Big screen in Woodland Park

Photo by James R, Johnson. Goose River Bank treated movie goers in Hillsboro, Mayville and Hatton to a free outdoor showing of the family movie “The Sandlot,” complete with popcorn and ice cream concessions. The projector rolled as the sun set on Aug. 2, 3 and 4 in Woodland Park, Island Park and Hatton Baseball Field, respectively.

County employees to see 7% raise in 2023

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Estimated tax statements will be mailed to county taxpayers near the end of August, now that the Traill County Commission has approved preliminary 2023 department budgets. All department budgets are due by Aug. 10. The county can adjust for decreases only until the final budgets are due to the state in October. Some departments […]

Bridge no. 366 to reopen west of Portland

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net It’s been awhile, but the deck of bridge no. 366 west of Portland is safely repaired to the point that closure signs will be removed Monday, Aug. 8. Bridge no. 366 was closed because of a hole in the deck. KLJ engineer Matt Lange made the announcement to the Aug. 2 meeting of the […]

The road to 2023 county projects

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Traill County learned in late June that $3,160,714 in Prairie Dog Bill funding is anticipated some time in 2023 for North Dakota’s non-oil producing counties. Where have we heard this before? Commissioner Tom Eblen would like to know why oil producing counties still have priority. The reason being Traill County would like to know […]

Delchar plans more lobby space, fewer stairs

By James R. Johnson • news@tctribune.net Movie-goers to the Delchar Theatre in Mayville have to do a 180 inside from the ticket booth to concessions, while using stairs to go down to the bathrooms. That’s all going to change. Delchar owners David and Heather Torgeson have acquired additional space to the west, formerly Neil Dornacker’s building at 22 West Main, […]

Residents’ cooperation drives construction progress

By Janell Marmon• janell@tctribune.net Street and storm work continues around Mayville, which Moore Engineering representatives Brandon Reber and Josh Roehrich, say is moving along with only a few problems cropping up that are inherent to construction projects. “Residents have been really cooperative,” Roehrich, the project head in the field in Mayville, reported to the city council on Monday night, Aug. […]

390 million acres, the Hoplins

By Janell Marmon • janell@tctribune.net Traill County farmer Marcia Hoplin is at heart a lover of history, old vehicles that she’s tenderly restored, the family history that her mother Muriel Hoplin has lovingly compiled on both sides of the Olson and Carlson families, of the stories that are woven into the tapestry of their lives, and of the 1,000-acre farm […]

‘Red Riding Hood’ to be performed in Hatton

By Donalee Strand • Life is no picnic when you stray from the trail! Join “Red Riding Hood” and her friends on a forest adventure when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and 37 local students present an original musical adaptation of this classic tale. The local cast features Natalie Naastad as Red Riding Hood and Layla Naastad, Lilly Boe, and Madilyn […]

Tree-based names on the prairie

By Jill Murphy • Traill County Extension Notes When I started reading this article, I couldn’t help but laugh. As a kid, my mind was blown that Towner, the town, was not in Towner County. Across the state there are many, many more examples of this. Joe Zeleznik, Forester with NDSU Extension, is sharing some other odd but entertaining facts […]

Inflation means skip meals or eat less

By CouponBirds • Inflation has peaked to a 40-year high, leading to an overall 12% surge in the cost of groceries in the food-at-home sector, as compared to May last year. From May 2021 to May 2022, this includes a 32.2% increase in the price of eggs; a 14.2% increase in meat, poultry, and fish; and an 11.8% increase in […]