JoAnn Schaefers recently completed 40 years of covering news for Orient and Polo for her local newspapers, The Faulk County Record and Miller Press. Following is a column Schaeffers wrote to commemorate this occasion.
Dolly Geist has been collecting salt and pepper shakers since she was in grade school.
Back in 2006 when Stacy Hadrick and husband Troy became rural advocates, Stacy thought blogging wouldn’t amount to much.
Though the project is still in its infancy, a Faulkton Out of School Program Steering Committee is now to the point where they are looking to hire someone as a program director.
Common Sense Manufacturing has now moved its headquarters to a new building just off Highway 45 between Faulkton and Cresbard.
The Board of the Faulkton Area Schools met on July 8. The biggest topic of discussion was the consideration of a general fund opting out as soon as the 2015 fiscal year.
The Pickler Mansion has been a fixture in Faulkton since Major John Pickler first began its construction in 1884. But the will-bequeathed wish of Alice Pickler, that the house be made into a community museum, was not made a reality until 1988.
The Schwan Food Company has announced plans to close distribution depot centers in Faulkton and Oakes, N.D. Schwan’s will replace these plants with a new facility to be located in Aberdeen.
Faulkton High School Principal Craig Cassens opened graduation ceremonies with a somber announcement. Senior classmate Kaitlin Heitmann was recovering from serious injuries following a Saturday morning car accident near her rural Faulkton home.
Kyle Ortmeier has had one heck of a year.