The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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• Carrington will hold their Memorial Day Program on Monday, May 30 at the Carrington Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. In case of rain it will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church. A noon luncheon will follow program at Trinity Lutheran Church. • Grace City Memorial Day service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 30 at the Grace City Cemetery. Program and potluck lunch will follow at the Schoolhouse Cafe at 11:00 a.m. • Pingree will hold their service at 10:30 a.m. at the Pingree Community Center on May 3...
Public parks are meant for everyone to be enjoyed, and the importance of respecting the space that is provided should be observed without question. Over the past few years, however, a growing problem has reared its ugly head, and has caused no end of frustration and unnecessary heartache for the Carrington Park Board. A recent spate of vandalism in the park’s bathroom facilities near the picnic area and adjacent to the pool spurred the need for the Board to speak out. An individual or i...
A letter sent to the Foster County Commission from Jeanne Hoyt and Barb Bergan regarding the removal of an approach located on the north side of 11th St. in McHenry was acknowledged, but not considered, by the commission at their last meeting when moving to remove the approach due to flooding issues. After the commission meeting story was published, the Independent received a letter from Hoyt explaining the situation with the flooding in that area, as well as a copy of the letter sent to the com...
"She is clothed with strength and dignity and laughs without fear of the future." - Proverbs 31:25 For the past 11 weeks, 35 girls and their mentors have forged a connection steeped in positive self-esteem, goal setting and kindness. Beautiful Inside and Out (BIO) Girls is a self-esteem building program for girls in grades 2-6. The program is based on research that shows girls struggle with mental health issues at almost double the rate of boys. Further, girls' self-esteem is highest in the...
Carrington’s Waste Pile Site will be open free of charge to all Carrington city residents on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents are responsible for hauling their clean-up items to the waste pile site. Each driver shall be required to show a current water bill/stub as proof of residency. The landfill is located one mile north of Highway 200 and 19th Avenue intersection and then ¾ mile west. Items that are accepted include: white goods such as stoves, washers, et...
There are still a few spots left in the Commercial Building for the Foster County Fair. You are invited to display your products in our Commercial Exhibit building or to display your larger items outside in a lighted area. There will be insurance on your products as long as the fair is in progress. The space fee is $50.00 for an indoor 8x10 (approximately) space for three days during the fair. We have tables available to rent for $5 each. The Commercial building will be open for set up on Wednesday, June 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. If the l...
The Sykeston Community Club is happy to again host the Lake Hiawatha Fishing Derby on Sunday, June 5. The family event is sponsored by Sykeston Community Club at the Sykeston City Park. This free event is open to children ages four through twelve and will take place from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. As in the past, each registrant will receive a T-shirt and the North Dakota Game and Fish will provide a small tackle box to each child. Hot dogs will be served throughout the afternoon. Participants are divided into three age groups to compete for the top...
Carrington School District patrons will go to the polls on Tuesday, June 7 to elect one rural member to the Board of Education. Incumbent Joel Lemer will have his name on the ballot for reelection. Term for the one elected will be for three years. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Common Area of Carrington High School (door number 11)....
The North Dakota Game Wardens Association, Ray Goetz Memorial Fund and Report All Poachers are sponsoring two $600 scholarships for graduating high school seniors or current higher education students interested in majoring in wildlife law enforcement or a related field. Applicants must be North Dakota residents, be in good academic standing and have an interest in wildlife law enforcement or a related field. Scholarships will be awarded in fall upon proof of enrollment. Applications are available by contacting the North Dakota Game Warden’s A...
When my mother-in-law, Marge, moved into assisted living, she discovered a beautiful white peony growing just outside her window. The showy blossoms were something she looked forward to each spring. Marge enjoyed the plant even more when she learned its story. It turned out that a former neighbor, Lois, had occupied the same room some years previously. To brighten her days, family members transplanted a favorite peony from their farmyard to the space outside Lois’ window. The peony thrived, b...
Miss North Dakota, Reyna Bergstrom, spoke to captive audiences of Carrington Elementary students from K-3rd and 4th-6th grades Monday, May 16, about social media literacy, and how to use it in an ethical and safe manner....
The City of Carrington’s Tree Board Committee has available for giveaway Accolade Elm and Spring Snow Crabapple trees. The elm variety has excellent Dutch elm disease and insect resistance growing to approximately 40’ x 35’. The crabapple variety has white, showy spring flowers and is fruitless growing to approximately 20’ x 15’. The Tree Board will cover the cost of the tree; however, the property owner is tasked with planting and proper care of said tree, including proper watering. We do have the possibility of having tree planting assistanc...
Jamestown, N.D. – Ethan Gast has been selected to represent Carrington High School at North Dakota Leadership Seminar June 3 - 5 at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, N.D. Gast, child of Carl and Jennifer Gast, was selected to represent CHS at the North Dakota Leadership Seminar because of his leadership skills, commitment to community service and involvement in his school and community. For more than 40 years, North Dakota Leadership Seminar (NDLS) has brought together some of the North Dakota’s most talented young people from acr...
