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Member of drag racing family wins at world event

Hadley Yoder is fast moving, quick thinking and buckles up with one foot on the gas pedal. At the age of 13, Hadley has three years of driving experience under her belt with her own race car. Her elapsed time for the 1/8th was 8.13 seconds going 79 mph at the Magic City International Dragway ...

Project Joy: Little Flower class helps bring joy to others

Project Joy is a longtime program in the community in which Christmas trees are displayed at businesses with wish list tags. The fulfilled wishes go to community residents in need. The fourth-grade class taught by Maria Rice at Little Flower School in Rugby participated in this year’s ...

Family makes special recipe with love

Family members of the late Theodore “Ted” Mitzel came together at the Living Center Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby to celebrate Mitzel and make his “Kuchen Bar” recipe for the center’s residents and staff Monday, Dec. 15. Mitzel’s sisters, Betty Summers and Dorothy ...

Northeast District Court

Pierce County Olivia Noelle Bias, 33, Charleston, W.V., careless driving in violation of basic rule (infraction), $100 in court fines and fees Kip Kenneth Pierson, 47, Rugby, disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor), 30 days in the Heart of America Correctional and Treatment Center, 30 days ...

Chalmers addition at crossroads

Mayor Frank LaRocque presented a letter at the Nov. 19 Rugby City Council meeting from Affordable Housing Developers of Dickinson informing the City the developer had pulled out of a proposed affordable row housing development in the Chalmers Addition. Council member Jay Reinke proposed ...

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 ...