The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Jory Boote of Binford finished his collegiate rodeo career on the grandest stage of all for scholastic cowpokes, the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) from the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyo. Boote, a Dickinson State senior, competed in the tie-down roping event, and made the short go (final round) after three preliminary rounds went in the books. He would place 11th in the nation with a combined time of 36.6 seconds on three successful attempts. He had a 13.5 second attempt in round...
Another classic in the latest installment of the Carrington/New Rockford hardball rivalry came to pass at Jim Johnson Park on the southern edge of New Rockford. This time, the Post 25 Redbirds went two innings beyond regulation length to finish off the Post 30 Black Sox, 5-3, in a Thursday, June 13 affair originally slated as a home game, but which switched to the Sox's home field due to ongoing renovation work at the City Park diamond. The visitors on this day scratched across single runs in...
As a kid growing up in the 1980s, fishing was about opportunity. Thankfully, North Dakota forefathers set up most communities near a waterway for transportation and goods. For me it was less about necessity and more about my ability to ride a bike to the river where I was certain to catch a pike or perch, but most often it was a bullhead on the end of my hook. I wasn't a very good angler and not much has changed. I actually tried to fool myself and set myself goals on catching a whopper...
Rainouts and field availability have largely kept the Carrington Babe Ruth (13-to-15 year old) Redbirds baseball program on the shelf for the first two weeks of their schedule, but they have nevertheless gotten three games into the books. Because of ongoing repair work at City Park, all three of the varsity contests have been on the road. On June 10, the Redbirds traveled to face Nelson County, and dropped a 7-3 decision to the young Owls. Two days later, on June 12, Carrington ran into a...
People all over the country and Canada have tried to secure their spot for this bucket list ride, but many have been unsuccessful. The same cannot be said for local resident Jill Andres and McHenry native Sue Bakko. Andres and Bakko had the opportunity to embark on this once-in-a-lifetime trip through national parks and trails in Utah called the Red Rock Ride on June 3-9. "I saw this picture from one of my horse groups on Facebook, and said I have to ride these trails," Andres stated, and set...
Two benches were installed and dedicated to departed loved ones in the Carrington and Sykeston parks. A memorial bench to Reed James Nelson, son of Jesse and Brittany Nelson of Carrington, was installed at City Park Saturday, June 15. Another bench was also placed in Sykeston in memory of Mathew Neumiller and his father, James Neumiller, in the Sykeston Park by the Carrington Wrestling Club in early June....
Grand Forks, N.D. – Twenty-two North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and their CAH-owned/operated Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) participated in table top drills, which focused on active shooter situations. Two days were available for the drills which focused on planning, preparing, and testing the emergency preparedness plan of each facility in response to an active shooter scenario. These drills are part of the emergency preparedness compliance for both the CAHs and RHCs. The training was sponsored by the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hosp...
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