The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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An American flag was stolen from the New Home Cemetery for the second time in a year. Woodworth area resident Arvin Goter said Wednesday that a flag and pole had waved high in the cemetery, which is located 9 miles north and 4 miles west of Woodworth, for 40 years, until this past July. Goter said he had raised a new flag on the pole in the spring of 2021, and then both the pole and flag disappeared in July, three months later. So he purchased another new American flag and pole and put them up this spring. On the night of July 26, the second...
Sage Friedt of Bordulac, N.D., has been named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main campus in Davenport, Iowa. Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa; San Jose, California; and Port Orange, Florida....
Timothy White was recently chosen (among his peers in the nation) to be one of eight Finalists for the Coach of the Year award in the category of assistant girls' coach. White traveled to Des Moines, Iowa at the end of June to accept his award at the 2022 National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) convention. From Carrington, N.D., White graduated from UND with a bachelor of science degree in English. He spent his first three years teaching in Carson, N.D. (now the Grant County...
The North Dakota 9-1-1 Association in cooperation with local Public Safety Answering Points, is requesting that any person using or contracting for the use of in home or mobile medical alert devices, please keep your vendor updated whenever you change your address. In communications throughout the state, we have found that all vendors we were able to contact have put the updating of your place of residence as the responsibility of the owner/lessee of the devices. In cases happening in North Dakota, when Medical Assistance Devices were used,...
The Farm to Market and County Road Funds will expire in 2025, so now is the time to get them on the ballot for the next 10 years. This is the information the Foster County Commission received at their meeting last week. During the meeting held on Tuesday, July 19, Commissioner Becky Hagel told the board it is necessary to get these on the ballot for the general election in November so the money for road maintenance and repair does not come out of the general fund. The Farm to Market Fund was...
North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center held its 63rd Annual Field Day at its campus north of Carrington Tuesday, July 19. Experts in their fields of agriculture, along with local speakers, talked about trends in those industries to attendees as part of guided tours....
Valuing and building relationships, working to establish trust with all stakeholders, and the importance of keeping Carrington's most valuable resource, its children, close to home, are several of the key attributes that new Carrington Public School Superintendent Janelle Helm hopes to instill and promote in the district. "My philosophy is very simple: work hard, be nice to people, and lead with integrity," Helm says. "I believe that relationships are at the core of everything that we do. Our...
Carrington High School students, alumni and supporters, it’s time to run for a cause! This Saturday, July 30, Wholesale Ag Products will hosts its second annual Juanita Lake 5K Fun Run/Walk. Meet on the west side of the lake, 100 yards north of the quonset. Race day registration begins at 6:45 a.m., and the race starts at 8 a.m. Cost is $10 per entrant, and all participants will receive a commemorative medal. Participants will vote for a Carrington High School organization to benefit from the r...
The North Dakota Stockmen's Association (NDSA) hosted 60 youth exhibitors and their families at the 27th annual North Dakota Junior Beef Expo (NDJBE) June 24-25 at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds in Minot, N.D. "The Junior Beef Expo has started to get more youth interested and involved in the beef industry," said NDJBE Vice Chairman Jayd Novak. "I enjoyed watching the integrity and sportsmanship shine through the junior exhibitors as they competed throughout the weekend." On Friday,...
North Dakota State University will host a Junior Beef Producers Workshop in Carrington on Aug. 9. "We are thrilled to provide 13- to 18-year-olds with practical, interactive experiences related to beef production," says Jeff Gale, NDSU Extension agent in Foster County. Livestock environmental specialist Mary Keena adds, "This workshop gives youth who are already involved in the beef industry the opportunity to learn in-depth about management practices that operations choose and why they are...
On July 9, 2022, five generations gathered at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, to give Esther Guthmiller an opportunity to meet her great-great-grandson, Gavin Brandvold. Pictured above, (front) is great-great-grandmother, Esther Guthmiller (holding Gavin). Back, left to right: mother of Gavin, Nicole Brandvold; grandmother, Crystal Miller and great-grandmother, Della Lutman....
With a local provider on staff and a great New Rockford location in the works, an area medical center has plans to expand into Eddy County. Cooperstown Medical Center (CMC) has announced plans to open the New Rockford Satellite Clinic on Aug.1. The clinic will be located in a wing of the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. The entrance will be near the Chapel, along 13th Street. This entrance allows people to access the clinic without having to enter the long term care facility, as well as enhan...
Kennedy Wendel, Nicole Lee, Karlee Lesmann, Emma Aberle, Trisa Schroeder, Lexi McClean, Jozey Retzlaff, Joe Lindberg, Tyler Walker, and Izzy Neuman of the Carrington FFA Chapter attended the 2022 Washington Leadership Conference (WLC), July 12-17 in the nation's capital. The conference is an activity of the National FFA Organization. The FFA members were able to have this life-changing experience with the help of scholarships from the North Dakota FFA Alumni and North Dakota FFA Foundation....
