Sorted by date Results 591 - 615 of 3772
Watford City's Nivon Hayes has captured his second consecutive North Dakota Class A wrestling state title last weekend in Fargo at 285 lbs. Also placing for Watford City were Ethan Dennis, 145 lbs - 2nd; Brier Arnegard, 138 lbs - 5th, and San Inman, 285 lbs - 8th....
Bismarck, N.D. - The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) recognized Yolanda Rojas, a McKenzie Electric Cooperative employee, with the Community Service Award at its 80th annual meeting Feb. 7. The award recognizes Rojas' efforts to support English language learners and promote opportunities for integration and inclusion within the community. "Inclusion for all is essential to growing a strong economy and building vibrant and resilient communities," says NDAREC...
Watford City - Dr. Jennifer Arnhold, OBGYN, joined our team on Jan. 6 and, together with Dr. Yolanda Newton, OBGYN, is providing women's health and obstetric services. Dr. Arnhold was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MN, and currently resides in Brainerd, MN. Her son, Ty, is 9 years old, and she enjoys all activities with him. "I feel fortunate to have fallen into this opportunity with McKenzie Health! I enjoy the travel to North Dakota and realize great personal and professional satisfaction...
Funeral services were held Friday Feb. 17, 2023 at 1 p.m. at Fulkerson-Stevenson Memorial Chapel, Sidney, MT. Military honors will be presented by the VFW Post 4099. A luncheon followed the service at the VFW, Sidney, MT for a time of sharing and fellowship. Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT is assisting the family. Remembrances, condolences, and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Ronald (Ron) Floyd Osborn, age 83, passed away peacefully in his home on...
A formation of losses is destroying our way of life. Hot air is not saving it. Publicly noticed losses are closure of the MDU electric plant, closure of the Savage coal mine, and closure of the sugar factory. Additional threat of loss fails to be noticed. Those include the part of the irrigation case about Fort Peck and irrigation from the Missouri River, the Montana federal court case to diminish 44% of the nation’s coal mining and restrict oil and gas in the Powder River Basin which includes Richland County, and the drive to close first 3...
6 was a relatively good year for the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project with regular maintenance taking place including replacing collapsing culverts under roads and water delivery canals, and repairing a concrete spillway. The LYIP applied for, and received, grants to begin replacing some failing concrete storm water underpasses under the main canal, and replacing a couple of worn-out pumps in the Savage irrigation district. However, storm clouds remain on the horizon. After years spent...
North Dakota State University Extension will offer the "2023 Getting It Right Canola Production" webinar on Thursday, March 9. The Zoom webinar begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at noon CST. Certified Crop Advisor Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available. The conference will consist of two parts. The first half features live presentations about canola cultivar considerations, plant establishment and plant development, weed management, fertilizer recommendations, and intercropping in canola....
The hardy, performing Angus cattle raised on Regency Acres Angus look good wearing their work clothes – and get their jobs done. "Our environment here is quite brutal," says owner Russ Thiessen. "We believe that our cattle are unique in that if they can survive our extremes in weather and on our short grass, they can survive anywhere." The Thiessen family: Russ and Jill and their children, daughter Téa, who teaches math in Stanford, MT and Tyler, who is now the fifth generation on the ranch, ra...
Soil samples from North Dakota counties indicate low levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2023 season, says Janet Knodel, North Dakota State University Extension entomologist. A total of 2,040 soil cores were collected from 22 counties in the fall of 2022 to estimate the statewide risk for wheat midge for the 2023 spring wheat growing season. The risk for wheat midge is based on unparasitized cocoons found in the soil samples. "The majority of the soil samples had zero...
Bozeman - Montana State University scientists and their colleagues are sharing the results of a three-year study examining the importance of inoculant and sulfur fertilizer on lentil production. Scientists from MSU and North Dakota State University recently completed the study, which examined seven sites across the Great Plains. Researchers aimed to determine the effects of rhizobial inoculants and certain fertilizer nutrients (potassium, sulfur and micronutrients) on lentil yield at each site...
The North Dakota State University Extension projected crop budgets for 2023 are available for the state’s farmers, says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension farm management specialist. The 2023 projected profits vary by region and crop. “The budgets are guides for large multi-county regions,” says Haugen. “Returns and costs can vary considerably between producers within a region. Also, the budgets estimate returns to labor and management with no consideration of price and yield variability or risk. A perfect comparison of crops is not achieved because...
As spring approaches, backyard poultry owners and educators may be preparing for hatching season, which also means taking precautions against the spread of disease. "Even in a small and controlled environment, biosecurity threats are present," says Samantha Lahman, North Dakota State University Extension 4-H youth development specialist in animal science. "It is important that those working with poultry are prepared to keep these newly hatched birds and the people in contact with them healthy."...
A private family service will be held in the spring of 2023 in Savage, MT. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney, MT is assisting the family. Remembrances, condolences, and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Helen Estelle Rawlins was born on January 5TH, 1943, to Mary Janet and Estele James "E.J." Rawlins in San Francisco, CA. In 1959, she married Robert Bridges in Great Falls, Montana. Helen graduated from Sidney High School in 1961. Robert's military career took...
