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Rodin sets 2 national football records
Kenmare quarterback Hunter Rodin set two national records in high school football Saturday as the Honkers annihilated Drake-Anamoose, 70-12 in the first round of the 9-man playoffs.
Posted 10/18/16 (Tue) read more »
High score puts Honkers in elite football class
It wasn’t realized immediately but the Honkers have joined an elite class in North Dakota high school football with their 84-32 win over Trenton on Sept. 30.
Posted 10/11/16 (Tue) read more »
Per pupil spending about average in Kenmare
Of eight public schools in the region, three of them are spending well over the national average of $11,011 per pupil, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Posted 10/04/16 (Tue) read more »
Why do bears keep showing up?
There are only a few reports of bears in the history of North Dakota, but in recent months five separate reports of black bears or cinnamon bears in Ward and Burke counties have been confirmed.
Posted 9/27/16 (Tue) read more »
Honkers push conference record to 3-1
It didn’t take long for the Honkers to set the tempo of Friday night’s homecoming football game against Parshall.
Posted 9/20/16 (Tue) read more »
Swedes visit Kenmare in search of lost relatives...
Just two months after discovering her American family through an Internet search, Maria Toll Gustafsson was in the United States tracing her relatives who emigrated here from Sweden in the 1890s.
Posted 9/13/16 (Tue) read more »
Friends and neighbors pitch in...
Despite having their own crops to harvest, friends and neighbors of Rodney Landers dropped what they were doing to come to the family’s aid to help get the harvest completed.
Posted 9/06/16 (Tue) read more »
Enrollment numbers remain stable
Despite dropping seven students since last year on the first day of classes, Kenmare’s public school enrollment remains stable and above the 300 mark.
Posted 8/30/16 (Tue) read more »
Focus on communication and commitment
As a new high school volleyball season approaches, Kenmare head coach Tim Wallstrum is optimistic that he will have a competitive team in the region.
Posted 8/23/16 (Tue) read more »
Mission effort in 1912 helped bring Christianity to Nigeria
It’s quite possible that a small, rural Lutheran church outside of Kenmare is responsible for Christianity in Nigeria.
Posted 8/16/16 (Tue) read more »