The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Late last September, 5-month-old Reed Nelson was pronounced dead at a Fargo hospital after being found unresponsive and not breathing at a local day care center in Carrington. According to court documents, a licensed social worker noted that Nelson had “clearly” suffered a traumatic head injury, and subsequently had a cardiac arrest episode with likely anoxic brain injury - an injury caused by a complete lack of oxygen to the brain. The tragic death alarmed the local community and prompted an...
The date and venue for the trial of Shannon Brandt, accused of murdering 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson in September last year, has officially been set. After being accused of purposely running over and killing Ellingson in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, Brandt pleaded not guilty to the two charges against him, including Felony AA murder, setting the stage for an eventual jury trial. Several weeks later, on Thursday, Dec. 29, the date of that jury trial was placed on the calendar. During a s...
On Thursday, January 5, the Carrington Cardinals kept their winning ways going with a dominant 66-20 victory over the Cardinals of Ellendale. Carrington, by now well known for their full-court pressure, stuck to what's been working for them on Thursday, and Ellendale couldn't cope. CHS piled on the pressure all game long, rendering Ellendale incapable of generating consistent offense. Carrington juniors Madison Johnson and Kacie Rexin were a particularly sharp thorn in their side, as the two of...
On Thursday, Dec. 29, the Carrington Cardinals traveled to Pingree to take on the Medina-Pingree/Buchanan Thunder in what was an intense basketball game from start to finish. Early on, it was clear that both teams would be playing with intensity as they fought to take down one of their rivals. For the Thunder, Thursday's game was their first of the 2022-23 season. The Cardinals, though, had already played three games before they arrived at Pingree, and had won all of them. Both teams were...
On Dec. 21, Diana Schaack of New Rockford and Deborah Fleetwood of Carrington were caught by law enforcement allegedly attempting to smuggle suboxone into the N.D. State Penitentiary in Bismarck. According to court documents, Deputy Jonathan Hirchert of the Stutsman County Narcotics Task Force was notified of a plot to smuggle a controlled substance into the State Penitentiary, to be received by inmate Kyle Maez-Schaack. According to court documents, "The information was that Kyle Maez-Schaack w...
For nearly a week, from Dec. 12 through Dec. 16, Foster County and much of the Great Plains endured one of the most severe and long-lasting blizzards in recent memory. Most of North Dakota was effectively shut down, as crews worked around the clock to clear city streets. Meanwhile, Monday's freezing rain and the near-zero visibility that followed often made county roads and highways impassable. Both the New Rockford-Sheyenne and Carrington Public Schools, and many more throughout the state,...
On Monday, Dec. 13, the Carrington Cardinals opened their season with a 74-56 victory over the New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets. For the Cards, Monday's game showed plenty of promise for the season ahead, as four of their five starters scored double-digit points for the team. The Rockets, meanwhile, were hoping to get their year back on track after dropping their season and home opener to Thompson just days earlier. Instead, they left the court Monday with another loss and with hopes of their...
During a heated courtroom hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 6, the prosecution and defense argued for nearly four hours over whether the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson was an accident, or intentional murder. In total, four witnesses took the oath and delivered testimony at the Foster County Courthouse in Carrington, as each side argued its case in what was, at times, a contentious hearing. After being accused of intentionally running over Ellingson on Sept. 18 in McHenry, Shannon Brandt, 41, was...
Tia Davis, a resident of Eddy County, recently became the proud mother of two adorable and healthy twin babies, Jeffrey and Jayla. However, while her children are thriving and in good health, Davis' pregnancy did not go according to plan, and her health in the days and weeks since has taken a turn for the worse. Davis, an Eddy County employee with the sheriff's and state's attorney's office, recently found herself at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC), where she underwent treatment for...
On Thursday, Nov. 3, Carrington Police Chief Christopher Bittmann stopped a man for speeding through town on Hwy. 281, and after initiating a routine traffic stop, he soon found much more to be suspicious of. According to court documents, Bittmann observed a Chevrolet Impala speeding south on Hwy. 281 in Carrington, clocking it at 41 mph in the 25 mph zone. A traffic stop was initiated and the driver of the Impala, Nicholas Ridenour, pulled over at the C and J gas station. Court documents allege...
Nicolai Chiropractic Center, P.C. is welcoming a new, yet familiar chiropractor to the practice. Dr. Kimberly Weber, née Thompson, a graduate of New Rockford High School, will be joining Nicolai Chiropractic beginning Monday, Oct. 3. Weber, a mother of three daughters, has been living in the area with her family since 2016, but had been working at Qual Chiropractic in Jamestown since graduating from Logan University as a Doctor of Chiropractic. "I started a little bit in a different community,...
Editor's Note: The Oct. 3 print edition, which includes this article, was printed before Shannon Brandt was charged with Class AA Felony Murder on Sept. 30. For the most up-to-date information on the Ellingson murder investigation, click the link to read the most recent articled posted online: https://www.fosterconews.com/story/2022/09/26/news/shannon-brandt-charged-with-class-aa-felony-murder-bail-set-at-1-million/1564.html The tragic death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson has prompted...
