The Official Newspaper for Foster County

First grade piggy bank contest in April

April is Youth Financial Literacy Month. North Dakota State University Extension in Foster and Eddy counties, local banks and credit unions are partnering with schools in Carrington and New Rockford to provide a lesson to first grade students on earning, spending and saving.

The goal of the program is for students to learn positive money behaviors at an early age. As part of the lesson, each stude...