The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program through April 7. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA Farm Service Agency office or visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ Cropland not currently enrolled in CRP may be offered during this general enrollment period. In addition, producers with CRP contracts expiring Sept. 30, 2023, may also be eligible. With just 1.1 million CRP acres across North Dakota’s rural landscape today, the availability of critical nesting and fawning h...
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. N.D. workers underpaid $285 million in overtime The reason you may feel like you’re earning less for longer hours compared to your parents is because it’s likely the case. Average hourly wages, adjusted for inflation, have declined since the 1970s, while the average number of hours worked has inc...
February 24, 2023 Rachel Sitte, Wahpeton, N.D.: use of wireless communications device, $100 Jordan J. Barnes, Arnegard, N.D: exceeded speed limit, $10 Heather T. Haye, Mechanicsburg, Penn.: exceeded speed limit, $10...
MARCH CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., March 6 - Tahitian Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Japanese Vegetables, Sauce - Pool - Bridge - Open Cards Tues., March 7 - Cabbage Roll, Scalloped Potatoes, Peas, Bar - Pinochle Thurs., March 9 - Chicken Fried Steak, Country Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Glorified Rice - Whist Fri., March 10 - Tilapia, Baby Bakers, Mixed Vegetables, Pudding - Mexican Train Dominoes Sat., March 11 - Public Cards Pinochle Tournament, 1 p.m. All ages welcome. GRACE CITY, MCHENRY...
The Alzheimer’s Association will offer a free presentation titled, “Best Practices in Dementia Care”. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, March 7 from Noon - 3:30 p.m. This presentation is free and open to healthcare professionals; registration is required. This project is supported by funding granted through the North Dakota Department of Human Services, Aging Service Division. To register for this class visit, communityresourcefinder.org or call 1-800-272-3900....
CHASELEY NEWS: Recent visitors at Connie Czech’s home were Trish Mindt, Wanda Weckerly and Lynda Roller. Connie Czech attended a surprise birthday party for Doreen Rexine in Bowdon on the 17th of February. Saturday, Connie attended a birthday party for Granddaughter Brooklyn’s seventh birthday. BOWDON NEWS: On February 14, Freida Tebelius went to Bismarck. She had several appointments. She stayed at the home of Marsha and Gary Buchwitz. Freida returned home on the 22. On Sunday, Freida enjoyed the “German Dinner” at the Bowdon Café. She said...
“The lack of workforce is a national problem.” Those were the words of Alan Scanson, the chairman of the Foster County Commission, at their meeting last week. During the meeting held on Tuesday, February 21, a discussion arose about applicants for the open county road position. Apparently, several of the applicants want more money than the county’s step pay scale allows. Commissioner Pat Copenhaver suggested they go above the pay scale to get someone hired as they only have three weeks befor...
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, law enforcement responded to a shooting at Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne, N.D. that left one man dead. The victim was identifed Monday as 30-year-old Troyal Thumb of Sheyenne. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra, the man authorities allege shot and killed Thumb, was taken into custody after a 65-hour-long multi-agency manhunt. Eddy County Sheriff, Paul Lies, said Poitra was discovered at around noon on Wednesday by a local farmer on County Road...
Patti Larson has many visions for Sheyenne. None of them include the town dying a slow death. That is likely its fate unless the town's demographics were to magically change. With two-thirds of its 185 residents over the age of 50, Sheyenne is indeed in its golden years. Community leaders in Sheyenne and other towns are hopeful that they've found a way to slow or reverse that aging process, but they believe it will take an influx of new Americans to do so. At the moment Sheyenne shows its age...
This year's North Dakota Academic All-State team's have been selected, and Carrington High School's Max Beumer has been named to the Class B Gold Team. All totaled, 202 high schoolers in North Dakota were nominated by their school's principal and went on to compete for statewide recognition in either the Class A or Class B divisions. Each student was named to either the Gold, Silver, Bronze or Honorable Mention teams, based on their grade-point averages, ACT or SAT scores, extracurricular...
UPDATE: After press time, Carrington Public Schools announced via Facebook that the High School Pops Concert has been postponed to Monday, March 13 at 7:00 pm. The bands and choirs of Carrington High School and Middle School will present the Pops Concert on Tuesday, February 28 in the high school gym beginning at 7:00 p.m. The students will be performing under the direction of Kristina Schuh. The junior and senior high band and choir will sing and play songs fitting the theme movies and television. The junior high choir will sing...
Six FFA members of the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter recently competed in the State FFA Quiz and Demonstration Event. The State FFA LDE (Leadership Development Event) Day was held on Thursday January 19, at the Bismarck Event Center. The teams qualified for this event by placing second in the quiz and demonstration event at the District 3 FFA Leadership Conference held in Rugby on Monday December 5. In the quiz event, the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA team competed against fifteen other teams. The top...
