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The Carrington Fire Department's bubble machine provided no end of fun times for kids attending National Night Out Tuesday evening, August 2, at City Park. The event highlights community partnerships with law enforcement and first responders, and this year's festivities were dedicated to the memory of Police Chief Brandon Sola....
The Carrington Community Endowment Fund recently awarded grants totaling $22,305 to six local organizations. Congratulations to the recipients! • BIO Girls, Carrington: $1,055 for enrollment fees • Caring-ton Child Care Center: $2,000 for curriculum • Carrington Area Healthy Communities Coalition: $10,000 for West End Park Renovation • Carrington Youth Center: $ 4,750 for indoor playground • Central Dakota Sportsmens Club: $2,500 for renovation of Carrington Public Rifle Range • Dollars for...
Ballot questions were a topic of discussion for the Foster County Commission at their meeting last week. During the meeting held on Tuesday, August 2, the board discussed what they wanted on the ballot for the general election. The 10 mills that make up the Federal Farm to Market fund will be expiring in 2025, and the two mills of the county road and bridge fund is also set to expire. Each of these funds were created with a time cap of 10 years. The board discussed eliminating the farm to market...
Although she's relatively new to the Carrington area and the hospital community, she's been thrust into one of the most public-facing positions at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington. Kelsey Carr assumed the role of Volunteer Services Coordinator and Foundation Director in July. She will take a walk in the footsteps of Dorothy Fenske, who retired from CHI on June 30 after 30 years of service as Director of Volunteers. Carr earned her bachelor's degree in radiologic science from NDSU, and then obta...
Columbia Grain International (CGI), a global leader in the origination, processing, logistics, and distribution of high-quality bulk grains, pulses, edible beans, oilseeds, and organics for the northern tier of the United States for over 40 years has announced a major restructuring of its US based grain and pulse business assets and strategy going forward. They've acquired eight silo locations previously owned by Gavilon, including three facilities in Wolf Point and Chester, Mont., and Valley...
Carrington, N.D. — Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, yet suicide can be prevented. Volunteers from Carrington and surrounding areas are joining the quarter of a million people who are walking in towns across the United States to draw attention to the fight for suicide prevention. The 1st annual Carrington Out of the Darkness Walk, hosted by the Carrington Area Healthy Communities Coalition will be held on September 11, 2022, at Carrington City Park. A freewill lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with r...
Love that fresh garden produce but have more than you can eat? Preserve it! It’s not difficult, but you do need to follow safe methods. An introductory hands-on workshop will be held September 6 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Carrington High School FACS classroom. The class offers you the opportunity to learn safe food preservation techniques which includes water bath canning and pressure canning foods safely at home. The three-hour class is intended for adults 18 years of age and older. The cost is $20 per person. Register at 701-652-2581 or e...
“Our crops look really good.” That was the positive report of one Foster County producer at the end of July. “Our corn has tasseled,” the man continued. “I always say if that happens before Aug. 1, we can be sure that the crop will mature before the first frost.” “Our soybeans are doing well too,” he added. He paused and then said, “Now, if we can just avoid a hail storm. In my experience, this is the time of year when hail seems mostly likely to get us.” +++ As the cropping season progresses,...
The Great Plains Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry will make a stop in Carrington on Thursday, August 11 hosted by Dakota Central. The bank will be at Dakota Central, 630 5th St. N (enter on 6th Ave. into warehouse) from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Anyone in need of food assistance from any community is welcome. Volunteers to assist in the distribution are needed and may sign up by going to website: https://www.greatplainsfoodbank.org/take-action/volunteer/or be contacting Linda Schuster (652-2951) or Brianne Partlow (652-3184). Food clients will be asked...
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. KSI employee killed on job site A KSI industries employee was killed recently as a result of a “tragic accident” on a work site near White Earth. The unidentified employee was a member of a pipeline crew working nearly three miles south of White Earth on July 19, when he was struck and killed by an exc...
Today I’m noshing on a summer salad and sipping raspberry tea from inside the Garden Gate, Carrington’s downtown gathering place. The exposed brick walls, tin ceilings and beautiful barnwood details, as well as the wireless internet and music in the background, are all things I appreciate about it. In fact, I suggested that one of my newspaper colleagues spend time here when she came to town a couple of weeks ago. She had a little work to do before our meeting, and I told her it was the ide...
Normally I don’t complain in this space because I see enough of that on Facebook, and quite frankly, it’s disgusting. However, last week the North Dakota State Fair was held in Minot, as it has for many years in late July. People come to the state fair from all over the Upper Great Plains and western Canada to enjoy the various aspects of what North Dakota has to offer. Unfortunately, when most of these people come to Minot, their first impression is construction. Streets are torn up, some str...
Frustrated by the inability of the present two-party system to function, more folks are talking about the creation of a third party thinking that would break the deadlock in Washington. At the outset, let us admit that the present system was designed by the Founding Fathers to keep anything from happening until a massive consensus developed that would move a proposal through two houses of Congress, the president and the Supreme Court. Alexander Hamilton worried about that when the Constitution...
