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City crew chief Jerod Raethz, pictured, and Duane Kwasniewski install one of the new banners that the city of Faulkton recently purchased. Read More »

Faulkton area residents who have been involved in a regional community enhancement effort gathered Monday, March 25 for a six-hour followup meeting. This program is sponsored through a Bush Foundation grant. Faulk County is one of two groups in the three-state region of South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota to be awarded grant money from the Bush Foundation; the other is Prairie Vision of the Brown County area. The grant application was initiated by the Faulkton Area Development Board. The board members serve on focus groups with others from the various Faulk County communities who have signed on. Read More »

Last Tuesday Keith Melius was flying into Jamestown, North Dakota. “I wasn’t quite there yet, and I didn’t quite make it,” he said. Read More »

Stacy Hadrick has been chosen as the new Faulk County Economic Development Coordinator. Read More »

The check comes from Dakota Resources as a part of the Home Address grant obtained by the Faulkton Development Board to help deal with housing issues in Faulk County. Read More »

A rooster checked in at the office of the Faulk County Record on Thursday, Feb. 28. Kurt Holt came into the office with the news and Garrick Moritz quickly grabbed a camera to snap a few photos before the bird decided that the Record’s roof would be a safer place to hide than the sidewalk. Read More »

Jeff Conly of Fort Worth, Texas, has high ambitions. He wants to bike across the known world, and he’s starting with the 48 contiguous states. Read More »

A few months back, the Director of Nursing at the Faulkton Area Medical Center and the director of the Faulk County Ambulance Service, Tom Hericks, began a program to get EMT certification courses available to be taken over the internet. Read More »

Recently, we had the opportunity as an elementary staff to view a presentation entitled “Love and Logic” by Dr. Charles Fay. Dr. Fay is a psychologist who works with parents and educators on managing challenging behaviors in children. One of the topics Dr. Fay covers in his presentations is kids’ love of video games. Read More »

Faulkton High School Principal Craig Cassens addressed increased travel distance for student athletes beginning next year, now that Frederick/Hecla will not be part of their football conference. Read More »