McKenzie County Farmer

McKenzie County Farmer
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerForum Communications Company
EditorNeal Shipman
Founded1908 (1908)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersWatford City, North Dakota
Websitewatfordcitynd.com

The McKenzie County Farmer is a weekly newspaper published in Watford City, North Dakota, United States. It serves Watford City and McKenzie County.

History

The paper originated as The Inland Call in Berg, North Dakota. In 1910, O.E. Roning announced the Call was for sale along with two other papers, The Weekly Press of Banks and the McKensie County Journal of Charlson.[1] At some point Albert M. Young acquired the Call and Journal, and in 1911 sold them to S.Th. Westdal.[2] Young resumed control of the Call after a year.[3]

In March 1913, E.A. Minton acquired the Call and moved it from Berg to Arnegard.[4] It was then acquired by H.O. Falkestad in June 1913,[5] Mrs. Lee Jenkins in 1915,[6][7] and the Nonpartisan League in 1917, who renamed the Arnegard Call to the McKenzie County Farmer.[8] A year later Albert Van Dahl was hired to replace Jenkins as editor.[9]

In 1928, the League acquired the Watford City Guide and absorbed it into the Farmer.[10] The consolidated paper was then relocated from Arnegard to Watford City, and C.J. Carlson was named editor.[11] In 1944, Julius C. Leiseth, a pressman formerly employed at The Record-Courier, became editor.[12]

Fred A. Shipman took over four months later.[13] In 1960, his son Delbert C. Shipman joined the staff.[14] He eventually took over for his father as editor, and in 1968 was elected president of the North Dakota Press Association.[15] In 1983, he retired and his son Neal A. Shipman succeeded him as editor.[16] In 2000, D.C. Shipman died.[17] N.A. Shipman sold the Farmer to Flag Family Media in 2022,[18] which sold the paper to Forum Communications Company in 2026.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Three Newspapers for Sale". The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican. Fargo, North Dakota. January 20, 1910. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "News of the State". Bismarck Daily Tribune. November 10, 1911. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "Notice". The Ward County Independent. Minot, North Dakota. November 14, 1912. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Charlson Cullings (Journal - March 14)". Williston Graphic. March 20, 1913. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Newspaper Changes". The Fargo Forum, Daily Republican, and Moorhead Daily News. Fargo, North Dakota. June 3, 1913. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Woman To Edit Arnegard Call". The Fargo Forum, Daily Republican, and Moorhead Daily News. Fargo, North Dakota. May 5, 1915. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Former Monitor Buys Arnegard Call". Ranger-Review. Glendive, Montana. May 20, 1915. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Arnegard Call Goes To Farmers". Williston Graphic. August 30, 1917. p. 4.
  9. ↑ "Nubs of News". Grand Forks Herald. April 2, 1918. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "League Decides to Buy Watford City "Guide"". The Forum. Fargo, North Dakota. March 1, 1928. p. 3.
  11. ↑ "Portal Man To Edit Consolidated Paper". Grand Forks Herald. May 3, 1928. p. 3.
  12. ↑ "Leiseth is McKenzie County Farmer Editor". The Dickinson Press. August 1, 1944. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "News Jotting from Around the Slope". The Dickinson Press. November 21, 1944. p. 2.
  14. ↑ "Delbert Shipman Joins McKenzie Farmer". The Forum. Fargo, North Dakota. November 2, 1960. p. 30.
  15. ↑ "Shipman Of McKenzie TO Head NDPA". Grand Forks Herald. April 22, 1968. p. 3.
  16. ↑ "Neal Shipman named publisher of weekly at Watford City". The Forum. Fargo, North Dakota. July 2, 1983. p. 4.
  17. ↑ "Proprietor of McKenzie Farmer dies". The Forum. Fargo, North Dakota. Associated Press. July 29, 2000. p. 10.
  18. ↑ Shipman, Neal A. (June 14, 2022). "Farmer sold to Flag Family Media". McKenzie County Farmer. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Forum Communications agrees to purchase McKenzie County newspaper". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. April 22, 2026. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
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