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Anita Wagner, age 81 passed away at her home on Sunday, January 24, 2021 in Excelsior, MN. The Funeral Service for Anita will be held at 2:00pm MT, Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the Hettinger Lutheran Church in Hettinger, ND. Burial will be in the Hettinger Cemetery. The Funeral Service will be livestreamed on the website www.evansonjensenfuneralhome.com Anita Louise Ellefson Wagner was born in the home of Dr. Leonard and Twila Belle Ellefson in Hettinger, North Dakota on November 3, 1939,...
The ANOVA Family Health Center, 301 12th St SE, Watford City, ND, has been offering COVID-19 drive-thru testing since March, but more recently, they have been providing rapid COVID-19 testing. The clinic performs up to 60 tests Monday-Thursday and up to 30 on Fridays. If someone suspects they have COVID-19, they can schedule a time to be tested by giving the clinic a call. "When they call the clinic, we do a North Dakota Department of Health intake on them. Once that is complete, we input the...
Google announced the 54 state and territory winners in its 12th annual Doodle for Google competition, a contest open to K-12 students across the United States to design a Google Doodle inspired by the theme "I show kindness by...". Leah Dokken, 4-5 grade group, Watford City Middle School, is one of the 54 state and territory winners across the country. Leah's doodle was selected from thousands of entries received this year. The Doodle for Google competition winner was Sharon Sara, Frisco,...
Located on the bricks outside of Door 204, Watford City, sits a brand-new mural that features contemporary and historical parts of Watford City, including Badlands, Long X Bridge, oil wells, hay bales, and longhorn cattle. "The mural depicts a scene of driving into Watford City like the Badlands and landscape of the area," stated Linda Roesch, artist that painted the mural. Roesch finished the mural Sept.1. "I really have enjoyed doing this mural. I'm glad I can do something like this for a...
Rhianna’s Dance Studio, located on 360 Main St N Suite #2B, Watford City, offers many genres of dance lessons for all ages and abilities. “We offer over 20 classes a week in many different styles including ballet, hip hop, jazz and more. Our approach is supportive and positive so you or your child’s love of dance can flourish,” said Rhianna Johnson, owner of the studio. The studio opened its first ever enrollment in September 2020. Johnson’s passion for dance is what ultimately influenced her to open up the dance studio. She added, “I have a...
Last year, Jackson Dodds broke a Watford City Oilers scoring record. He broke The Career Points Record with 323 points in just three seasons. "A lot of hard work and commitment is what helped me break that record," said Dodds. He broke that record his senior year at Watford City High School when he was playing for the Watford City Oilers. Before Dodds, that record was broken in 2001 (the year Dodds was born) and that individual broke the record in four seasons. Dodds added, "I broke that record...
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc. (MCHS) has added many different services to their clinic, and more recently, they have implemented a Suboxone Clinic. This is a program offered to people who are seeking treatment for substance abuse. Anyone who struggles with pain medication addiction or physical or psychological dependence with morphine, dilaudid, methadone, heroin, kratom, codeine, oxycodone, or opioids is encouraged to take advantage of the Suboxone Clinic. The idea for establishing...
Rhianna's Boutique recently changed its location to 360 Main St N, Watford City, ND. The boutique sells a variety of different items including, women's clothing, accessories, handmade earrings and necklaces, real leather purses and duffle bags, shoes, and a little bit of baby clothes. Their hours are from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. Rhianna's Boutique started as an online boutique in September 2017 and in March 2019, Rhianna Johnson, the owner and operator of the...
The Outlaws Winter Classic Basketball Tournament in Watford City at the Rough Rider Center was a huge success. There was great feedback and multiple compliments from visiting teams about our Rough Rider Center and the community hospitality. This was a qualifying tournament and below are the top 2 teams in each bracket: 4th Grade Girls 1st- Mandan Net shredders- Coach Vince Goettle 2nd-Minot Heat- Coach Todd Telin 4th Grade Boys 1st- Mandan Wolves- Coach John Sayler 2nd-Jamestown Jammers- Coach...
