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  • North Dakota Outdoors: Please report all poaching activity

    Doug Leier, Biologist, North Dakota Game and Fish Department|Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Central City Lanes Bowling: October 21, 2024

    Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Cards blank Wolves, Oakes

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Titans defeat Tri-State

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • G/M netters fall to PRFL

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Thunder blank BCN, Clippers

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Hornets split in region matches

    Lane Moellenkamp|Oct 21, 2024

    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,...

  • An evening of music Oct. 10

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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....

  • Dakota Datebook: Craters in North Dakota

    Oct 21, 2024

    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...

  • Alzheimer's and Dementia Lunch & Learn Series

    Oct 21, 2024

    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...

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  • Pasta-riffic! First 8th Ave & Main Pasta Fest a success

    Erik Gjovik|Oct 21, 2024

    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... Full story

  • Commission addresses private use of public land

    Nathan Price|Oct 21, 2024

    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...