McLean County Independent News
Food for thought
A memorandum of understanding between the Garrison Area Resource Center and the MHA Nation’s East Segment will help both parties when it comes to food insecurity.
Vets and visibility
Sitting in an armchair at a clinic, seeking help for mental health issues, can be intimidating — especially when military medical health is at stake.
Lady Troopers secure first seed
The Lady Troopers finished their varsity volleyball season in first place.
Influenza in abstentia
Active cases of influenza do not appear to be in the Garrison area yet.
A pleasant pheasant hunt
Five men came together in Garrison this past weekend. They all came from different backgrounds and different parts of the country.
Onward Aggies
With a score of 12-0, the Aggies will move forward in the 2021 NDHSAA 11B Football State Playoff quarterfinals.
A change you can bank on
Garrison State Bank, Farmers Security Bank and Bank of Turtle Lake will unify into one banking institution in the new year. The merger, which will be effective Jan. 1, 2022, will combine the three banks under one name: TruCommunity Bank. The decision was made late this summer by the board of directors of the McLean Holding Company, which owns the banks. “There’s so much strength with uniting the banks,” said Jamie Nelson, the company’s majority shareholder, noting that the three banks have the same processes in common.
A fellowship in fire
The change of venue, from the Garrison City Auditorium to the Garrison Fire Hall, was an appropriate one, given the circumstances.
Closer to capacity
Hospitals in North Dakota have felt the strain of COVID-19 as an increase in patients have taken up beds.
Forty-eight years and counting
For a bus driver who is retired, Jim Crawford manages to log enough miles at the wheel of the school bus.