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Special, November 10, 2010 -- A World War I and II Service Record from the Kenmare area listed the names of 17 men killed in action.
View a copy of that record, with photos.
KHS takes 3rd at State Volleyball
The Kenmare Honkers volleyball team rolled into post-season play under the slogan “Raise your expectations,” and rode that theme to a third place finish in the 2010 Class B state tournament.
Posted 11/26/10 (Fri) read more »
Honkers making fifth consecutive trip to State B volleyball
The Honkers repeated as Region 6 champions for the fifth consecutive year on Thursday. Kenmare swept the Bottineau Stars 3-0 in the title match before a standing and cheering student section outfitted in maroon and gold and adorned with beads, sparkling gold wigs and a few scattered crowns to support senior hitter Katie King.
Posted 11/17/10 (Wed) read more »
Forty years ago, the community suffered its only fatality of Vietnam
By all accounts, Larry Jacobson of Norma was a hardworking and loyal young man who had a future as a farmer or mechanic, with a family of his own. Instead, Larry’s life ended 40 years ago on August 26, 1970, when the helicopter he was riding was shot down by enemy forces in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam.
Posted 11/10/10 (Wed) read more »
Cafe reopens downtown
“We needed a restaurant here on the corner,” said Yvonne Hanson, new owner with her husband John, of JJ’S Steakhouse and Cafe downtown Kenmare. “A place where families could take their kids and eat.”
Posted 11/03/10 (Wed) read more »
School Board makes band a required class for 5th grade
All Kenmare Elementary School fifth graders will participate in band beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, with all fifth and sixth grade students required to join band beginning the following year, following a 4-3 vote of the Kenmare School Board during a regular meeting held October 19th.
Posted 10/28/10 (Thu) read more »
Blacksmith creates decorative gate for Coulee Cemetery
When Rick and Karen Olson of Deer Park, Washington, made their annual visit to see friends and family in Kenmare, Minot and Donnybrook this year, they also honored relatives’ graves in the Coulee Cemetery with flowers. Permanent flowers, created in iron, painted in bold colors, and attached to a new iron gate for the cemetery, designed and built by Rick.
Posted 10/21/10 (Thu) read more »
State oil director says boom could last 15 to 20 years
N.D. Oil and Gas Division director Lynn Helms noted the impact of oil activity directly on Main Street, as he spoke to an audience at Bowbells.
Posted 10/21/10 (Thu) read more »
Four hunters to be inducted into Hall of Fame during GooseFest
The 2010 inductees to the North Dakota Snow Goose Hunters Hall of Fame at the Kenmare GooseFest have been coming to this area to hunt waterfowl and upland game for more than 30 years.
Posted 10/13/10 (Wed) read more »
Success comes quickly during area moose hunt
David Berg of Epping, 63, drew his North Dakota moose license this year for area M10 in the northwest corner of the state, one of the 70 lucky hunters for that area who started their season on Friday. David’s season ended Friday, too, with a 40-inch bull moose loaded on his trailer, despite all his best intentions.
Posted 10/06/10 (Wed) read more »
Women, children and men can fall victim to domestic violence
Posted 10/06/10 (Wed) read more »
