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B-H Athletes Recognized at Program
Britton-Hecla seniors Ty Fagerland and Sterling Mertens were recognized as the school’s Athletes of the Year at the annual awards recognition event held at the school on Monday. Letterwinners for each of the sports, along with special awards winners were announced. Preston Kilker was also recognized by football coach...
YOUNG WRITERS SHARE KINDNESS
The students in the Britton-Hecla afterschool program, better known as the FUNtastic Club, are a creative bunch. They are also very kind, as was recently on full display. For the third year in a row, the club wrote, illustrated and published their own original book. This year, the book was “ABCs of Kindness.”
Highlights from ECC, LCC, LRC and 281 Conference track and field meets
Great Plains Lutheran's track and field teams continued their successful run of championships in the Eastern Coteau Conference meet at Britton on Tuesday. The Panther boys scored 198 points and won the boys division title for the 18th-straight year. The Panthers girls won for the 14th-straight year with 207 points. Micah Holien led the...
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association’s Spring Roundups set for June 3, 5-6 and 10-12
The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) will be hosting its 2024 Spring Roundup series, “Swing for the Fences,” June 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 in Golden Valley, Watford City, Crosby, Strasburg, Cooperstown and Havana, N.D. The Spring Roundups serve as the organization’s district meetings and will include socials, suppers, informational programs, NDSA Nominating Committee meetings and local brand inspector meetings.
Student’s Freedom Essay Tops State
Editor’s Note: Davidson, a junior at Britton-Hecla, recently won first place in the District Americanism Essay Contest organized by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 80. His essay will now be submitted to the national contest. The theme this year for the essay contest was ““What does freedom mean to me?” Davidson’s winning essay is reprinted below.
Business is Blooming at Sunset Greenhouse
Petunias, Perennials, and Pumpkins, OH MY! The aisles at Sunset Greenhouse are burgeoning with these items and hundreds of others. The greenhouse at Sunset Hutterite Colony west of Britton opened last week and shoppers now can stock up for their gardens and flowerbeds. The chief green thumb behind Sunset Greenhouse...
Lessons Hatching At Langford Area
First grade students in Mrs. Erickson’s classroom at Langford Elementary successfully hatched 12 chicks last week. The students took care of the eggs for 21 days and learned all about the life cycle of chickens. Jennifer Ringkob, Marshall County 4-H Youth Program Advisor, and Larissa Heitmann, Program Assistant, shared...
MANY BRAVE COLD TO PASS IT ON #FOR TREVOR
The annual event is held in honor of Trevor Zuehlke’s foundation that goes to benefit many youth activities. As usual, the race finished with the “Courage Lap” led by Trevor, his family and his team. Notable placers in the 5K included: first place male- Daniel Person, first place female- Josie Duffy, 10th place finisher (in honor of Trevor’s football number) Jeris Stark, Most colorful girl- Ava Teveldal, and Last finisher- Kordel Feldhaus. “The people that showed up on the windy and cool day really made for a special event,” said Trevor’s dad Kurt Zuehlke. “The continued support the community shows for Trevor is truly inspiring.
AGTEGRA DONATES TO LOCAL FIRE DEPTS
To promote health and safety in its local communities, Agtegra Cooperative recently donated to 78 rural and volunteer fire departments across its trade territory this year. Local departments who received funds include North Marshall, Langford, Hecla and Pierpont. “As a farmer-owned cooperative, part of our mission is to support our...
LA Squad Competes Twice
The Langford Area track squad competed in a pair of meets during the past week and also had two meets cancelled due to bad weather. Coach Charles Hosford’s crew participated in a meet at Groton last week Tuesday and traveled to Oakes on Thursday. LA was supposed to have competed in Webster on Friday and Milbank on Tuesday but those meets were cancelled.
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