Richard “Dick” Dean Clarens was born to Frank and Elizabeth “Bessie” (Overn) Clarens on August 12, 1930, in Valley City, ND. He was raised in many different North Dakota towns (including Sanborn, Embden, and Kathryn) because his father was a depot agent. As a toddler he resided for a time in the Embden depot, which is now located in Bonanzaville Pioneer Village in West Fargo, ND. Growing up, he spent a lot of time with his grandparents, Nick and Rose Clarens, in Sanborn, ND. Dick considered Alice, ND, home and graduated from Enderlin High School in 1948. After the death of his father in 1955, his widowed mother married Ervin Murray in 1958.
Bruce Leonard Fagerholt, 75, of Hoople, ND, passed away on January 7th, 2024, at the Lutheran Sunset Home in Grafton, ND after a long journey with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Bruce was born on June 14, 1948, in Grafton, the son of Leonard and Elaine (Westby) Fagerholt. He grew up on the family homestead farm south of Hoople, the fifth generation to live there. He attended rural Gryte School for three years before attending Hoople School, graduating in 1966. He then attended North Dakota State University where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho and Army ROTC, graduating with a B.S. in Animal Science in 1970. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and served for two years, deploying to Vietnam from 1971-1972, where he received a Bronze Star.
The aim of the meetings is to introduce people to the project and inform them on why it’s important to create teams that will bring more visitors to the region, project manager Lule Naas said.
In 2019, 100% of North Dakota s Golden Valley County, Billings County and Nelson County residents lived 10 miles or more from a fresh-food grocery. Throughout the state, 45% of rural