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Competition will once again take a backseat to compassion on Tuesday, June 20. Swing Fore Charity is back after a three-year hiatus, and this year the recipient family is one of Carrington's own ...

The journey through elementary, junior and high school came to a close Sunday, May 28, with the Commencement Exercises for the Carrington High School Class of 2023. A total of 44 CHS students took...

Students of the Quarter for the fourth quarter at Carrington Elementary have been selected. They are as follows: Kindergarten: Rhett Beach – also nominated were Ainsly Wolsky, Brecca Laib, Hallie...

Intern Isabella Garr captured special moments from Sunday's commencement ceremony at...

Donations for the fireworks display held at the Foster County Fairgrounds in Carrington on the 4th of July are now being collected. Checks (payable to Lights of Honor) or cash can be delivered to...

Logan Weninger’s gritty performances, along with his flair for the dramatic, will be the lasting memory of the 2023 North Dakota State Track Meet for the Carrington boys’ team. Fortunately, he...

All-Region 3 Team, (L to R) – back row: Berkley Frantz (South Border), Marshall Lindgren (South Border), Jacob Nitschke (LaMoure/Litchville-Marion), Anthony Hanson (LaMoure/L-M), Hudson Schmitz...

Twenty-eight years ago, her mother put her Midkota Mustang teammates on her back as Most Valuable Player to win the 1995 Class B girls' basketball championship. Now, Megan (Fiechtner) Sparrow's...

To achieve a team title in 2023 for the Class B girls' track race at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, contending schools didn't necessarily have to worry about depth. This year, it was...

The Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder were represented by a pair of boys at the State Track Meet. Junior Mark Thomas participated in a heat of the 110-meter hurdles, running 17.77 to get the...

The Harvey-Wells County Hornets' track and field team had some great finishes at the recently-held state Track and Field meet at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck. Many of the performances...

All of Griggs/Midkota's points at the 2023 State Track Meet, from both the Titan boys and girls, came from one event. The shot put provided six points for the Titan girls' team, led by a third-place...

75 Years Ago June 3, 1948 Business is picking up in the office of County Judge M. P. Roberts now that June is here. The trend began in May when five marriage licenses were issued. Only one was...

This week's Within Our Walls article features Mary Hoff. Mary Hoff is a Certified Physician Assistant who works at our Carrington Medical Clinic and Urgent Care, as well as our Family Clinic in New...

“How is seeding going?” I asked the farmer. “Not bad” was his reply. “We’re about done with the fields where conditions are good. But now, all the remaining fields are wet.” Too much...

Dear Savvy Senior, Is it possible to collect Social Security benefits from my ex-spouse? We were married for 12 years but have been divorced for almost 20 years now. Never Remarried Dear Never, Yes,...

Newspaper publishers were recently told that our postage rates are set to increase by 8 percent in July. This is the third rate increase since August 2022, and a total of 35 percent in increases in...

Often times when I’m involved with my radio hobby of DXing, I’ll run across a radio station I’d never heard of before. When that happens, I look up the distance between my location and the...

It’s a positive trend that I hope continues: the resurgence of summer picnics. According to Mental Floss, the Covid pandemic caused a picnic boom beginning in 2020 that is showing no signs of...

For the past three years, the Carrington Area Healthy Communities Coalition has been helping local participants play pickleball by offering lessons and equipment for use, all free of charge. Learn...

Regina Messmer Regina Victoria (McCallister) Messmer of Devils Lake, N.D., and longtime resident of Bordulac, N.D., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on Tuesday, May 9,...

Ruth Mack Ruth M. Mack, 80, Fessenden, N.D., passed away Monday, May 22, 2023, at St. Aloisius Medical Center, Harvey, N.D. Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 30 at St. Augustine...