The Rugby City Council held a special meeting Dec. 14 at city hall to discuss an issue they hope will be settled by softball season next year. After expressing disappointment in a drain tile project resulting in several rolls of dead sod and what council members at various times referred to ...
A spokesperson for the Heart of America Correctional and Treatment Center in Rugby announced an “uptick” in COVID-19 cases in the facility Dec. 15. “We have seen a recent uptick in positive cases in the jail for COVID,” Mike Graner, administrator for the facility announced. ...
The Heart of America Medical Center Auxiliary set strings of multicolored lights aglow on their Tree of Giving the evening of Dec. 3, kicking off a season of “caring and sharing for health care.” HAMC Marketing Director Darcie Rose welcomed a small group of hospital auxiliary members to ...
Pierce County commissioners elected David Migler and Ashley Berg as chair and vice-chair for the 2021 term in their regular meeting held Dec. 1. Migler, who serves as the current board chair, represents Pierce County District 5, while Berg represents Pierce County District 3. The board ...
The Rugby Recreation Complex took the spotlight at the regular monthly meeting for the Rugby City Council Monday, Dec. 7 at city hall. Austin Harles of MBF Drain Tile Systems, LLC, attended the meeting by phone to describe drain tile work he placed underground at the baseball diamonds at the ...
A Rugby family was left homeless after a fire in a residential section of Rugby the evening of Friday, Dec. 4. The fire, described as “minor” by Rugby Volunteer Fire Department Chief Derek Bush, broke out just after 9 p.m. in the 300 block of Fourth Street Southeast. Bush said the ...
Two Rugby High School seniors have been named to the North Dakota High School Coaches’ Association 2020 Class B All State Volleyball Team. Brooke and Sarah Blessum, cousins who participate in multiple sports including volleyball, received the honor for the second time in their career, ...
RUGBY – First International Bank & Trust recently presented a donation to Haaland Estates as part of its Annual Community Giving Program. The assisted and basic living care facility was selected from among 134 community organizations across FIBT’s footprint to receive a “Rising ...
The Pierce County Sheriff’s office responded to 46 calls in November, down from more than 50 in the past two months according to a report released Dec. 1. Sheriff Josh Siegler presented his November report to the Pierce County Commissioners at their regular meeting. Deputies made 19 ...
Rugby residents masked up and lined up in socially distanced clusters along Main Avenue downtown the evening of Saturday, Nov. 28, for the annual Parade of Lights. The parade began with a traditional procession of first response vehicles, their red, white and blue lights blinking as brightly ...