Liz Garcia, is spearheading a basketball tournament for 4th-6th graders in Watford City at the Rough Rider Center on Jan. 9 - 10. There will be 43 teams coming to Watford City. This is a good way to better support our community during difficult times and demonstrates how influential one person can be to deliver economic impact to our community. To support Liz, the community leaders came together to help with, tourism - blocking hotel rooms and providing communications welcoming traveling teams with helpful information. The chamber of commerce...
Located 12 miles north of Watford City, resides KD Angus, a registered Angus breeding program that focuses on quality with a genetic selection goal of maintaining traits above the breed average. KD Angus focuses on docility, performance, natural thickness, and ease of fleshing ability while maintaining calving ease. The program utilizes the breeds top A.I. sires that Dragseth knows will enhance his breeding program with bulls like Deer Valley Fox Trot- a huge topped, wide-based, tank of a bull...
Best Angus will be hosting their 7th Annual Best Angus & Quarter Horses Production Sale at 2 p.m., Monday, March 1, at the ranch southeast of Watford City. The sale will offer 80 registered yearling Angus bulls, 15 coming two-year-old registered Angus bulls, and 50 registered open heifer calves. For more information, visit the ranch website, http://www.bestangusandquarterhorses.com. Prior to their annual production sale, Bests marketed their range ready registered yearling bulls by private...
As of the beginning of November, McKenzie County Healthcare Systems (MCHS), welcomed Dr. Robert Bates, MD, FACS, a board-certified clinical Urologist to their clinic. Urologists primarily focus on the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. Dr. Bates specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of both male and female urinary tract conditions as well as the diagnosis and treatment of male reproductive problems. He has advanced training in pediatric urology and can treat a full range of adult and pediatric urological conditions. Dr. Bates...
Memorial services for Darlene Johnson, 85, Keene, ND will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 at First Lutheran Church, Keene, ND with Pastor Robert Schmidt “Kind Eagle” officiating. Services are under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Watford City, ND. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Darlene passed away on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Watford City, ND....
Watford City is in the beginning stages of developing an idea of something that would amplify workforce recruitment and retention in McKenzie County. To get a better idea of how to implement something like this, 16 community leaders including industry, McKenzie County, City of Watford City, and School District representatives loaded up on a bus to tour the Bismarck Career Academy and Technical Center on Thursday, Dec. 10. "Everyone has a little bit of a different perspective on what we need...
The Long X Arts Foundation is combining the arts with small business this holiday season as it hosts its first ever Art in business event. The foundation has partnered with area Watford City Main Street Businesses as well as local artists to make shopping local, unique gifts and art easy and fun. Through Dec. 24, eight local artists will have their work on display and for sale in five different retail locations in Watford City. “With the pandemic taking away so many opportunities for our local artists, we thought this would be a great way to g...
Memorial services for Darlene Johnson, 85, Keene, ND will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 at First Lutheran Church, Keene, ND with Pastor Robert Schmidt “Kind Eagle” officiating. Services are under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Watford City, ND. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Darlene passed away on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Watford City, ND....
The Long X Arts Foundation is combining the arts with small business this holiday season as it hosts its first ever Art in Business event. The foundation has partnered with area Watford City Main Street Businesses as well as local artists to make shopping local, unique gifts and art easy and fun. Through Dec. 24, eight local artists will have their work on display and for sale in five different retail locations in Watford City. "With the pandemic taking away so many opportunities for our local a...
Dan and LeeAnn Brown have been a part of the Watford City community since 2011. The Browns have been giving back to this amazing community by helping people move, finding shelter for families due to the tornado, holding family activity events and helping home businesses stay afloat. As 2020 has not been hard enough, Dan was diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer on Sept. 1. Since then the cancer has been so aggressive that it has passed from the lymph nodes and now attaching to other organs. Dan’s current treatment has definitely not been e...
The Long X Arts Foundation is combining the arts with small business this holiday season as it hosts its first ever Art in business Event. The foundation has partnered with area Watford City Main Street Businesses as well as local artists to make shopping local, unique gifts and art easy and fun. Through Dec. 24, eight local artists will have their work on display and for sale in five different retail locations in Watford City. "With the pandemic taking away so many opportunities for our local a...
