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Over two days at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks Friday and Saturday, January 20-21, the Carrington Cardinaires stepped on the competition floor five times. That was enough to make a lasting impression on the judges and allow the troupe to take home three more Class B category championships at the North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill (NDADD) State Dance Team Championship. The Cardinaires won high kick, pom and jazz, edging out Barnes County North and Central McLean (Underwood/Turtle...
A special meeting was held by the Foster County Commission to discuss the absence of a second RN in the public health office. In the meeting held on Thursday, January 19th, Foster County Public Health Nurse Lisa Hilbert tendered her resignation, without citing any reason. Commissioner Becky Hagel has been working with the state to have the public health office become a district. The board discussed options for the RN position and the administrator position. A motion was passed to accept...
All good things must come to an end. In Keith Larson's case, that "good thing" is the 43 years he has served as the treasurer of the Carrington Park District. As he hung up his hat as the CEO of Dakota Central effective December 31, he also retired from his accounting duties for the park board. When Larson started at Dakota Central in 1979, Warren Hight was the manager. Hight was also treasurer for the park district, so when he retired shortly thereafter, Larson was asked to take over his...
Jill Edinger was selected as a runner-up in the North Dakota Game and Fish Watchable Wildlife photo contest. All winning photos are published in the January issue of ND OUTDOORS magazine. The photograph, an elk bull bugling at White Horse Hill National Game Preserve near Devils Lake, N.D., was taken October, 2021....
More than a month has passed since bad weather forced many of us to adjust our plans to celebrate Christmas. The snow piles that surround us are a daily reminder of the challenging conditions that we experienced in December. Foster County experienced its snowiest December in 128 years, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. A volunteer weather observer near Cathay reported a total of 41 inches of snow during the month. The weather was cold too – the twenty-seventh c...
The Carrington Garden Club is seeking volunteers to help with watering the Main Street flower baskets. The flowers on Main Street are watered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, unless temperatures exceed 85 degrees. During those days, watering every day may be needed. The garden club owns the water trailer and equipment to do the job. Time required to water the flower baskets is approximately one hour per watering. Watering begins the first week of June and ends the second week of September. One person can do the job, however, a team of two...
The Carrington High School speech team traveled to Petersburg (Dakota Prairie) on Saturday, January 21. All students participated in the finals round and results are as follows: (L-R) Briley Carr, was first in Extemporaneous Programmed Reading and third in Humorous Interpretation, AJ Harris was first in Storytelling and Joie Helseth was fourth in Humorous Interpretation, Sarah Hallwachs was first in Speech to Inform, Sage Patzer was first in Poetry Interpretation and Kaley Kostelnik was fourth...
Bismarck, N.D. - Growers of dry peas, lentils, lupins, fava beans, and chickpeas in Foster County are being urged to participate in the election of a county representative for the North Dakota Dry Pea and Lentil Council. According to the North Dakota Dry Pea and Lentil Council Chairman, pulse crop producers have an exciting opportunity to serve as county and district representatives for the North Dakota Dry Pea and Lentil Council, and encourages all to participate in the election. The election for Foster County will take place on Wednesday,...
Proseed is pleased to announce the hiring of Kelby Houchin to manage its newly acquired Fessenden facility. The facility is located on the south end of the Leon Klocke farmstead about six miles south of Fessenden on Highway 52. It will give farmers access to Proseed’s lineup of industry leading corn, soybeans, sunflowers, and canola as well as great customer service. Kelby graduated from NDSU in 2014 with a degree in crop and weed science and brings a wealth of knowledge from past employment, both in the ag retail setting as well as past f...
Trinity Lutheran Church, 100 Poplar Ave., Carrington, is sponsoring a blood drive on Monday, February 6 from 1:15 to 6:00 p.m. Please call 877-258-4825, or go to www.donors.vitalant.org and search Sponsor Code: carringtonnd to schedule an appointment....
Carrington END OF SECOND QUARTER Highest Honor 12th grade: McCoy Beckley, Max Beumer, Luke Christianson, Jack Erickson, Emma Hone, Ean Hovdenes, Allison Jarrett, Ty Johnston, Elayna Konschak, Kael Kovar, Kirra Kvamme, Nicole Lee, Baylee Lura, Jonathan Murphy, Luke Page, Jack Paulson, Mya Reimche-Nelson, Hudson Schmitz, Mya Schroeder, Kennedy Wendel, Haley Wolsky 11th grade: Sydney Friedt, Sophie Garr, Ethan Gast, Madison Johnson, Isabella Neuman, Kacie Rexin, Olivia Threadgold, Alex VanRay 10th grade: Joshua Bickett, Maxim Ciubotareanu, Sierra...
North Dakota's 68th Legislative Session began on January 3, 2023. On December 1, 2022, newly formed District 29 went into effect. District 29 now consists of Foster County, Griggs County, Steele County, Nelson County, and most of rural Stutsman County including a small portion of Jamestown. Seated in the 68th Assembly representing District 29 are Representative Don Vigesaa, Representative Craig Headland, and Senator Terry Wanzek. Rep. Vigesaa will serve as Chairman of the House Appropriations...
Welcome to a new column in the Foster County Independent. Previously, I wrote an occasional Chamber Chatter article to inform the public on Chamber of Commerce happenings and events. As many of you are aware, in 2022 our merger of the Chamber, Carrington Community Development Corp. and Carrington Economic Development took place. We are now known as CCEDC. Karlee Griffin was the Economic Development Director at that time and last summer she pursued a new career at our Carrington School. In the...
