Emergency operations plan reviewed

Pierce County’s Local Emergency Operations Plan was reviewed Monday evening during a meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Commission.

Pierce County Emergency Manager Kelsey Siegler reviewed who are considered functional and task coordinators in coordination and control; administration; communication; damage assessment; health and medical; individual and family assistance; public safety; public works and transportation; and warning areas, as well as tasks each coordinator does in the preparation, response and recovery phases for a disaster.

The plan had been revised in 2014 for 2015, and is slated for adoption again for 2020.

– Tribune Staff Report

AGC of North Dakota Scholarships Awarded

The Education Foundation of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of North Dakota is pleased to announce the awarding of 27 scholarships totaling over $54,000 for the 2019-2020 school year. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with career interests in the construction industry and who are enrolled in North Dakota post-secondary construction programs. The following students have been awarded AGC of ND scholarships:

North Dakota State College of Science – Wahpeton , AGC Scholarships -$750: Halie Schmaltz Rugby, ND, Freshman Electrical Technology

The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of North Dakota is a non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting opportunity and excellence in North Dakota’s construction industry. Created in 1951, the AGC of North Dakota represents and serves the needs of all segments of North Dakota’s construction industry including Building Contractors, Highway Contractors, Municipal-Heavy Contractors, Subcontractors and Specialty Contractors and Construction Industry Affiliates.

The AGC of North Dakota has awarded approximately $1,050,000 in scholarship awards since the program was started.

– AGC

Area students make Concordia Dean’s Honor List

Dr. Eric Eliason, dean of the college and vice president of Academic Affairs, has announced the names of students whose superior academic achievement during the second semester of the 2019-20 academic year placed them on the Dean’s Honor List at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. “We are proud of the commitment these students show to academic excellence, and we are confident they are preparing themselves well to apply their accomplishments to the affairs of the world,” says Eliason.

To qualify for this designation, students must carry a minimum of 12 semester credits and have a grade point average of at least a 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.

Concordia College is a four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America offering more than 50 majors, including 15 honors majors and 12 preprofessional programs.

Local students:

Sonja Gilje, Rolette; Karin Selland, Rugby

– Concordia College

DCB recognizes academic successes

Dakota College at Bottineau recognizes students from the Spring 2019 semester for their academic success.

This academic success recognizes outstanding students who are investing time, energy and resources to becoming contributing members of society. Dean’s List students maintain a GPA of 3.5 and higher and the Honor Roll recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of 3.0-3.49.

We are pleased that they have achieved a high level of academic excellence.

Dean’s List:

ROLETTE: Kinze Martinson

RUGBY: Dillon Marco, Kyla Radomski, Jace Scherr

TOWNER: Andrew Huwe, Courtney Hanson

Honor Roll:

WILLOW CITY: Miranda Atkinson

TOWNER: Lindsey Buchowski

ROLETTE: Dawn Lavallie

– DCB