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Crosby Swimming Pool set to open Sunday after long wait
August 12, 2022
Opening day at Crosby’s swimming pool has finally arrived. The opening session, set for Sunday, Aug. 15, will run from 12:30-8 p.m. Admission is free. Crosby Park Board members, meeting...

Hiring is a struggle everywhere
August 9, 2022
(This is the conclusion of a two-part report on the failure of Divide County's workforce to rebound following the COVID-19 pandemic.) Lynn Jacobson has seen both sides of Crosby’s workforce...

The best-laid plans for school safety always under review
August 9, 2022
It’s never pleasant to consider worst case scenarios. It’s surely not pleasant for authorities to ponder the kind of violence seen elsewhere at schools across the country. But events such...
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State supreme court strikes down part of pore space law
August 9, 2022
The North Dakota Supreme Court has struck down portions of a 2019 law changing the definition of land to exclude pore space. The law in question, referred to as SB...
City officials quickly resolve unexpected conflict of interest
August 9, 2022
Tioga city officials reacted quickly last week when a possible conflict of interest arose. The situation arose at last week’s commission meeting when it was announced Kevin Litten would oversee...
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Cubs eliminated from district tourney on walk-off single
July 26, 2022
Crosby’s American Legion baseball team lost to Kenmare by one run for the second time in nine days, but this time it ended the season. T.J. Lucy hit a game-winning...
Bears go 2-2 at Babe Ruth districts
July 26, 2022
The Burke-Divide Babe Ruth baseball team won two games at the District 1 tournament but were eliminated with a pair of losses to the host and eventual champion Renville County....

Crosby hockey camp attracting more families from near and far
July 26, 2022
Dakota Roots Hockey School is in its fourth summer of offering Crosby area players a local camp to work on their skills in the off-season. But it’s also finding popularity...
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Girls’ golfers tee off new season, chasing berths to state in Minot
August 9, 2022
There is another new intriguing wrinkle about the high school girls’ golf season that will play out in Tioga and Ray over the next seven weeks, a year after the...

KTGO’s Pederson receives Award of Merit from ND coaches group
August 9, 2022
Randy Pederson of Tioga, a high school sports broadcaster for KTGO, is one of the newest recipients of the North Dakota High School Coaches Association’s Award of Merit. Pederson was...

Ray wins Midget baseball league tournament
July 19, 2022
Ray defeated Crosby 7-6 in the championship game of the Midget baseball league tournament July 12, rallying from down 3-0 in the third inning. Ray went undefeated in the two-day...
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Ukraine is no longer on the front page
August 9, 2022
It’s been nearly six months since the Pustovit family awakened in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 24, to the sounds of explosions at an airfield just a few miles from their home in Bortnychi, Ukraine, a suburb of Kyiv. It’s been more than five months since Maryna Pustovit, her...

Badlands trails: exciting, tranquil
August 9, 2022
It seems counterintuitive, but approaching Painted Canyon from the east inspires both excitement and tranquility. It’s the first glimpse of Theodore Roosevelt National Park for westward travelers who pull off Interstate 94 into the rest area that overlooks the aptly named natural canvas to the northwest. It’s exciting because you...
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Shirley Ledahl
August 9, 2022
Shirley Norma (Sorenson) Ledahl, 94, Wildrose, passed away August 5, 2022. Shirley’s funeral service was held Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Williston. Pastor Josh Parris officiated....

Jacqueline Wahlstrom
August 9, 2022
Jacqueline Joann Wahlstrom, 84, Aurora, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022. A private celebration of her life will be held by her family. She was born to the late Arthur...

Lloyd Norby
August 9, 2022
Lloyd Richard Norby passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at his home. A celebration of life was held August 6, 2022, at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Lloyd was born December 4,...
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Evelyn Stenbak
August 9, 2022
Evelyn Stenbak Axelson’s earthly life ended Friday, August 5, 2022, at Tioga Medical Center, Tioga. Evelyn’s funeral mass will be Thursday, August 11, 2022, 10:30 a.m., at St. Thomas Catholic...

Donald Sillerud
August 9, 2022
Donald “HighPockets” “Don” LeRoy Sillerud, 85, Tioga, passed away July 31, 2022, at Tioga Medical Center with his daughters at his side. Don’s funeral service was held Monday, August 8,...
Marjorie Postovit
August 9, 2022
Marjorie Postovit, 93 Tioga, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Tioga Medical Center, Tioga. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Tioga is assisting the family. Friends may sign the online register...
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Church Schedules
August 9, 2022
NW UNITED LUTHERAN PARISH Revs. Zach and Emily Shipman Concordia-Crosby Ambrose, Calvary - Alamo Grace-Wildrose Sundays - 9 a.m. worship at Concordia and Grace; Worship will also be broadcast on...
One Time it was News
August 9, 2022
10 years ago Wednesday, August 15, 2012: “Working together,” Crosby Parks Director Bob Gillund said, is the idea behind a conference committee that will work out language for the park...
Now Showing
August 9, 2022
Kya is an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp...