The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Outdoor notes: *Reminder that it’s illegal to chase, harass, or pursue any wildlife species with motorized vehicle. *Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice and don’t move around at night. Tournaments: *Jan. 7: Devils Lake. *Jan. 14: Lake Ashtabula, Sibley Crossing; Lake Josephine. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, Dec. 27: 1,449.37 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,449.31 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,8...
There once was an old farmer named Olaus O. Berg, in Walsh County, who lived in seclusion from the outside world. His neighbors called him a hermit, for he lived a solitary life in a tumbledown shack on his 160-acre farm in Vesta Township, seven miles northwest of Park River. We don’t know very much about Olaus Berg. But we do know that he was born in Norway in 1845, and he immigrated to the U.S. in 1872. Sometime in the 1880s, Mr. Berg established his Walsh County farm, and, for the next twenty years, he lived in quiet privacy. It was on J...
Beginning its 24th year of service, the Canadian Pacific Railroad's Holiday Train made one of its 168 live stops Saturday, December 17, in Carrington. The train returned to the Central City following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which virtual shows were presented. The train's purpose is to raise money for local food banks during the holiday season, and since its inception in 1999, CPR has raised more than $21 million dollars and collected five million pounds of food...
CHASELEY NEWS: Marvin and Julie Rodacker went to Harvey to hear the Centennial Singers concert. Saturday, Pam Rodacker, Marvin and Julie Rodacker went to Harvey; they were also there on December 19. BOWDON NEWS: Freida Tebelius went to Bismarck December 12 and on December 15, her and her son, George, from Fargo, flew to Texas to visit Freida’s grandson. They arrived back in Bismarck on December 18, where she was snowbound. On December 23, Freida enjoyed an early Christmas with the Bismarck/Mandan relatives. Saturday, Gary and Marsha Buchwitz b...
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