Carrington Lions Club members (left to right): Jenni Wede, Jane Fredrickson, and Tom Painter handed out 210 bags of popcorn to the children and adults attending the season's opening day of The Market at the Carrington City Park on July 12. Other Lions who helped, but are not pictured were Heather Carr, Debra Leapaldt, Marilyn Nicholson and Sharon Paintner. The next Market will be held on July 26. The feature for that event will be a painting demo....
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. Foreign Minister of Iceland to visit Pembina The Icelandic Communities Association is honored to announce that Iceland Minister for Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Thórdí s Kolbrún Reykförd Gylfadóttir, will attend the 123rd annual Deuce of August Icelandic Celebration in Mountain on Saturday, July 30. She...
Soren Almont Erik and Emily Gjovik of Carrington, North Dakota, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Soren Almont, who was born Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Jamestown, N.D. He weighed seven pounds, eight ounces at birth, and measured 21 inches long. He joins two older sisters, Isla (4) and Cecily (2½), at home. Grandparents are Peder and Gail Gjovik of Valley City, North Dakota, and Jim and Sheri Harvey of Froid, Montana....
Gavin Donald Trent and Nicole Brandvold, Marion, N.D., are the proud parents of their first child, Gavin Donald Brandvold. Gavin was born at Jamestown Regional Medical Center on June 5, 2022, at 10:05 p.m. He weighed six pounds, five ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Grandparents are Bruce and Crystal Miller, Carrington, N.D., and Mike and Sharon Brandvold, Kathryn, N.D. Great-grandparents are Neil and Della Lutman, Carrington, N.D.; Dennis and Gloria Martin, Bismarck, N.D.; the late Donald...
JULY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., July 25 - Hamballs, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Broccoli, Rice Pudding w/Raisins - Pool Tues., July 26 - Fish, Parsley Potatoes, Green Beans, Bar - Pinochle Thurs., July 28 - BBQ Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, California Blend Vegetables, Dump Cake - Whist Fri., July 29 - Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Prince Edward Vegetables, Jello w/Fruit - Mexican Train Dominoes GRACE CITY, MCHENRY GLENFIELD Mon., July 25 - Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Peas, Juice, Ice Cream Wed.,...
July 19, 2022 Jose Cisneros, New Rockford, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $15 Mariana Tanase, Mississauga, Ontario, Can.: exceeded speed limit, $25 Harold Gene Tisdale, Jr., Hempstead, Texas: exceeded speed limit, $10 Jacob Kelly Page, Carrington, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 James Allen Metcalf, Fergus Fall, Minn.: exceeded speed limit, $10...
Photographers who are interested in sending photos for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest must follow guidelines for submitting their work. Photographers should go to the Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov/photo-contest. Then it is a matter of providing some pertinent information about the photo and uploading it. Doing so helps both with ease of submitting photos for the photographer and managing those images for department staff. The contest is now open and the deadline for submitting pho...
The University of North Dakota's Office of the Registrar today issued its Spring Semester 2022 Deans List, President's Roll of Honor and names of Spring Commencement graduates. The Dean's List comprises students whose grade point average are in the top 15 percent of the enrollment in each of the University's degree granting colleges and schools. A student must have completed no fewer than 12 semester hours of academic work for the semester, of which eight or more hours must be graded work...
Billy Holtan, back row, far right, has been at the forefront of firefighting efforts in the Alaskan wilderness this summer. As part of the Grande Rondel rappel crew, seen here, Holtan has taken on blazes in what is known as the Lime Complex, which consists of almost 21 million acres and has witnessed almost 820,000 acres worth of combined fires. There are 18 fires going on at the moment in the complex as of Sunday, July 10, with two of those staffed and 16 unstaffed. Holtan is currently part of...
The Jim Carr Memorial Tractor Trek, featuring a convoy of tractors moving slowly down southeast Carrington streets and into the countryside, was held Thursday, July 14. Held in memory of Jim Carr, a Carrington farmer, businessman and county commissioner, the event has drawn more and more participants in the past few years....
Events are planned at the Putnam House, 533 Main Street, Carrington, for the month of August. The first event, "Music on Main," will be held on Wednesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. on the Putnam House lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and sit back and enjoy the music of Brian Duursma, Dusty Carr and Alison Schumann. A freewill offering will be taken. The Putnam House will also be offering three different classes: a beginning sewing class for kids, a garden mosaic class and a barn quilt painting works...
This week's Yard of the Week sponsored by Carrington Garden Club & Runnings goes to Dallas and Donna Anderson at 656 2nd Street North....
