Stepping up for their community
jackie@wcrecord.com | March 21, 2024
GRAFTON—Becoming a member of Grafton Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) might be a personal choice, but it goes much further than that. It takes the support of your family and friends,...
TRYING TO STOP THE DIRT
jackie@wcrecord.com | March 21, 2024
The temperatures may not show it but a sure sign of spring is seeing tractors in the field. This farmer was doing some light harrowing Tuesday evening to slow down...
Commission updated on daycare project
jackie@wcrecord.com | March 21, 2024
COUNTY—Walsh County Commission on Tuesday got a briefing from Walsh County Job Development Authority (WCJDA) Director Stacie Sevigny regarding workforce issues. Sevigny briefed the commission on Walsh County Childcare Center...
Plutowski remains in custody
BY TODD MORGAN | March 21, 2024
Bart Plutowski, 54, of rural Ardoch, was in court March 12 with a plea agreement on charges relating to a domestic disturbance involving weapons that...
Heading to state basketball
March 21, 2024
Members of the Grafton boys basketball team are being escorted out of town last Wednesday. Waving to fans are, front, Tony Villarreal, with Brody Lillemoen...
Registrations open for soccer, baseball, softball
BY TODD MORGAN | March 21, 2024
Winter sports programming like gymnastics and figure skating for Grafton Parks and Recreation (GPR) is wrapped for the season. It was noted at last Wednesday’s...
FROST FIRE SUMMER THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS…
Although the theatre on site will not be operable for the 2024 theatre season, the show must go on. After...
Birthdays
March 22 Corrinne Chapman, Grand Forks March 23 Jessica Nelson, Grafton March 24 Pat Mattson, Forest River March 26 Larry...
Sunny news from Sunset
Hello Monday. The sun is shining; we are bringing in our residents for sensory group in the activity room. Our...
Local Events Calendar:
Thursday, March 21 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner group meets, 5:30 p.m., at Shananigans in Grafton. All area widows, widowers...
Designer Purse Bingo in Minto
The Walsh County Record and Morgan Printing are sponsoring a Designer Purse Bingo event. All proceeds will go to Grafton...
Beginners guide to grant writing
NDSU Extension will be hosting a beginner’s grant writing course in Cavalier County on April 16 and May 14, 9...
SPOILERS BRING HOME THIRD IN DIVISION A
BY CHELSEA J. WYSOCKI | March 21, 2024
The Grafton Spoilers season was approaching a different conclusion than they had hoped for as they lined up in the Division A state third-place game...
Semifinal heartbreak
BY CHELSEA J. WYSOCKI | March 21, 2024
Both the Grafton Spoilers and Devils Lake Firebirds spent time this season in the No. 2 spot of the Division A boys basketball polls and...
Strong second half hands Grafton the win
BY CHELSEA J. WYSOCKI | March 21, 2024
GRAFTON vs BEULAH 84- 66 After defeating Wahpeton in a state-qualifying game on March 9, the Grafton Spoilers entered the Division A Boys Basketball State...
Neil Larson
Neil O. Larson, age 102, of Park River, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at First Care Health Center...
Bertha ‘Bert’ Paupst
Bertha “Bert” Paupst, 71, Grand Forks, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024, after a sudden illness, in Altru Hospital in...
Terry Langowski
Terry Langowski, 69, Meridian, Idaho, formerly of Minto, passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center,...
Continuing to work the Land
North Dakota farmers and ranchers work hard year-round to ensure everyone has their necessary food and food grade oils all...
Turning back the clock
60 years The Grafton Spoilers won the state “A”title for 1964, defeating the Bismarck Demons. A picture book of the...
‘The Little Mermaid Junior’ to be shown in Grafton
Grafton Middle School’s Far Off Broadway invites you to journey “Under the Sea” at “Disney’s The Little Mermaid Junior” show,...
Crystal Titans
Valley-Edinburg-Crystal January character trait focus was courage. Titans of the Month students were chosen for going above and beyond schoolwide...
Parables of Jesus
Some locals may have noticed the free admission tickets and posters floating around on community bulletin boards advertising the “Parables...
From the Pastor’s Desk
“But he answered and said, It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that...
Embracing the beauty God brings to life
In 2007 Ben Hylden’s life changed forever and many in the region remember the story about how as a teenager...