The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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The federal government is asking a judge to rule that it has the power to impose staffing requirements on nursing homes that collect billions of federal tax dollars through Medicaid and Medicare. The request was made Friday in the form of a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by the nursing home industry. That lawsuit challenges the legality of newly imposed regulations that mandate minimum staffing levels in the Medicaid-certified care facilities that now provide care for 1.2 million elderly and disabled Americans. In its motion,...
Taking home a state championship is something few kids ever get to experience. This past weekend, our boys of fall at New Rockford-Sheyenne/Maddock ended their football season in dramatic and dominant fashion, by shutting down the LaMoure/Litchville Marion Loboes and setting a state record for most points scored in a championship game. This season has been epic since the beginning, and this team was like none we've ever seen. I got to see it all from the sidelines, standing right in the midst...
Posted November 18, 2024 Last August, Foster County commissioners claimed that nearly $100,000 was owed to them by Wells County, which caught several county officials there off guard. The nearly $100K amounted to four years' worth of social service payments owed to Foster County that hadn't been distributed, and Wells County commissioners only learned of the problem after an article came out in the Independent. In the months since, Wells County Auditor Dan Stutlien and others have been poring...
November 19, 2024 "It's the old story: no work and no pay make jack pretty scarce," as writer Howard Brubaker once said. Wander back to Christmas 1930 and the height of the Great Depression with DPRCA's heartwarming holiday musical, "The Gifts of the Magi," opening Saturday, Nov. 30. It is Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak. It's the height of the Great Depression and both are out of work and penniless. But as those familiar with O. Henry's...
Carrie Cotton has seen a heap of charges filed against her in recent weeks. On Monday, Nov. 19, the Carrington resident was charged with eight counts of impersonating law enforcement officials, and since Nov. 14 she's been charged with 12 counts of violating a restraining order, one count of stalking, two counts for harassment via repeated telephone calls and one more count for disorderly conduct - harassment. Six of her impersonation charges have since been dismissed for lack of probable cause,...