A $500.00 scholarship from the Carrington Chamber of Commerce will be announced this spring at the Honors Night at Carrington High School. The scholarship opportunity is available to students at Carrington High School that are employed by Chamber member businesses. Applications are available at the high school and also and at the CCEDC office. Deadline to apply is April 1, 2023. Your Chamber is happy to sponsor this scholarship as we know how important our youth are in our local workforce. For more information, contact the Carrington Chamber &...
The funding for several large governmental agencies is currently being discussed in the House Appropriations Committee. One such agency is the Department of Transportation. There will be a significant change in how the agency is funded during this session. Traditionally, gas tax, which is currently 23 cents per gallon, and the funds received from vehicle registrations provide most of the dollars that run the department. The major use of these funds is to match the federal dollars that the state...
The Carrington Community Choir will begin rehearsals on February 26 for a Palm Sunday service. Rehearsals will be held on Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 725 Main Street in Carrington. Rehearsal dates are February 26; and March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Choir members from 2019 should bring any copies of “Living Hope” that are still available. The Carrington Community Choir is a volunteer group who have been singing together for the past several years, primarily for Advent and Easter. The group’s membership is flexible, depen...
The Red River Valley Writing Project at North Dakota State University and Plains Art Museum have announced the regional award recipients of the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Abigail Dreher, Midkota High School, was a writing award winner, Silver Key. This year, 90 creative teens from North Dakota received regional honors, including Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions and/or American Visions and Voices nominations from the local Scholastic Awards Affiliate. All Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention award-winning works will...
The 97th Little International was organized by the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club and held at Shepperd Arena on the NDSU campus. Rose Wendel, a freshman in liberal arts from LaMoure, N.D., was named the overall showman at the 97th Little International at North Dakota State University on Feb. 11. Wendel is the daughter of Mike and Shari Wendel. Noah Helgoe, a sophomore in animal science and crop and weed science from Cavalier, N.D., was named reserve champion. Helgoe is the son of Chris and Kari Helgoe. The 97th Little International was organized...
Carrington Lions held their February meeting at the Chieftain on Feb. 1. Special guests were Mike and Krystle Neis, their daughter Mya and Dennis Swanson and Laurie Dietz. Mya accepted her check from 5NE for creating the winning Peace Poster. Swanson and Dietz spoke on the Rainbow Gardens project. The Carrington Lions Club helped sell tickets and concessions at the East Region Girls' Dual Wrestling Tournament held Feb. 3 at Carrington High School. Ticket sellers were Lions Brittney Moravec,...
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. Shared superintendent bill killed in the house A bill before legislators that would have required school districts with fewer than 475 students to share superintendents was unanimously defeated in the North Dakota House recently. House Bill 1271 failed 90-0. Even the bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Dan R...
FEBRUARY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., Feb 27 - Cube Steak, Scalloped Potatoes, Prince Edward Vegetables, Bar - Pool - Bridge & Open Cards Tues., Feb. 28 - Chicken Strips, Baby Bakers, Peas & Carrots, Sauce - Pinochle...
Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, 2023 Criminal Velma Redding, Minot, N.D.: • Possession of controlled substance (2nd offense). Condition: Comply with payment agreement. Not posses or own fire arms. Notify court of address change. Set up payment schedule. Unsupervised probation. Violate no criminal laws. Fees: criminal admin. fee: $400; defense/facility admin. fee: $100; indigent defense application fee: $35; victim-witness fee: $25. Confinement: Agency: Stutsman County Correctional Center, term: 30 days. • Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia - use/stora...
There will be one $1000 scholarship awarded to young women who will begin their first or second year college studies in 2023. The student must be a woman enrolling in an agricultural-related field. Examples are Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, Extension Education, or a related field. Applications can be obtained by contacting the state WIFE scholarship chairman, Phyllis Howatt of Langdon, ND. Contact her at 701-256-2151 or howphy@midco.net for the forms or if you have any questions. The student...
More questions about the proposed food and beverage tax were on the lips of several of the audience members who attended the Carrington City Council meeting last Monday. During the meeting held on Monday, February 13, Foster County resident Ed Anderson addressed the council about the new tax. He asked several questions and gave his opinion. Carrington Mayor Tom Erdmann said there will be a special meeting toward the end of February, beginning of March about the tax, but no date has been set yet....
A semi truck registered to Yellowstone Contracting of Manhattan, Mont., had its load, one half of a prefabricated house, shift and tip over while the vehicle was navigating the tight turns of the Highways 52-200/281 roundabout in Carrington Monday morning, February 13. The overturned cargo blocked the north portal of entry to the intersection, and traffic coming from and going towards New Rockford was diverted to 5th Ave. North adjacent to Casey's and Central City Lumber, and 11th St. North...
