The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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I'll be the first to admit how rapidly the world has changed since I was a game warden. No need to explain more than technology has changed. Hunting has changed too. How people report poaching also. What hasn't changed is the spirit of a legal hunter. They don't want their pasttime tainted by an illegal hunting or fishing act. The fishing story or hunting tale is legendary. Giving full details to all within earshot or online is part of the glory and how legends are made. It's the essence of why...
ALLEY DUSTERS - Week 3 Dolls with Balls 20 4 DJ’s Home Center 16 8 Leevers 16 8 Dakota Central 12 12 VanBedaf Dairy 8 16 Team 4 Bye 0 24 High Team Game: DJ’s Home Center, 629; Dakota Central, 603; Leevers, 587 High Team Series: Dakota Central, 1738; DJ’s Home Center, 1702; Leevers, 1585 High Individual Game: Kari Smith, 193; Carissa Gleave, 188; Gail Roberts, 181 High Individual Series: Ann VandeHoven, 493; Gail Roberts, 484; Kari Smith, 472 ALLEY DUSTERS - Week 4 Leevers 24 8 DJ’s Home Center 22 10 Dolls with Balls 22 10 Dakota Central...
Carrington finished their District 5 season with authority last Tuesday night, Oct. 15, in Tornado Alley, taking down Oakes in a rare straight-set win in the series, 25-23, 25-14 and 25-18. The win allowed the Cards (15-9, 4-1 District 5) to clinch no worse than the number two seed for the upcoming district tournament in Ellendale. E-K-M has the head-to-head tiebreaker, and has the inside track for the top seed. With the Tornadoes' loss, they effectively will be the number four seed should...
Griggs/Midkota will be entering the 9-man playoffs on a high, defeating the Tri-State Tigers by a score of 61-8 in the season finale Friday night, Oct. 11, in Cooperstown. The win concludes a successful 6-2 regular season for the Titans, who now await their next opponent in the second round of the playoffs Saturday, Oct. 26, whether it be Wyndmere/Lidgerwood or May-Port-CG. Brady Haugen, Kindle Carlson and Levi Kautzman each had a pair of touchdowns, as all of G/M's scoring plays came on the...
The Griggs/Midkota Titans ran into a tough Park River/Fordville-Lankin team Thursday, Oct. 10, and came away with a 12-25, 18-25 and 14-25 defeat. The match was G/M's Pink Night to honor breast cancer survivors and victims. Kelsey Johnson led the Titans with five kills, while Alette Adrian and Jessa Spickler had three apiece. Emma McCullough had 16 assists in the loss, and Kylie Johnson had a team-high eight digs, with Vanessa Vollmer and Jersey Gronneberg going for seven each. Against...
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan kept flying along with quick sweeps over Barnes County North (25-9, 25-10, 25-11) and Strasburg/Zeeland (25-8, 25-8, 25-12). on Oct. 10 and 15. The latter win over the Clippers finished up M/P-B's District 6 season at 4-1, and the 24-5 Thunder will enter district play in Hazelton Nov. 1, 4 and 5 as the number two seed. The victory over the Bison featured double 12-kill outings by Maddie Gefroh and Brynn Sorenson. Violet Bohl had 24 assists, while Cierra Mack finished...
Harvey-Wells County got into the thick of their regional competition this past week and almost pulled off a two game sweep. Benson County made a six point run in the fifth game to down the Hornets in five games. Later in the week, The Hornets took out any frustration they had on Nelson County with the three game sweep of the Chargers in McVille. Benson Co. 3, HWC 2 A classic contest between two evenly matched teams is what fans in Maddock witnessed during this super regional matchup on Tuesday,...
The Carrington High School and junior high concert bands and choirs showed off their artistry Thursday evening, Oct. 10, in the East Gym. Selections ranged from the classical to the contemporary, and were well received by the capacity crowd in attendance....
October 10, 2024 – About 214 million years ago, a meteorite that landed in what is now McKenzie County was so large that it left a crater 5 miles across. Many people confuse meteors with shooting stars. Generally, a shooting star is the size of a grain of sand. A meteor, on the other hand, is large enough to survive its fiery trip through the atmosphere to reach the earth's surface – at which point it becomes a meteorite. Meteors of this size are often asteroids or comets or fragments from a c...
The Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter has beenhosting a virtual series to help participants learn more about Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia. Sessions are hosted over Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in October and November. There is no cost to attend. The upcoming topic in the series on Oct. 30 is “10 Warning Signs.” Learn how to recognize common signs of the disease, how to approach someone about memory concerns, early detection, the benefits of a diagnosis, possible tests and assessments, and Alzheim...
Carrington, N.D. – October 18, 2024 A newly-created festival on Carrington's Main Street could promise to become the Central City's new mid-October 'thing'. The inaugural 8th Avenue & Main Pasta Fest brought out the culinary genius of area business leaders within a two-block radius between 8th and 10th Avenue Thursday evening, October 17, from 4-7 p.m. A total of 12 different pasta dishes were available to sample for free during the event. Visitors to Pasta Fest were able to purchase tickets a...
North Dakota Monitor October 22, 2024 North Dakota's secretary of state emphasized Tuesday how the state's elections are accurate and secure during the North Dakota Association of Counties annual meeting in Bismarck. Secretary of State Michael Howe pushed back on misconceptions some have about the state's voting system, reinforcing that none of the state's voting devices or tabulation machines are connected to the internet. For more information about North Dakota elections, visit the secretary...
October 16, 2024 Foster County commissioners recently learned that county-owned property at Juanita Lake is being misused by private residents. At their regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct.15, commissioners set a deadline for residents living on Juanita Lake to remove private property constructed on county-owned land. Dennis Swanson and Bruce Gedrose, two residents currently living on Juanita Lake, were in attendance on Tuesday for the discussion and were told they have until Nov. 15 to remove...
October 22, 2024 Several North Dakota pilots, truckers and other businesses voluntarily ferried relief supplies to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene in the past few weeks. The hurricane tore a wide swath of death and destruction across several southeastern states in late September. It will take months and likely years to rebuild infrastructure, homes and normal lives again. With over 230 deaths confirmed across six states and nearly 100 still missing in North Carolina alone, the death toll...
The joy of planting and watching fruits grow to their greatest potential has been one of the prime motivators behind Kathy Wiederholt's chosen career path. "I've loved horticulture my whole life, and that's really my story," she says. "Working with plants, and being outside. Even as a kid, I would read plant identification books for fun." A self-described farm girl from Wisconsin, Wiederholt made her way to Carrington in 2006 to oversee a newly-created program at the NDSU Carrington Research Ext...
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