Benefit scheduled for Melissa Gedde
March 7, 2010
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A benefit is scheduled for Melissa Gedde and her family for April 11 at the Dilworth Community Center. The benefit will include a spaghetti feed, silent auction and bake sale between 4 and 7 pm.
A free will donation will be accepted at the door. The benefit will help the family defray some medical costs resulting from an undiagnosed medical condition.
The fund raising effort will be supported by Dakota Medical Foundation “Lend A Hand” who will match up to $5,000 of what the benefit raises.
Donations may be made at www.dakmed.org/lendahand or the Melissa Gedde Benefit Fund, American Federal Bank, 601 Center Ave., Moorhead, MN 56560.
For more information, call (218) 329-0022.
Flood options discussed in scheduled meeting
March 3, 2010
Flood view from Main Ave Bridge
The public meeting is scheduled for 7:30 tonight at the Dilworth Community Center at 709 1st Ave NW.
The FSWG will be deciding which diversion option should be built. Residents of the area prefer a diversion on the North Dakota side where as the FSWG is recommending a diversion on the Minnesota side on the east edge of Dilworth.
U.S Army Corps of Engineers officials will not be in attendance at tonights meeting. The corps has been the leader of research for costs and benefits for the various options which included dikes and diversion.
Chad Olson Mayor, Mullikin and Aasness get Council seats
November 4, 2009
In a very close race, Chad Olson narrowly beat fellow city council member Julie Nash to become the city of Dilworth next mayor.
Chad Olson, garnered 57 percent, or 408 votes, beating out Julie Nash, who earned 43 percent, or 309 votes, according to complete but unofficial election results.
Olson, a small-business owner and Moorhead Senior High School teacher, said he was ‘ecstatic’ and ’shocked’ with the news.
Dilworth 2009 Council
Mullikin is an assistant jail administrator with the Clay County Sheriff’s Department. Aasness is retired from Minnesota State University Moorhead and also served as a part-time Dilworth Police Officer. Griffin is a U.S. Postal Service retiree.
Incumbent Mullikin took 85 percent (610 votes) to win re-election.
Jim Aasness, won the second open seat, with 49 percent to Griffin’s 42 percent, or 356 votes to 302 votes.
Olson council term has not yet ended, so an open seat is available on the City Council. The council members will interview candidates and appoint someone to serve after the first of the year.
A steady flow of voters were reported throughout the day by election workers.
According to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s web site, Dilworth has 1,964 registered voters. 721 votes had been cast for Tuesday’s election when the polls closed, including absentee ballots.
All of the seats up for election carry four-year terms. The Dilworth mayor is provided with compensation of $7,200 a year, while council seats are compensated $4,800 annually.
Dilworth Fire has Raffle
October 20, 2009
The Dilworth Fire Department held its gun raffle last night at 8:00 pm at the Dilworth Community Center. Several residents attended including the Mayor Keith Coalwell and city administrator Ken Parke.
The drawing took only 3o minutes with a quiet crowd of residents and fire department members.
After the drawing the departments chief thanked all in attendance and briefly explained the goal for the raffle. Chief Kurt Kennedy told those in attendance that the proceeds of the raffle would go towards the purchase of a new grass rig to help the department replace the current equipment.
A list of those who won prizes can be found at the fire departments website at http://www.dilworthfire.com/2009/10/19/dilworth-fire-gun-raffle-winners/
On behalf of the Dilworth Fire Department, we would like to thank all of those who purchased and sold tickets for the raffle.
Dilworth Fire Department Gun Raffle
September 14, 2009
Dilworth Fire Department Gun Raffle
The Dilworth Fire Department Gun Raffle will be wrapping up in just about a month and the fire department still has some tickets left.
The raffle includes over 20 guns and four cash prizes of $250.00.
Tickets prices are one ticket for $10.00 or three tickets for $20.00. Tickets for the October 19, 2009 raffle can be purchased through any of the Dilworth Volunteer fire fighters.
If you would like tickets, please contact the Dilworth Fire Department using the following form at http://www.dilworthfire.com/contact/
DGF school district eliminates 5 non-tenured positions
April 29, 2009
DGF Junior High-Elementary
The DGF School District has decided to eliminate the position of five non-tenured teachers.
