosted by NDSU Extension in Bismarck. Among the NDSU Extension staff recognized was Sheila Wiesz, Wells County, for 20 years of service....
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars place flags on the graves of all veterans before Memorial Day. Veterans are asking for volunteers from the community for help. Volunteers are asked to meet by the Veterans’ Memorial in the Carrington Cemetery between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24. The alternate date and time, if needed, will be May 26 at the same time and will be announced by KDAK Radio Station....
Foster County voters may or may not have questions about the absentee/mail ballot applications recently mailed to residents by interim county auditor, Ellen Roundy. Residents who plan to vote absentee or by mail ballot should fill in the form. Roundy would like to have them in her office by June 6 for the June 14 primary election. Voters who plan to vote at the polls on election day do not have to fill in the form and may throw it away. When absentee/mail ballots are out, Roundy noted they must be back to the auditor’s office by June 13. The b...
The Spring City-wide Yard Sales will be held on Saturday, May 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Look for a listing of all the sales in Carrington in this week’s PLUS section of the Independent....
What a difference a month can make! After experiencing its driest ever March, Foster County had one of its wettest ever Aprils. Two major storms hit our country in April, bringing rain, snow, cold and wind. Between April 1 and April 30, the NDAWN station at the NDSU Carrington REC received 3.7 inches of precipitation, which is 2.5 inches greater than normal. Daytimes highs averaged 40 degrees for the month. That’s 13 degrees cooler than normal. And we had four days with wind gusts greater t...
Do you, like me, remember the first car you ever drove? Be it legally or illegally, some must remember like I do. It came to my attention about a month ago while I was cleaning out some files here in the office in preparation of moving from this 45-year position. I came upon, in a box of old photos, this one above that I thought I would never find again . . . this only pix of the first car I ever drove in my lifetime . . . a 1931 Dodge Coupe. And, it was an illegal drive. It all happened when I...
There was a photograph in last week’s Kenmare News showing local man Jim Hillestad with his son Kelly and daughter Terri at his birthday party. That’s not so unusual, but what is unusual is that Jim turned 102 in late April. Kelly lives with his dad in Kenmare while Terri flew in from Australia to attend this special event at the Kenmare Senior Citizen Center. According to the North Dakota Department of Commerce, there are 310 North Dakota residents who are 100 or older, that’s up about 100 p...
A lot of people in the Grand Forks area are looking with suspicion at the proposal from a Chinese company offering to build a massive corn-milling plant on the windward side of town. Critics have a number of legitimate concerns but the fear of communism has been pronounced. The “red scare” is back. Being a Christian obedient to the government, I have been trying to find the opportunity to meet the State’s challenge to “be legendary”. I was wondering whether or not the Fufeng controversy would be...
12 Years Ago May 22, 1947 The sixtieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kutz was observed Sunday morning, May 11, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sykeston with the church filled to capacity. Grade children who received honors for spelling improvement through the T.H.Cousins memorial fund were announced at the parent-teachers meeting Wednesday evening. The awards were made by Mrs. T. H. Cousins Sr., winners were: Grade 1. Sandra Footitt and Jerry Miller; 2. Marlin Stokes and L...
Dakota Datebook written by Christina Sunwall. One hundred years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, on this date in 1962, the Homestead Act Commemorative four-cent stamp was released. The stamp featured John and Marget Bakken standing in front of their sod house in Walsh County, North Dakota. John Bakken, born in Minnesota, and Marget, an immigrant from Telemarken, Norway, both settled in Dakota Territory as young children with their parents. It was on the Dakota plains they met and married in February of 1893, taking up...
Rodney Widicker Rodney Lee Widicker, 74, of Bowdon, N.D., passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at his home. A funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 10 at the Bowdon Country Seventh-day Adventist Church, rural Bowdon. Visitation was held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., with 5:30 p.m. prayer service on Monday, May 9 at the Nelson Funeral Home in Fessenden. Visitation continued one hour before the services at the church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rodney Lee Widicker was... Full story
When I was in college, I enjoyed country music a lot. In the late 1980s, Tanya Tucker had a No. 1 single titled, “Strong Enough to Bend.” The song relates strength to flexibility, with the analogy of a strong tree and a strong relationship. Both the partners in the relationship and the tree need to be strong enough to bend during difficult times. I like the analogy, though I’m much more of an expert with trees than I am with relationships! Though trees are tough, resilient and long-lived, some...
Dear Savvy Senior, What are some of the best travel discounts available to seniors? My husband and are about to retire and are interested in traveling more but live on a tight budget. Frugal Travelers Dear Frugal, There are literally hundreds of different travel-related discounts available to older travelers that can add up to save you hundreds of dollars on your next trip. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the age requirement, which varies by business. Some discounts may be available as soon as y...
May 15-21, 2022 is the 47th annual National EMS Week. The 2022 EMS Week theme: "EMS: Rising to the Challenge." This theme is particularly meaningful now, to remind people that every day we are faced with so many new challenges in our lives and yet we still rise above them all and continue to respond, support, and care for the needs of our communities. 2022 EMS Week Theme Days: Sunday – Health, Wellness and Resilience Day Monday – EMS Education Day Tuesday – Safety Tuesday Wednesday – EMS for...
Breezy wind conditions and temperatures in the 50s at Stadium '76 greeted the track and field runners, jumpers and throwers at the Kiwanis/Lions Track Meet Saturday, May 7. For Carrington's Logan Weninger, it was a chance to break out of several near-misses and make his stake to Class B track's big show in his first full year of track since seventh grade. The sophomore qualified for state in both the 200-meter dash in an even 23 seconds, and also bested the field in the 400 with a...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans finished in seventh place overall in the boys and eighth in the girls standings at the Kiwanis/Lions Track Meet in Carrington on May 7. The highest finisher for the Titan boys was Isaac Stadler’s second place in shot put. Third places went to Gavin Nelson (800-meter run), the 4x200 and 4x800 boys relays, and Wayland Sabinash took fourth in the 400. Griggs/Midkota girls scorers were led by Kaylee Johnson, also second in shot put, and the 4x200 placed in third. All e...
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