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Competition will once again take a backseat to compassion on Tuesday, June 20. Swing Fore Charity is back after a three-year hiatus, and this year the recipient family is one of Carrington's own – Chuck and LeaAnn Hoppe. Swing Fore Charity is a benefit golf event started in 2006 when farm equipment representatives and implement dealers joined forces. Now in its 15th year, the event has found a home right here in the Central City, at CrossRoads Golf Club. All proceeds from the 2023 Swing Fore Cha...
The journey through elementary, junior and high school came to a close Sunday, May 28, with the Commencement Exercises for the Carrington High School Class of 2023. A total of 44 CHS students took the stage to receive their diplomas and walk through the halls of their school one last time....
The 36th Annual Chamber Golf Day will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2023. The community is encouraged to come out and enjoy the day and evening at our beautiful Crossroads Golf Course. This event is geared for family friendly fun. The afternoon, from noon to 5:00 p.m., will feature open golf for anyone who would like to come out and golf the course. Cart rentals are on your own. Please register at the clubhouse before golfing. Chamber board hosts will begin serving a delicious meal at 5:00 p.m. in the clubhouse. Promptly at 6:30 p.m., the Best...
Carrington School District patrons will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 6 to elect one rural member and one at-large member to the Board of Education. Incumbent rural member is Angela Kutz and at-large incumbent is Randy Hooey. Both have filed for the position they currently hold. There are no challengers. Term for those elected will be three years. Also on the ballot is the question to publish school board minutes in the official newspaper. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the main hallway of Carrington High School (door number...
Carrington – The City of Carrington has potted trees available for planting in boulevards. As part of their program to remove and replace ash trees, the city is making available a variety of trees to homeowners. The trees are selected from the list of approved varieties for this area of North Dakota. These trees must be planted in the boulevard space next to the streets. For most streets, this is within 13 feet of the curb. For a few streets, that distance is within 20 feet of the curb. The trees available this year are: Prairie Expedition e...
Donations for the fireworks display held at the Foster County Fairgrounds in Carrington on the 4th of July are now being collected. Checks (payable to Lights of Honor) or cash can be delivered to Bank Forward at 484 Main Street, Carrington, or mailed to PO Box 222, Carrington, ND 58421....
This week's Within Our Walls article features Mary Hoff. Mary Hoff is a Certified Physician Assistant who works at our Carrington Medical Clinic and Urgent Care, as well as our Family Clinic in New Rockford. She also rounds weekly at Golden Acres Manor and the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Mary began her medical career in 1982 when she received her Licensed Practical Nurse degree from Wahpeton State School of Science. She worked on the medical floor at Trinity Health in Minot until she rec...
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. Well, that escalated quickly! Someone seems to want that old pickup offered for sale by the Crosby Rural Fire Protection District awfully bad. As of Monday morning, the high bid sat at $15,250. The online auction of the 1974 Chevrolet pickup opened Friday, May 19, with an opening offer of $1,000. Since...
Students of the Quarter for the fourth quarter at Carrington Elementary have been selected. They are as follows: Kindergarten: Rhett Beach – also nominated were Ainsly Wolsky, Brecca Laib, Hallie Johnson, Henry Veen and Jana Pitout 1st Grade: Odin Beach – also nominated were Artem Bondarenko, Emily Christianson, Jameson Rzaszutak, Kinzie Hoff and Skylar Grager 2nd Grade: Parker Mattson – also nominated were Myla Wong, Raegan Harildstad, Rhett Nieland, Sarah Boeshans and Taylor Klocke 3rd Grade...
“How is seeding going?” I asked the farmer. “Not bad” was his reply. “We’re about done with the fields where conditions are good. But now, all the remaining fields are wet.” Too much water has been the major challenge facing Foster County farmers as they worked to get their crops into the fields this spring. After record-breaking snowfall this winter, the topsoil was drying out and it seemed that field work was about to begin. But then it rained. The Carrington REC received 2.6 inches betwee...
Carrington City Library Hours Mon. - Thurs. – 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closed Fridays Saturday - 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Closed Monday, June 19 for Juneteenth. Summer Reading Schedule for June • Monday: Movies and Munchies @ 3:00 p.m. • Tuesday: Yoga in the Park @ 10:00, Arts & Crafts @ 11:00, Stem @ 3:30 • Wednesday: Storytime @ 10:00 • Thursday: STEM @ 11:00, Arts & Crafts @ 3:30 Visit the library website (carringtonlibrary.org) or follow us on Facebook for the weekly list of activitie...
12 Years Ago June 3, 1948 Business is picking up in the office of County Judge M. P. Roberts now that June is here. The trend began in May when five marriage licenses were issued. Only one was issued in April. The licenses recently issued by Roberts are for: Clifford Hill, Jr., and Violet Remford, both of Carrington. April 27, Goodwin Syverson, Kensal, and Helen Briss, Kensal, May 11. Ernest E. Clark, Jamestown, and Betty J. Vanderberg, Juanita, Mary 24. Raymond House, Grace City and Cecelia...