12 Years Ago August 14, 1947 Recent births included: Aug. 7 - boy to Mr and Mrs. James Patrie, Heaton; Aug. 10 - boy to Mr and Mrs. Joe Stahl, Sykeston, girl to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bjerke, Sykeston; Aug. 12 - girl to Mr and Mrs. Fred Auwinger, Carrington. Capt. A.A. Paulson and Lieut. Walter Engstrom of the Carrington Co. F. National Guard company spent Saturday and Sunday in Devils Lake at an officers’ school. All of the national guard officers of the state were there to lecture and drill the c...
AUGUST CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., Aug. 8 - BBQ on a Bun, Potato Wedges, Carrots, Pudding w/Cookie Crumbles - Board Meeting, 10:30 a.m. - Pool Tues., Aug. 9 - Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli, Sauce - Pinochle Thurs., Aug. 11 - Calico Beans, Lettuce Salad, Corn Bread, Bar - Whist Fri., Aug. 12 - Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Prince Edward Vegetables - Music by Roger Lauckner, 12:30 p.m. - Mexican Train Dominoes Sat., Aug. 13 - Public Card Pinochle Tournament, 1 p.m....
August 2, 2022 Eric William Fuchs, Long Prairie, Minn.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Sama Mohamed Abdi, Shakopee, Minn.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Alan Enrique Xocop, Minot AFB, N.D.: tinted windshield or windows, $20 Corrine Helen Luther, Fargo, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Michael J. Green, O’Fallon, Mo.: exceeded speed limit, $25 Russell P. Olson, Park Rapids, Minn.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Frederick W. Block, Shawano, Wis.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Hannah Jessi Brandner, New Rockford, N.D.:exceeded speed limit, $20 Jordan M. C...
On July 9, 2022, Erika Etheridge Shupe originally of Redding, Connecticut, daughter of Kenneth Shupe and the late Lynda "Missy" Shupe married Brandon William Miller of Heaton, North Dakota, eldest son of Debora and Mark Miller. The couple who met in a hot tub and on the ski slopes of Big Sky, Montana, in December 2017 were wed by Father Mark Strobel at Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral in Fargo, N.D. Erika is a World Language educator at Liberty Middle School for West Fargo Public Schools and...
Chaska was a well-respected Indian scout for the 1863 Sibley military expedition, highly regarded for his daring rescue of the army’s beef contractor during an Indian attack that year. However, when Chaska died on Aug. 2 in 1863, he left behind a mystery regarding his full identity. Evidence suggests Chaska may also have been a ranking lieutenant of Little Crow, a leader in the Dakota Conflict of 1862. According to trial records following the conflict, one defendant named Chaska had escaped execution based on the word of George Spencer, a f...
Kent Tesch Kent W. Tesch, 70, Fessenden, N.D., passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Trinity Hospital, Minot, N.D. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, August 5 at First Lutheran Church, Fessenden, N.D., with Pastor Shirley Teske officiating. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery, Cathay, N.D. Visitation was from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, August 4 at Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden, and one hour prior to services at the church. The service was live streamed on the First... Full story
Sharon Snead Sharon Snead, 81, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Clover, S.C., on July 8, 2022, after a long illness. Sharon was born on April 11, 1941, in Harvey, N.D., to Cy and Gladys (Braeger) Clough. She attended Emrick Grade School and graduated from Fessenden High School in 1959. After high school she attended NDSU in Fargo, N.D., and worked at different jobs, ending up in San Diego, Calif. Sharon married Troy (Buddy) Snead on January 5, 1963, in San Diego, Calif. She traveled with Troy throughout the United States, J... Full story
Let’s face it. North Dakota does not have redwoods. There was, however, a type of Sequoia that grew here 65 million years ago. But that doesn’t count today. There are some pretty big trees here, though. The largest tree is a cottonwood that is 105 feet tall, with a whopping 30-foot circumference and a crown spread of 92 feet, located in Steele County. The tallest tree is a different cottonwood that was 115 feet in height, when it was last measured in 2017. I wonder how much taller it is now? The...
Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you recommend for choosing a good active adult housing community? My husband and I, who recently retired, are planning to relocate to an area closer to our grandkids and are interested in buying a house in an age-restricted 55-plus housing community. Active Retirees Dear Active, If you’re contemplating moving into an age-restricted community, finding one that’s right for you takes some legwork. While active adult communities generally offer the opportunity for...
CORRECTION: The original version of this report incorrectly stated that Nathan Samuel Unruh was convicted of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia - use/storage - Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol. Logan Scott Wenstad, of Fargo, N.D., was convicted of the aforementioned offense, and his name was inadvertently omitted from the report. The error has been corrected in the court report published below. A correction will also be published on the Public Notice page of the August 15 print edition. The Independent regrets the error. July 1, 2022 -... Full story