The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is pleased to announce that there will be a Spring flight departing Hector International Airport April 30, 2023 - May 2, 2023. The flight will have approximately 90 Veterans on board from WWII, Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN is a 501c3 non-profit, 100% volunteer organization that takes Veterans to Washington, D.C., free of charge to visit the memorials built in their honor. As a reminder, the Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN never solicits funds through calls...
The N.D. Art Show Exhibit featuring the folk art of Emily Lunde will be in Fessenden from Monday, February 13 until Sunday, February 26, at the Viking Building on 97 Main Ave. S, Fessenden. The schedule is as follows: • February 14-17, Tuesday-Friday (9 a.m.- 4 p.m.) • Gala Event- February 20, Monday (5-7 p.m.) • February 21-24, Tuesday-Friday (9 a.m.-7 p.m.) • February 25-26, Saturday & Sunday (12 noon-5 p.m.) Emily Wilhelmina Dufke Lunde was born in northern Minnesota and, as she says, “with a handle like that you had to have a sense of humor...
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. Hoeven stops to see pet project U.S. Sen. John Hoeven made a stop in Hillsboro recently to meet Maura, Hillsboro High School’s wildly popular therapy dog. Barely a month after her one-year anniversary at the school, Maura and her trainer, vo-ag teacher Levi Reese, spent nearly an hour explaining the b...
Veteran newspaperman Allen Stock has been out of the Independent office for a few weeks now. This is the first time since I purchased the newspaper in October 2021 that he has been absent for more than a few days. Let me tell you, readers, it has been an adjustment. Over the past 45 years, he has answered the office landline in the evening and on the weekends. If he is there when it rings, he picks up the phone. He also drops by the office everyday, even if only to check the building to see...
Do you suppose there is scientific evidence as to why unusual animals are showing up in parts of North Dakota, or is it pure coincidence? The most obvious of these would be mountain lions, sometimes called cougars or pumas. There was a time not so long ago that any state or federal wildlife officials denied that lions were roaming around the state. Back in my Minot Daily News days, someone called me to Garrison to show me mountain lions paw prints in the snow. I took numerous photographs and...
Recently a bill was introduced by several North Dakota farmer-legislators to help promote animal agriculture and reverse decades of decline which have caused our state to fall far behind neighboring states. Farm Freedom legislation will remove the handcuffs that have held back our farmers and ranchers for way too long. The problem: Archaic North Dakota law prohibits anyone who is not related from pooling their resources to start an animal ag operation. For example, if two unrelated farmers who...
12 Years Ago January 31, 1948 Selected as the Good Citizenship Pilgrim of 1948 is Betty Turner, a senior in Carrington High School, it was announced this week by Mrs. J.C. Hoffert, chairman of the daughters of the American Revolution committee which sponsors the Good Citizen Pilgrimage. Jimmy Ferguson, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson, was injured in an odd accident at school last Thursday when a knife pierced his right thigh. It was necessary to have him removed to the hospital to get...
JANUARY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., Jan. 30 - Tater Tot Hotdish, Lettuce Salad, Corn, Garlic Toast, Sauce - Pool - Bridge & Open Cards Tues., Jan. 31 - Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Country Gravy, Broccoli, Jello - Pinochle Thurs., Feb. 2 - Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Lettuce Salad, Juice, Bar - Whist Fri., Feb. 3 - Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Corn, Applesauce - Mexican Train Dominoes Sat., Feb. 4 - Public Cards Pinochle Tournament, 1 p.m. All ages welcome. GRACE CITY, MCHENRY...
January 24, 2023 Miles Gregory Shineaberry, Dennison, Ohio: exceeded speed limit, $10 Steven James Strehlow, Loretto, Minn.: expired registration, $20 Lori Lynn Stans, Woodworth, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Justin Allen Smith, New Rockford, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Robert A. Abell, Carrington, N.D.: no registration, $20 Marva Nielsen, Eden, Utah: exceeded speed limit, $10 Darlene Kay Baggett, Bismarck, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Hunter Rindy, Carrington, N.D.: care required, $30 Andrew James Donarski, Harvey, N.D.: expired...
Widows go West Horace Greeley encouraged more than just young men to go west. "Young men! Poor men! Widows!" he said. "Resolve to have a home of your own! If you are able to buy and pay for one in the East, very well; if not, make one in the broad and fertile West!" In her book, "Land in Her Own Name," NDSU Professor of Sociology Elaine Lindgren describes hundreds of women who followed Greeley's calling by staking claims in North Dakota. Today we look at just a small sampling of those who came a...
Darla Hagen Darla Hagen, age 84, of Sheyenne, N.D., died Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Sanford Health, Bismarck, N.D. Darla's visitation was Thursday, Jan. 26 from 1:00-7:00 p.m., with family present from 5:00-7:00 p.m., all at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. A funeral service was held Friday, January 27 at 11:00 a.m., at First Lutheran Church, Sheyenne, N.D., with Rev. Jeff Halverson officiating. Organist was Mary Ellen Rue. Prelude was "One Day At A Time." Congregational Hymns were... Full story
Florence Fruhwirth Florence May Werner Fruhwirth was born on May 18, 1922. She died on January 2, 2023, after living 100 years and 7 months. She was very proud of that because she was older than her parents and all of her six siblings. A local family and friend service were held from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. A Celebration of Life service was held May 18, 2023, at Parkway Funeral Service, which will help avoid hazardous winter... Full story