JUNE CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., June 5 - Hamballs, Scalloped Potatoes, Orange Glazed Carrots, Cake - Pool - Bridge - Open Cards Tues., June 6 - Cubed Steak in Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, California Blend Vegetables, Jello in Fruit - Pinochle Thurs., June 8 - Pork Chop, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Mixed Vegetables, Bar - Whist Fri., June 9 - Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, Cake - Golf Sat., June 10 - Public Cards Pinochle Tournament, 1 p.m. All ages...
May 30, 2023 Ler Bwe Htoo, Amarillo, Texas: exceeded speed limit, $10 Alisha Ann Teves, Carrington, N.D.: failed to yield at intersection, $20...
Dear Savvy Senior, Is it possible to collect Social Security benefits from my ex-spouse? We were married for 12 years but have been divorced for almost 20 years now. Never Remarried Dear Never, Yes, depending on your specific circumstances, you may very well be eligible for divorced spouses Social Security benefits. Here’s what you should know. Who’s Eligible? A divorced spouse can collect a Social Security retirement benefit on the earnings record of their ex-husband (or ex-wife) if you are...
Newspaper publishers were recently told that our postage rates are set to increase by 8 percent in July. This is the third rate increase since August 2022, and a total of 35 percent in increases in just over two years. The cost of printing newspapers has also increased, by 24 percent since the spring of 2021. Annual subscription rates, meanwhile, at the Independent and Transcript have increased by $6 in the past 8 years I’ve been a publisher. In order to fully cover the costs of printing and p...
Often times when I’m involved with my radio hobby of DXing, I’ll run across a radio station I’d never heard of before. When that happens, I look up the distance between my location and the radio tower. In so doing, I’ve come to realize that we are closer to many places than we realize. I’m of course, using my home location, which is in Carpio, a small town in Ward County northwest of Minot. So, if you live in Wahpeton and read this, obviously the respective distances will be far different...
It’s a positive trend that I hope continues: the resurgence of summer picnics. According to Mental Floss, the Covid pandemic caused a picnic boom beginning in 2020 that is showing no signs of letting up. In 2020, with restaurants shuttered and experts telling us the bug didn’t spread so easily in outdoor air, many people, in particular younger people, began picnicking. I was lucky to grow up only a few miles from a county park that offers 3,000 acres of rolling green hills, walking and biking tr...
Regina Messmer Regina Victoria (McCallister) Messmer of Devils Lake, N.D., and longtime resident of Bordulac, N.D., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at the Bordulac Bar & Grill, 207 Spruce St, Bordulac, N.D., starting at 2:00 p.m. Please stop by and share your memories and stories with everyone. Regina was born August 14, 1945, in Pueblo, Colorado, to Francis Xavier and Helen... Full story
Ruth Mack Ruth M. Mack, 80, Fessenden, N.D., passed away Monday, May 22, 2023, at St. Aloisius Medical Center, Harvey, N.D. Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 30 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Fessenden, with Frs. Jeff Eppler and Steven Wirth officiating. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Fessenden. Visitation was from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Monday, May 29 at Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden. A rosary and vigil service were at 7:00 p.m. at the church. Ruth was born in Harvey on... Full story
Confirmation/First Holy Eucharist was celebrated on Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Carrington with Bishop John T. Folda presiding. Six students from St. John's Catholic Church in New Rockford, one student from Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in McHenry and eight students from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Carrington received the sacraments. The students from Sacred Heart were taught by Megan Thompson. Pictured above, front row, left to right: Jase Rude,...
Logan Weninger’s gritty performances, along with his flair for the dramatic, will be the lasting memory of the 2023 North Dakota State Track Meet for the Carrington boys’ team. Fortunately, he wasn’t alone in his time in the Missouri River sun. Big weekends from Weninger, the pole vaulting corps and 4x400-meter relay all meant a big weekend for the Cardinal boys track team at the state meet Thursday-Saturday, May 25-27. The Cards scored 36 points to lead the “best of the rest” in a team race...
To achieve a team title in 2023 for the Class B girls' track race at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, contending schools didn't necessarily have to worry about depth. This year, it was all about the elite individuals (and a good relay or two) carrying their state contingents to the promised land. Carrington's tallies in the distance races, middle-to-long relays, and pole vault enabled them to secure a fourth-place tie with Bowman County by scoring 38 points in the overall...
All of Griggs/Midkota's points at the 2023 State Track Meet, from both the Titan boys and girls, came from one event. The shot put provided six points for the Titan girls' team, led by a third-place 37 feet, 4 inch heave by senior Asia Becherl. The G-M boys got four points with a fifth-place effort, those courtesy of sophomore Levi Kautzman's big toss of 51 feet. Boys' relay seniors Eli Larson, Wyatt Spickler and Gavin Nelson, and freshman Wayland Sabinash, took 13th in the 4x400 in 3:40.17 and...
The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder were represented by a pair of boys at the State Track Meet. Junior Mark Thomas participated in a heat of the 110-meter hurdles, running 17.77 to get the 19th-fastest time. In the high jump, senior Sawyer Wanzek was in the lineup, but did not clear his opening height....
