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Students match skills at math competition

It’s that time of year when seventh and eighth grade students compete against each other in the Math Counts Competition. Rugby math teacher Daniel Seykora explained what it takes to compete and move on to the next competition. “Our chapter Math Counts Competition is an annual ...

Lemons brighten winter at Father’s Farm

After three years of growing a lemon tree, the tree produced lemons, giving everyone at Father’s Farm in Wolford the chance to enjoy the freshly squeezed fruit grown on the farm. Cleo Yoder, a board member at Father’s Farm in Wolford, along with Chet Yoder and Sherri Yoder planted the ...

Council hears JDA efforts on future biofuels

The Rugby Job Development Authority will be going after a grant to study the potential for a Biofuel Development Opportunity Zone in Rugby, JDA Executive Director Brian Hoffart told the Rugby City Council Jan. 21. The JDA has been working with a Ecostrat, consulting company, whose scope of ...

CYO members skate to raise funds for Women’s Care Center

St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) members came together to skate for a good cause at the Al Wentz Ice Arena in Rugby on Jan. 13. The youth group is raising funds for the Women’s Care Center in Devils Lake. The center’s Crib Club donation center and Greatest ...

Board discusses proposed free lunch legislation

The issue of lunch debt and the school’s lunch program was a topic of discussion at the Rugby School Board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Business manager Dawn Hauck commented on the issue of free lunch, which is set to be revisited by the North Dakota Legislature during its ...

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 ...

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 ...