According to The Forum, the elementary gifted and talented program and K-12 speech program will have other teachers fill in for the part-time positions. One sixth grade teacher will not have her contract renewed in relative part to a much smaller class size next year.
Randy Bruer said that two part-time kindergarten teachers may be re-hired for full time positions depending upon student enrollment. The district has moved from a half-day to full-day kindergarten. The district expects the new program to increase enrollment enough to change the status of two part-time teachers to two full-time positions.
“We’re not cutting any of the programs we have, and our class sizes will remain small,” Bruer said.
The district estimates that the cuts will reduce their expenses by about $157,000. The board is also considering reductions in supplies, support staff and related sports fees later this spring. All of the moves are being made in anticipation of state funding cuts.
The president of the local teachers’ union, Dan Boyd, said he no major repercussions in the classroom were anticipated.
“Obviously, we don’t want to see any teachers lose their jobs,” Boyd said. “But we really didn’t have anything to fight here because of their non-tenured status.”
Dilworth woman arrested for driving on emergency dike
March 30, 2009
A Dilworth women was arrested before midnight Sunday in Fargo for driving on an emergency dike.
Fargo police arrested a 49 year old Dilworth woman after she drove her van along side the dike at Lindenwood Drive on 17th Avenue South until the road was completely covered by the dike. The woman then attempted to drive on to the top of the dike, but was unable to make it to the top of the dike with her van.
The woman was stopped by Cass County Sheriff personnel who observed the woman while patrolling the dike. The held the woman at the scene until Fargo police officers arrived.
Engineers examined the dike and determined it had not been damaged.
Fargo police Captain Tod Dahle said that had the woman made it over the dike, she would have very likely ended up in the icy water of the Red River.
“The likelihood of serious injury or death was pretty high,” he said. “You wouldn’t last very long in that water right now.”
The Dilworth woman was arrested for drunken driving and for operating a vehicle on the dike.
No school till Thursday
March 29, 2009
Children young and old are rejoicing as Dilworth announced earlier today that school will not resume until at the earliest Thursday.
Dilworth announced that all classes and activities have been canceled until Wednesday. Further classes and activities may be canceled as well, but an announcement will be made Wednesday.
Oakport home lost to fire
March 28, 2009
Volunteers from Valley Water Rescue watch as a home burns in Oakport Township.
A fire was reported at 5704 Elm Street, just off of Wall Street about 3:00 pm.
Fargo Fire Department was dispatched, but upon arrival, they were unable to reach the structure so were only able to observe.
Dilworth Fire was called later to relieve Fargo Fire from the scene.
According to Fargo Fire Captain Terry Wagner, the home was fully engulfed when they arrived.
“I actually could see flames for quite a distance,” Captain Wagner said
The smoke and flames made it difficult to even see the home when they arrived. The home is owned by Bonnie and Jim Myers who were not home when the fire was reported.
The home was a complete loss, but no other structures were damaged in the immediate area.
Oakport Residents forced to leave homes
March 27, 2009
Many of the residents of the 550 homes in the Oakport Township are expected to leave today.
“We want people to get out,” Greg Anderson, chairman of the Oakport Township Board, said Thursday night.
At this point, officials are uncertain how many residents have left.
Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist urged all of the Oakport residents to evacuate. Of special concern ar those residents living west of a coulee that runs through the township. The Red River is rising rapidly and the Sheriff is concerned residents will be cuts off as water overtakes the roads there.
Several streets in Oakport were under water yesterday.
Bergquist also recommended that residents of Georgetown, north of Oakport, evacuate because of the rising Red.
Currently officials in Oakport were optimistic that their intense sandbagging earlier this week would protect them from the worst of this year’s flood. Higher than expected flood crest predictions have forced homeowners to re-consider their plans on Wednesday and Thursday.
Sandbagging continued on Thursday in accordance to the higher crest predictions. The main concern as of late Thursday was how to get sandbaggers to Oakport. The area has limited access and is congested with vehicles carrying diking material.
Anderson was unsure of the results of the sandbagging effort on Thursday.
“We made the effort, and we’re not giving up,” he said.
The houses and possessions being left behind “is just stuff,” he said. “Our families are what’s important.”
