Mountrail County Record News

Little Learners graduate
Twenty youthful graduates took their places in front of admiring parents, grandparents and community members to mark the transition from their very first stages of education.
Remembering his roots
With all the graduations going on around us, there is one that we may be less aware of. Beau Billadeau, who graduated from Parshall High School in 2003, graduated from the University of North Dakota Medical School on Mother’s Day, May 12.

Parshall youth foils Snow Queen’s plot
If there is one villain North Dakotans should know well, it is the evil Snow Queen who want to freeze the whole world. Fortunately, a brave young lass foiled her plans and freed her best friend from her evil clutches.
Elbowoods Chapel will rise from ashes
New life will rise from the ashes of the Elbowoods Memorial Congregational Church south of Parshall.
City sales triple over 2017
The Bakken returned as the engine of economic growth in North Dakota in 2018 with area cities and counties seeing 25 to 45 percent growth.

Last graduating class for Parshall’s old school
Soon the last school lunches will be eaten, the last school buzzer will sound, and the last classes and graduation will be held at Parshall School.

Crews battle storm to restore power
Just as farm equipment was readied for the field, Mother Nature furiously pounded an extensive area of Northwestern North Dakota. The destructive spring storm bullied its way across a swath including Mountrail and Williams Counties.
Xo’shga documentary gets first local showing
Back in 2016, Benji Goodbird didn’t know a lot about the history of his family, a band of the Hidatsa tribe known as the Xo’shga. Still, when he was asked to lead a memorial ride for a dramatic event in the band’s history, he was proud to do it.
Rodeo comes home to Fort Berthold
The resurgence of rodeo on Fort Berthold got a real boost last weekend with the inaugural rodeo of the newly formed Northern Badlands Indian Rodeo Association at the Healing Horse Ranch near Parshall.

Fire claims historic church
The Memorial Congregational Church survived more than 90 years on the prairie and being moved to escape the rising waters of Lake Sakakawea.