North Dakota
Ronald D. Soderquist, Sr.
Ronald Dean Soderquist, Sr. was born in Galesburg, Illinois on November 27, 1943. He passed away peacefully at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND on March 13, 2026, at the age of 82.
He graduated from High School in Galesburg, Illinois in 1961 and joined the Air Force a year later. He completed his contract with the Air Force with an honorable discharge in Grand Forks, ND in 1966. This is where he met and married his wife Cyndie
He joined the Grand Forks Police Department in 1970, and retired January 1999 as a Lieutenant. While he was a police officer, he did everything from street patrol, to bomb tech, to investigations and SWAT.
Not too long after he joined Grand Forks PD, he enlisted in the Army National Guard as an Engineer and retired as a First Sergeant in November 2003.
After his retirements, he worked a variety of security and transportation jobs for the University of North Dakota, the city of Grand Forks and Altru Health.
During his long life in Grand Forks, he had a love for tinkering with cars and boats in his garage, days out on the lake fishing, and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a voracious reader and an avid storyteller, and loved music and movies. He was a man with a strong sense of duty and work ethic, and he was always willing to offer up creative nuggets of wisdom.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Everett Soderquist and Helen Soderquist (Huddleson), as well as his daughter Diana Carlson (Soderquist.)
He is survived by his wife Cyndie Lee Soderquist (Trimborn), whom he married November 5th, 1966, his brother Russell, his sons Ronald, Jr., Zackary, and daughter Sally, his grandchildren Amanda, Michelle, Tyler, Bryan, Micheal, Kaitlyn, Molly, and Andrew, and his great grandchildren: Odin, Maddie, Daylen, River, and Ryder.
His memorial service will be held at Norman Funeral Home in Grand Forks on Saturday March 21st, 2026, at 2 pm.
He was loved dearly by those he has departed from and is loved by those he now joins. He is dearly missed and will be for as long as he is remembered.
We love you, Dad.
(KNOX) – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is being asked to weigh in on the reconstruction of Ray Richard’s Golf Course in Grand Forks. The upgrades and deferred maintenance improvements are the result of the pending DeMers Avenue/42nd Street Underpass project.
UND sold 6.5 acres of the nine hole course to the North Dakota Department of Transportation for the grade separation. During the road construction the golf course will be realigned and reduced to a par 34 course. UND will also address underground utilities and irrigation systems. The total cost is around 4.5 million dollars.
The course will close for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The goal is to reopen in 2028. SBHE is expected to approve the design at its April 30th meeting.
Crews are expected to begin preliminary work on the $90 million dollar underpass project this week. The initial phase will have minimal impacts to traffic on both 42nd Street and DeMers Avenue. Larger impacts are expected later this summer.
MAPLETON, N.D. (Valley News Live) – Casselton Fire responded to a shop fire in rural Mapleton on Saturday afternoon, according to Casselton Fire Chief John Hejl.
Casselton Fire was dispatched to the scene at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Windy conditions escalated the fire before crews arrived, Hejl said.
Firefighters used defensive and offensive lines to control the fire upon arrival.
Casselton Fire was assisted by Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Casselton Ambulance, West Fargo Police Department, Davenport Fire and Mapleton Fire.
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A do not use water advisory issued by the City of Finley, North Dakota. April 2026.
FINLEY, N.D. (KFGO) – The city of Finley, North Dakota has been without potable water since Friday due to a suspected water main leak. Steele County Emergency Management says it is unclear how long it will take to restore water services in the city.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality says the available water in Finley has been deemed unusable for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing dishes or laundry.
The water system will need to be flushed and samples that say the water is safe will need to be collected for the water advisory to be lifted.
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