Jim Greenwood 69, Silver City, NM, joined his much-loved family in heaven when he walked into the arms of his savior on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 after a very short battle with bladder cancer. Jim was born to Dale and Marilyn Greenwood on Sept. 17, 1953 in Chadron, NE. The family moved to Cartwright ND in 1957 and he attended Horse Creek Country School through 8th grade. He graduated from Sidney High in 1971. He worked as a clerk at Yellowstone Mercantile until his graduation. He used his wages to...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and National Parks Service (NPS) Director Charles Sams to discuss a variety of North Dakota-related issues including the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Painted Canyon, water supply project funding, oil and gas development on federal lands and the state’s recent offer to help the NPS manage the herd of wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. “We appreciate Deputy Secretary Beaudreau and Director Sams taking the time to discuss opp...
Funeral Services will be held Friday February 17, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at the Fulkerson Stevenson Memorial Chapel. Military honors will be presented by the VFW Post 4099. A luncheon will follow the service at the VFW in Sidney, MT for a time of sharing and fellowship. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney, MT is assisting the family. Remembrances, condolences, and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Ronald (Ron) Floyd Osborn, age 83, passed away peacefully in his home...
Bismarck, N.D. - In a phone call, Gov. Doug Burgum urged National Park Service (NPS) Director Charles Sams to allow wild horses to remain at Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP), stressing their importance to the state’s tourism industry and their deep historical and cultural connections to the park and Roosevelt himself. The call with Sams was prompted by a letter Burgum submitted Monday as part of the NPS’s public comment period on its proposed management plan for the less than 200 wild horses in the national park’s South Unit and 12 lo...
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, Senator Tester introduced his bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing foreign countries from buying up American farmland. The Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security or PASS act, introduced by Tester and with Republican Senator Mike Rounds, from South Dakota, would also ensure farmers have a seat at the table when the government makes decisions impacting our national security. Tester is a third generation Montana farmer, so this is an issue that is particularly important to the senator. “This bill is to prevent c...
Williston, ND - The public is invited to these upcoming events at Fort Buford and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. Feb. 5: History and Nature Lecture Series, 2 p.m. “Helping Out The Boys,” a brief look at the U.S. Sanitary Commission with hands-on instruction for making a bed tick and/or a pillow tick similar to those from the 1860s. Request a materials list by calling 701-572-9034. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Cen...
Chicago - In its 38th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, Gatorade announced Jaelyn Ogle, Watford City High School, is the 2022-23 Gatorade North Dakota Girls Cross Country Player of the Year. Ogle is the first Gatorade North Dakota Girls Cross Country Player of the Year to be chosen from Watford City High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and...
On Monday, Jan. 23, at approximately 6:30 a.m. CST on HWY 85 near mile marker 151 approximately 1 mile west of Arnegard, ND there was a hit and run injury crash. A 2016 Chevrolet Colorado, driven by a 48-year-old, male, Watford City, ND, was traveling eastbound on Highway 85. An unknown truck hauling a flatbed trailer was traveling westbound and crossed into the eastbound lanes. The unknown truck struck the Chevrolet and continued westbound. The driver of the Chevrolet sustained serious injuries and was transported to the McKenzie County...
East Fairview School had professional artist, Nicole Gagner, as an Artist-in-Residence, Jan. 16-19. East Fairview School is an elementary school on the North Dakota side of Fairview. Gagner was there from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. each day and taught a one-hour session for each grade in the cafeteria. Kindergarteners to eighth graders enjoyed learning from her expertise. The school held an Art Show Open House in their cafeteria on Thursday from 4-6 p.m. to showcase the student's resulting artwork....
I am a physician who has worked in this region since 1986. I look at the local newspapers, browse the headlines, but admit that I do not read the details of most articles. After I read a prominently featured submission, entitled “Middle-class politeness” in the Sidney Herald newspaper (dated 1/22/23), however, I felt compelled to respond. It irritated me that Jim Elliott (from the far western part of Montana), the author of that article, took former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s words from 1978 completely out of context. The autho...
Construction for the Bakken Area Skills Center kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony July 18. This is a big step for the center as it has been in the works since 2016. Construction is anticipated to be finished by late 2023. The center will be located near Watford City High School, across from the Rough Rider Center’s baseball field. Once the project is completed, this one-of-a-kind facility will “up-skill” area employers’ current workforce, create more opportunities for students, and provide a variety of services to the area. The school...
Nivon Hayes, Watford City High School, captured the North Dakota High School Wrestling Association’s heavyweight title at the Fargodome. This was the first time the Wolves have had a champion since joining Class A. Hayes is a junior at Watford City High School in his second year of wrestling. Last year, he was only able to win two matches, but he stays in shape throwing the discus in track and playing football for the Wolves. He came into the tournament with a 23-12 ranking. He first pinned Fargo South’s Cayden Nielson in 3:11 in his first mat...
