The Journal 2020-11-18

COVID-19 snapshots

Local residents share their experiences with COVID-19 virus

With Divide County last week passing the benchmark of 100 positive COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, there are now dozens of people in the community with at least some immunity to the disease. Among a group of eight now-recovered patients and close contacts The Journal talked to last week, nearly all expressed the need to take the […]

Businesses move quickly to comply with order


Crosby business owners and employees are now in a position of having to decide when, or if, they’ll remind customers to wear a mask while shopping. For Joyce Woodward, manager of Crosby Drug, the decision is simple. “There’s no excuse,” Woodward said. “We provide them.” Asked if she or store employees would ask non-compliant customers to leave, Woodward said depending […]

Occupancy, events impacted by new mitigation efforts


With news of all winter sports being suspended until Dec. 14, members of Crosby’s Blue Line Club worked overtime last weekend trying to come up with alternatives to organized practices. “We’re doing ice rentals,” Club Hockey Coordinator Brock Harward said. “Twenty people maximum. There won’t be any coaches allowed, but if a parent rents the ice and their kid’s teammates […]

Magical scene

Ice twinkles on the boughs of trees and clings to vegetation as a moose saunters through a stubble field north of Crosby on Friday.

Hospitality grants aimed at softening blow for bars, eateries


Hoping to help businesses in the hospitality industry — including those impacted by the imposition of added restrictions — the North Dakota Department of Commerce recently announced a second round of Economic Resiliency Grants. Several local businesses are in the process of evaluating whether they will qualify. With the goal of helping restaurants, bars, theaters, hotels and related businesses who […]

Quiz team wins Gold

Members of the Divide County FFA chapter competed in the Quiz contest at District Leadership on Sept. 22. Alissa Haugland, Windy Jacobson, Cashlyn Kreklau, and Jule Stenson made up the Divide County team, which competed online. Other competitive events were held in Stanley with staggered times to follow COVID guidelines. Krecklau won gold with the second-highest individual score; Stenson also […]

Bars required to close at 10 p.m. except offsale


Operators of area bars are among those who stand to have the greatest immediate financial impact from new state restrictions imposed last weekend, but they’re ready to comply. In several cases, operators indicated closing for on sale at 10 p.m. may not be so bad. “Most people are headed home by then,” said Monte Glasoe, operator of Bootlegger’s in Noonan. […]

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Brittany Probasco scoops popcorn Friday at Dakota Theatre during the resumption of concession sales. Movies? Not yet.

Tommy Tanberg

Tommy Tanberg, 67, Minot, formerly of Noonan, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020, in a one vehicle accident north of Kenmare. Funeral service was held Friday, November 13, 2020, at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, Minot. Interment took place at Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot. Tommy Allyn Tanberg (Tucker) was born to Gerald and Deloris Tanberg September 19, 1953, in Conrad, Montana. […]