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Donation from area couple gives fire department new truck

After receiving a $100,000 donation from Jim and Gerd Tuchscherer of Balta last year, the Rugby Volunteer Fire Department searched and found the right vehicle to purchase. “We used it to purchase a new grass rig, replacing a 1978 Suburban. The donation is greatly appreciated,” Joel Berg, ...

Centenarian using computers for many years

Ask Delores Jaeger about a time in history after she was born and she will smile and tell you about the year and what was happening. If she has a photo saved in her electronic tablet, she will scroll until she finds it. Jaeger, a resident of Haaland Estates in Rugby who celebrated her 100th ...

Northeast District Court Nov. 18

Pierce County Nov. 18 Makayla R. Turnbo, 21, Minot, failure to appear as witness or to produce information (Class A misdemeanor), 180 days in the Heart of America Correctional and Treatment Center, 180 days suspended, 360 days of unsupervised probation, $325 in court fines and fees.

Former Army nurse recalls time spent in military service

Patricia “Pat” Ley, who served with the U.S. Army Reserve as a nurse, recalled a conversation with her dentist in 1956 when her dentist told her and some of her friends the Army was looking for nurses. Ley and her friends took the conversation seriously. Ley enlisted as a nurse and ...

Northeast District Court

Pierce County Oct. 28 Jera Cherai Davis, 32, Belcourt, domestic violence-bodily injury-second or subsequent offense (Class A misdemeanor), 30 days in the Heart of America Correctional and Treatment Center, 18 months of unsupervised probation, chemical dependency evaluation, anger management ...

Developer pulls out of row home project

A proposed row home project in the Chalmers Addition is back at square one after the developer informed the City of Rugby it would no longer be pursuing the project in light of recent resistance from other property owners in the addition at a Monday, Nov. 3, city council meeting. In a letter ...

Swine farm fails to get planning board support

After more than two hours of testimony that largely went against a proposed commercial swine operation, the Pierce County Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-0 Wednesday, Nov. 5, to recommend the county commission deny the application of Dakota SAO. The additional testimony came on top of two ...

Northeast District Court Oct. 21

Pierce County Oct. 21 Keillor Bishop Davis, 21, Madison, Fla., licenses to hunt, trap, or fish required of nonresidents (Class B misdemeanor), $350 in court fines and fees.

Debate roars over proposed swine farm

Concerns about a proposed swine operation’s odor and impact on water supplies led to protests against its permit request at the Pierce County Planning and Zoning hearing Thursday, Oct. 16, in Rugby. Not all residents who attended the hearing opposed the plan of Dakota SAO II, LLP, which ...