On Friday, Sept. 30, Shannon Brandt was arrested and charged with Murder, a Class AA Felony. After an alleged hit-and-run on Sept. 18 in McHenry, N.D., which resulted in the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson, Brandt was charged with criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. According to a Sept. 30 press release from Foster County State's Attorney, Kara Brinster, Brandt's original charge of criminal vehicular homicide was dismissed, and has now been replaced with...
In the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 18, tragedy struck in McHenry, N.D., when a pedestrian was hit and killed shortly after the McHenry Days street dance. According to a press release from the N.D. Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson of Grace City, N.D., was killed after being struck by 41-year-old Shannon Joseph Brandt of McHenry, driving a 2003 Ford Explorer. The accident occurred at approximately 2:55 a.m. while Ellingson was walking on Jones Street, directly east of Hohneck...
For many residents in New Rockford, a.k.a. the steam engine capital of North Dakota, and in the surrounding community, the month of September can only mean one thing: It's finally time for the Steam Threshers Reunion. From September 16-18, the 64th annual Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Reunion (CNDSTR) will take place at the Eddy County Fairgrounds, and once again attendees will have an opportunity to meet a very special and rare engine. This year's feature is Rumley, a company founded in...
A small, rural community is reeling following an apparent murder-suicide in Towner County. On Monday, Aug. 29, deputies from the Towner County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of four unresponsive individuals in a wheat field southwest of Cando, N.D. According to a press release from Towner County Sheriff Andrew Hillier, the bodies were located on the 6100 Block of 66th Street Northeast. The scene was secured by the Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal...
The Central Prairie Human Service Zone (CPHS), which provides social services to Eddy, Wells and Foster counties, has a new director. Julie St. Germaine, a native of Rolla, N.D., began her position as director back in April, and she's been hard at work ever since. St. Germaine took the time to sit down with the Transcript last week so she could introduce herself to residents of New Rockford and the surrounding community. St. Germaine married her high school sweetheart 30 years ago, and together...
The Carrington Redbirds have been winning big or not at all. On Tuesday, June 28, Carrington traveled to Edgeley for Babe Ruth baseball, where the Redbirds were unable to overcome an offensive barrage. Tate Wolsky managed to start the scoring for Carrington after smacking a leadoff single and being driven home later in the inning. Edgeley, however, set the tone in the bottom of the first, responding with four runs of their own - thanks in large part to Redbird errors. Carrington briefly tied...
DPRCAs latest production, "Little Shop of Horrors," is just days away, and four new cast members have come to New Rockford to help bring the show to life. Brooke Kassal, a native of Chicago, Ill., is playing the role of Audrey, who Kassal described as "very sweet and giving, and the only person who is not solely driven by greed in the show." "Every single person in this show is driven by greed of some sort," she added. "We see it mostly in the plant, because he wants to eat people, but every...
From Friday, June 24, through Sunday, June 26, a dozen Legion baseball teams from across the region participated in the 2022 Mid-Summer Classic in Jamestown and Valley City. Nearby teams taking part were New Rockford Post #30 and Carrington Post #25, who both had similarly up-and-down weekends. On day 1, the Redbirds got off to a hot start against Edgeley Post #146. Carrington scored five runs in the first inning, two more in each of the second and third innings, and capped off their effort with...
On Thursday, June 23, the Redbirds' Babe Ruth squad edged out a comeback victory over Steele on the road. The game got off to a rough start for Carrington, as they were unable to find home plate in the top of the first, but allowed one runner to score in the bottom of the inning after giving up two base hits and three walks. In the innings that followed, the Birds' offense couldn't get off the ground, as they failed to earn a single hit in the first three innings, allowing Steele's slim lead to...
Overland flooding in the area has forced county commissioners in Eddy and Foster County to declare a flood emergency, as roads in the area have washed away. Foster County Commissioners signed a Flood Disaster Declaration during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, after multiple reports of significant flooding and road closures in Foster County. Foster County Emergency Manager, Aaron Devereaux, said he'd received multiple reports of road damage in northeastern Foster County, including a...
Joy Tandberg, a native of McHenry, N.D., is giving local seniors in the Red River Valley a chance to keep their independence. With more than 35 years of experience as an occupational therapist, Tandberg has all the expertise necessary to help senior citizens live free and independent lives for as long as it's safe to do so. To help seniors do just that, she recently started her own business, Dak-Minn Driving & Home Evaluations, LLC. She started her business after working as a driving evaluator w...
It's no secret that this year's winter was notably bad, even by North Dakota's standards. High snow totals, bitterly cold temperatures and howling winds battered eastern North Dakota throughout winter, and not much has changed this Spring. From April 12-15, a historic snow storm walloped most of the state, rendering roads virtually impassable and leaving behind massive snow drifts. Out west was hit hardest, with the Minot area recording around 30 inches of snow accumulation. The blizzard's...
On Monday, April 11, both the SNR Black Sox and Carrington Cardinals entered the baseball diamond with recent wins under their belt, but only the Cardinals would leave with another. For the first time this season, SNR's Koby Duda took the mound to start Monday's game, and struggled in his two innings of work. His outing began with a walk followed by two consecutive wild pitches, sending the Cardinals' Grady Shipman to third base with no outs. Another walk followed, and Cardinals' senior Lucas...
