2021-08-27

2021-08-27 E-Edition

Teacher appreciation brunch returns to local church



For Pastor Ray Sherwood, Thursday’s brunch for the teachers, staff and others at local Bowman County schools was a sign of getting back to normal. It was the 72nd annual Teacher Appreciation Brunch, according to Pastor Sherwood. The proximity allowed many of the people attending a teacher in-service at the campus to take a midmorning break and walk to the […]

Slope County Fair goes with its Plus 1 celebration



The Slope County Fair will be kicking off its 101st celebration Friday in Amidon, but it won’t be the only thing showing off its age at the fairground in Amidon. “It will be the Plus 1. We had our centennial last year,” said Slope County’s NDSU Extension Agent Shelby Hewson Monday. “It is the big 101.” There will be a […]

Annual Bottoms Up Run draws crowd to Marmarth


The 18th annual Bottom’s Up Run ran from Thursday through Sunday in Marmarth, bringing motorcyclists and others from around the state and the region to the small town on the Little Missouri River. It brought hundreds of people to the small community just a few miles from the Montana border, with many camping out in an area just north of […]

BOTTOMS UP RUN

Music, camping, and motorcycles drew hundreds of people to Marmarth over the weekend for the 18th annual Bottoms Up Run.

GUEST COLUMNIST

Early Canada goose hunting rules & regulations

August is no longer just about winding down the fishing season and planning and preparing for upcoming hunting seasons. While North Dakota has long had a crow season that got its start in mid-August, it wasn’t until changes several years ago put the early Canada goose opener into the middle of the month that a significant season kicked off before […]

PASTOR’S CORNER

HOT & DRY

As I write this article, I am sitting in an air-conditioned office in an air-conditioned church looking out my windows as the temperature has soared to over 90+ degrees again and again over the last 6 weeks! Now Brenda and I live in a parsonage that has air-conditioning in it and to be quite honest it feels really nice to […]

News from the Walking X Ranch

WORDS OF OUR FAMILIES

Every region has its own dialect. We all know how different it can be even in our own state. My family also has its own vocabulary that came down through the generations and with the changing times. I remember my older siblings talking about that after they’d gone off to college back in the late 60s and early 70s. They […]

Soil health cover crop grant program announced

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) announces the Soil Health Cover Crop Grant Program, a newly added program made possible through funding provided by the 67th Legislative Assembly. NDDA will provide cost-share assistance to producers via a lottery system. “As a conservation program, the primary goal of the program is to protect and enhance soil health statewide,” […]

North Camp Crook News


Thank you, Becky for gathering and writing the news this past weekend and Jo Piekkola for the weekend before. We were celebrating Lowen’s 95th birthday at Greg’s sister’s near Mankato, MN. Lowen is made of sterner stuff than most of us. His only sister had died earlier in the week and her funeral was the day before his birthday party. […]