Area News

By Anna Jauhola Over the last several years, the Northwest Regional Library system has been deficit spending due to its reserves being so high. Although the reserves are still in decent standing — 52 percent of the organization’s operating budget — officials agree that deficit budgeting needs to stop. Jim Trojanowski, director of NWRL, made…

By Anna Jauhola Election judges will be taking new equipment for a test drive during the primary election, which is set for Tuesday, Aug. 9. In Kittson County, there are three polling places — Hallock City Hall, Karlstad Community Center and the courthouse. Election judges at each location will be using Poll Pads this year…

By Anna Jauhola No doubt shoppers have already noticed a major change inside the Farmers Store. Last week, Red River Refrigeration installed upright coolers along the east end of the store in the produce and meat sections. “This is the last piece of the refrigeration puzzle at the store,” said Tom Swanson, Farmers Store CEO,…

Local woman realizes dream of serving community By Anna Jauhola Customer service, affordable pricing and the environment with a dash of creative license are the foundations of one of Hallock’s newest businesses. During the coronavirus pandemic, Tori Younggren saw her limited window of opportunity and seized it. And Sew Tori was born. “COVID was bad…

By Anna Jauhola The Greenwood Cemetery Association is again looking to move graves due to sloughing along the Two Rivers. Two graves on the cemetery’s northern edge rest alongside the river and were buried in the mid-1950s. It’s clear the graves are slowly slipping toward the river bank as one headstone sits lower than the…

Hallock City Council disappointed by the damage By Anna Jauhola Flooding caused considerable damage at Hallock’s spillway this spring, due to the changes at the dam. The Hallock City Council discussed the issue during its Monday, June 6 meeting. In recent weeks, the city had Weleske Improvements put in place a clay and earthen levee…

By Cindy Stewart Special to the Enterprise It takes a village. And sometimes that “village” is many miles and oceans away. A few weeks ago, at Grace Lutheran Church in Hallock, the phrase “it takes a village” equated to raising $11,000 for Ukraine refugees. On Sunday, May 1, the Cornerstone Food Pantry, with help from…

By Anna Jauhola DRAYTON, N.D. — Driving over the Red River at Drayton in recent months, one could not help but notice a large crane on the horizon. There is an expansion five years in the making at the American Crystal Sugar beet processing plant. And it is far from complete, yet well on its…

By Anna Jauhola The Red River and Two Rivers are both on their third crests of the spring, and causing the usual flooding problems in the county. Several roads are closed on the western edge of Kittson County in St. Vincent, Teien, North Red River and South Red River townships. And there are other areas…