Meet Cassandra Grenz, Owner at CGdesign


Growing up a painter’s daughter, working for her father allowed Cassandra Grenz to get an insider’s view at various construction sites both residential and commercial. The Casselton, ND native fell in love with every aspect of the interior design process, from creativity, organization, team work and more that the field demands to make the puzzle pieces come together in a […]

Torrential rain turns roads into quagmire

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Any road and land below raised pavement became a quagmire during a four-day stretch from April 21 through April 24. The Traill County Sheriff’s Department declared there were more roads to close than there were barricades to mark them closed. The Traill County Commission declared a flood disaster emergency, with the Sheriff’s Department advising, […]

Historic evening in Mayville

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Eleven of 13 recruited members of the charter meeting of the Sons of the American Legion convened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 in the Mayville VFW. Brian Aune, Mike Carr, Larry Dakken, Kevin Eken, Brian Hanson, Paul Hanson, Rick Hanson, Randy Holkesvig, Dave Moeller, Tim Sorteberg and Keith Williams received the Charter of […]

Stay thirsty, Traill County, Goose River Brewing opens May 1

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Terry Sando, owner of Goose River Brewing in Hillsboro, says it takes between 21 and 26 days for barley, water and hops to ferment into lager or ale, but he plans to have a dozen brews ready for a limited soft open on Sunday, May 1. Sando gave directors of the Traill County Economic […]

From the HOMES’: Hatton Prairie Village

by Ronda Hanson Hello, everyone, it’s Ronda with the weekly HPV news. Hello, May! Where is our spring? It’s not looking too good even for the first week of May. To say last week and the horrible rain and flooding was something else. A lot of roads went out , highways were flooded and the farm land looked like giant […]

From the HOMES’: Luther Memorial Home

Greetings from “The Home” front … Spring is almost here! Spring is almost here! This is a chant we have been repeating this past week as we experienced snow, thunderstorms and rain! Our residents kept busy with FARM Jingo on Sunday. It is a game similar to Bingo using items seen around a farm. I especially enjoyed it when one […]

Rainbow Garden board appeals for help

By Janell Marmon • janell@tctribune.net While many people were helping with sandbagging and clean up from the rise of the Goose River, the board of Rainbow Garden gathered in the basement of a local church on April 25 to discuss flood waters and the future of the garden this summer. The flood was foremost on their minds, but they looked […]

RJ Zavoral and Sons awarded Mayville contract

By Janell Marmon • janell@tctribune.net Bids for the City of Mayville contract for the Street and Storm project were opened on April 25. Grand Forks’ RJ Zavoral and Sons, Inc. was awarded the contract based on the recommendation of Moore Engineering. The $10,643,520.40 base bid is part of the work that has been planned for Mayville and a topic of […]

Lady Comets’ Hughes earns NSAA Player of the Week

By dave dakken • davedakken@gra.midco.net There was a lot of anticipation when Mackenzie Hughes signed letters to play basketball and softball for the Mayville State University Lady Comets. Her freshman-year performance with the Lady Comets basketball team was top-notch. Now her prowess on the softball diamond shows. Hughes batted .571 in earning North Star Athletic Association Player of the Week, […]

Lady Comets battle weather, play some road games

By dave dakken • davedakken@gra.midco.net Mayville State’s softball schedule reveals they have cancelled five dates, and the assumption is that each date represented at least two games. Don’t know if they have been rescheduled; hopefully, the conference games have been. Anyway, they did play eight NSAA games last week. They lost three out of four at Valley City State but […]