Maintaining Rugby’s flowers is a community effort involving many but one resident has gone a cut above the rest in his dedication to making Rugby bloom. “It makes the city look so much nicer when you can have color downtown like that,” said Steve Dockter, the primary caretaker ...
Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, and other dignitaries visited Rugby to celebrate the grand opening of the new Heart of America Medical Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Amid wind and sunshine, visitors from out of state joined those from down the street to celebrate with a ribbon cutting, some remarks and ...
Heart of America Medical Center will celebrate its grand opening Tuesday, Aug. 27, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Construction of the 77,000-square-foot critical access hospital broke ground in mid-2022, with JLG Architects and contractor JE Dunn. JLG’s architectural planning was led by ...
Harper Seykora, sixth grader at Ely Elementary, earned the title of national champion earlier this month at the God, Flag & Country oratorical competition. She pulled on the heartstrings of judges and audience members alike with her touching speech about her mother’s terminal stage four ...
A Rugby veteran who died at the age of 51 was among more than 650 Vietnam veterans honored June 15 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory ceremony in Washington, D.C. Roger Christ Schell died from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma due to exposure to agent orange during his ...
Seventeen teams from across North Dakota, South Dakota and just across the border in Canada took part in the two day event of the 2024 North Dakota State Fair Ranch Rodeo competition at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds. Seven teams competed on both nights one and two while five teams ...
Local shooters with the Rugby Gun Club entered the arena at the Capital City Gun Club in Bismarck last week for the 2024 North Dakota State Trap Shoot, with several of the marksmen bringing home some gold. The RGC members competed in a variety of divisions, where they were scored on the ...
A wide swath of Pierce County and the surrounding region was affected by a hailstorm last weekend, which NDSU Extension Agent Brenden Klebe said impacted crops from Westhope to areas south of Rugby. “I’ve seen more and more pictures of crops affected and hearing from different people. It ...
A group of community members presented a proposal to the Rugby School Board at its meeting on Tuesday, July 9, for the development of an improved athletic complex for the school’s softball team. Superintendent Mike McNeff said he had been approached by a group regarding the proposed ...
My husband, two young children and I drove from Minot to Rugby last Friday afternoon to experience our first Pierce County Fair. Initially, I had the goal to compete in the annual skillet throwing contest and bring the blue ribbon and bragging rights back home to impress all of my friends ...