Carrington Kiwanis Treasurer, Deedra Aasand (right), presents a check for nearly $1,800.00 to Michele Seil, President of Carrington Healthy Communities Coalition for the new playground renovation at the west end Carrington....
North Dakota State University Extension has had a long-term recommendation of establishing pinto bean at 70,000 plants per acre, and black and navy bean at 90,000 plants per acre in wide (30-inch) rows. However, based on an annual dry bean grower survey, farmers growing black and navy bean are using greater plant populations and narrower rows, says Greg Endres, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist. A lesser trend exists for pinto bean farmers. “With support from Northarvest Bean Growers Association, NDSU has been conducting field t...
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. Beulah mourns Schaeffer After 11 days missing, Tyler Schaeffer came home. The Beulah teen, who was reported missing on May 1, was recovered May 11 from the Knife River in Beulah. The river had been the focus of authorities’ searching for a week leading up to the discovery of Schaeffer’s body late in the...
Eddie Grant, a Harvard Law School graduate and a former third baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants, was the first major league baseball player killed in World War I. In all, seven other major league players lost their lives in the Great War. They are Lt. Tom Burr, plane crash; Lt. Harry Chapman, illness; Lt. Larry Chappell, influenza; Pvt. Harry Glenn, pneumonia; Cpt. Newton Halliday, hemorrhages; Cpl. Ralph Sherman, drowned, an...
It was recently announced that the North Dakota Department of Transportation has OK’d a major road construction project that will turn U.S. Highway 52, from the Canadian border at Portal, all the way to Carrington, into a “super 2,” which means strategic passing lanes will be added. Since April of 2008, there’s been a push to have U.S. 52 four-laned from the border to the four-lane U.S. Highway 2, about 15 miles northwest of Minot. Public meetings were held along the route and not much ever ha...
The drumbeat for abolishing student debt is growing as students and former students feel the financial crunch of poor employment and increasing inflation. Forty five million (45,000,000) Americans owe $1.6 trillion ($1,600,000,000) for federal student loans. But there is a lot of hidden debt acquired from private sources that is impossible to calculate. We know it is big. Twenty-four percent have student debt, leaving 76% without student debt. The political facts tell us that 24% will be eager...
12 Years Ago June 5, 1947 Planting of trees has been the chief project of the Foster County Soil Conservation District this spring, states Norton Stangeland, conservationist who has been assisting in the planting program. Fred Sommars was chairman of the past presidents program which was held in connection with the Kiwanis Club meeting at Rainbow Gardens Wednesday noon. He introduced each of the past presidents present and asked each of them to speak on a topic of his own choice. The past presid...
This week I will haul my seedlings home for the second leg of their school garden journey. They are going to spend a few weeks in my yard adjusting to the outdoor environment before they are finally planted in the gardens. While this step is a lot of work, I would really regret if I didn’t take the time to help my transplants adjust to the conditions outdoors. The horticulture term for adapting plants to the outdoor conditions is hardening or hardening off. Before plants grown indoors are p...
Mabel Bittner Mabel Gladys Bittner, 88, passed away at Golden Acres Manor, on May 21, 2022, where she resided for the past few years. Mabel Gladys Gussiaas was born on September 16,1933, the second youngest of 15 children, born to Andrew and Thea Gussiaas. Mabel's Celebration of Life will be Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington. Mabel grew up on a rural Carrington farm in a large family, and was baptized and confirmed at Kvernes Lutheran C... Full story
William Starke William "Bill" Starke passed away May 19, 2022 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford N.D. Joyce, his wife, their two children Debbie and Clint and several of his grandchildren were with him during his last hours. William Horton Starke was born August 21, 1927, to Horton and Alpha Starke. They lived on the Klocke farmstead until 1933 when the family, now including Bill's sister Carol, moved to the current Starke farmstead in Superior Township. Bill attended grade... Full story
The corn hole tournament will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Foster County Fair. The tournament will be open to all ages. It will be a double elimination and there is no entry fee. Prizes for each team are as follows: 1st - $250, 2nd - $150, 3rd - $100 and 5th - $100. Boards and bags will be provided, but teams may bring their own bags if they chose. Standard corn hole rules will apply, and a non-cancellation scoring method will be used for the purpose of time. Teams may sign up from 7:30 - 8:00 p.m., at the fairgrounds with...
Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington held their Confirmation on Sunday, May 5 during their Worship service. Confirmands included the following: front row, left to right: Kalli Finch, Zoey Kollman, Easton Mittleider, Kaydence VanRay, Tesslin Lura. Back row: Pastor Ray Hagan, Callen Garber, Susan Bickett (parent), Joshua Bickett, Todd Bickett (parent), Kanin Zieman, Lori Ricter (parent) and Gabe Ricter....
