Local News

Former Rugby resident takes Honor Flight

The mission statement of the Western North Dakota Honor Flight is, “To transport America’s Veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their friends.” Alcuin Scheet, who grew up in Rugby, departed from Bismarck on April 26 to the nation’s capital for a once-in-a-lifetime trip. When Scheet graduated from Rugby High School in 1955, he started working at the local Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store that is now closed, but it didn’t take long for him to decide he wanted more. “After a while I got to ...

Retired doctor hikes across France to Spain

State hears perspectives on proposed hog farm

Military Gallery Tour stops in Rugby

Local Sports

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sylvie Grove

Sylvie Grove, Track & Field Sylvie Grove is a seventh grade member of the Panthers girls’ track & field team. She and the other Panthers competed in the Bottineau Varsity Meet on Saturday, May 2. Grove helped lead the Panthers to their first place finish with a total team score of ...

Athlete of the Week: Cody Walker

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK April 25

Panthers’ boys basketball fall in state qualifier

Obituaries

Jon Lindseth

Jon Lindseth, 74 of Rugby died December 31, 2025 in Arizona. He was born on January 25, 1951 to Archie and Marjorie (Nesbit) Lindseth in Rugby, North Dakota. Jon was born and raised on the family’s home farm in the Silva area. He attended Silva school through the 6th grade and graduated ...

Ilene Mattern

Allen Dissette

Donald “BO” Scheet

Features

Around the City: Pop-up art class brings together group

Rugby cozies up for fall

Rugby continues to cozy up for fall

Plains are alive with sound of music

Schools

Getting up close look at warbirds

Rugby student makes ND Academic All-State silver team

Rugby High School DECA completes annual Food Drive

3rd graders learn citizenship, history of Silva Schoolhouse

Letters to the Tribune

Rugby Ambulance Service seeks mill levy increase to sustain lifesaving care

By Ambulance Taxing District Board The Rugby Ambulance Tax District is asking residents to consider an increase in the local mill levy to help sustain and strengthen the Rugby ambulance service, an essential resource that has quietly operated at a financial loss for more than a decade. Rugby ...

Standing for transparency, rights of Eddy County citizens

Thank you to local representative

No word on missing phone booth

Courts

Northeast District Court Dispositions

Pierce County April 15 Seathan Amyotte, 19, Rugby, simple assault-domestic violence (Class B misdemeanor), deferred imposition of sentence, 360 days of unsupervised probation, have no contact with victim, anger management, chemical dependency evaluation, $250 in court fines and fees.