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Ag land taxes to rise
Based on a 9 percent increase in McIntosh County agricultural land valuations, farmers can expect taxes to rise. That was the indication from the McIntosh County Commission meeting on Feb. 13 in Ashley. State law demands that taxable valuations be set at a minimum of 90 percent of actual value. Those figures are set with a formula by the Agricultural Economics Department at North Dakota State University. For 2019, the NDSU recommendation was $605.95 for all ag land, $911.09 for crop land and $156.54 for non-crop land. McIntosh County was at 92.5 percent of full value in 2018. Support community journalism with a subscription to this newspaper. Online subscriptions only $40! Call 701-288-3531!
Posted 2/19/19 (Tue) read more »
Principal announces retirement after 33 years
Wishek Public School High School Principal Yvonne Engelhart has tendered her resignation after 31 years in education. She is also the school counselor. Engelhart, who will finish out the school year, said she wanted to focus on her aged father's care. Two part time instructors, Debi Turner, English; and Jim Eiseman, math, also tendered resignations to the school board on Feb. 12. Support community journalism with a subscription to this newspaper. Online subscriptions only $40! Call 701-288-3531!
Posted 2/19/19 (Tue) read more »
Email No Longer in Use
The Wishek Star would like you to know that the wishekstar@gmail.com is no longer in use. Please send all email correspondence for the Wishek Star to redhead@drtel.net
Posted 1/09/19 (Wed) read more »
State taxable sales, Purchases up 10%
Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger has announced that North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the second quarter of 2018 had increased by nearly 10 percent. Taxable sales and purchases for April, May and June 2018 were nearly $5.15 billion, a 9.46 percent increase over those months in 2017.
Posted 10/02/18 (Tue) read more »
Dangerous weed
Tom Peters worked to delay what he knew was inevitable: the arrival of Palmer amaranth in North Dakota.
Posted 9/05/18 (Wed) read more »
Open access
District 28 Rep. Jeff Magrum of Hazelton was successful Tues., Aug. 7, in a meeting of the Interim Judiciary Committee in amending a draft bill that would have limited public access to official business of county government.
Posted 8/22/18 (Wed) read more »
New generation
Preston Pfeifle, the fourth generation auto dealer with Pfeifle Chevrolet-Buick, mingled with droves of attendees of the Pfeifle 100th Anniversary on Saturday.
Posted 8/15/18 (Wed) read more »
100 Years
The fourth generation has joined Pfeifle Chevrolet-Buick.
Posted 8/08/18 (Wed) read more »
Ag Leaders
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., met last week with seven North Dakota FFA state officers to discuss the next generation of agriculture leadership and the work they are doing to better their rural communities.
Posted 8/01/18 (Wed) read more »
Road scholars
McIntosh County commissioners have settled on a contractor for a proposed road shop.
Posted 7/25/18 (Wed) read more »