Our cherished Sandy White of Bowman, ND, left her worldly family on January 24, 2025, at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, with her children by her side. 

A Funeral Service will be held at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, ND. Burial will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. 

Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2025, from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.

Sandy was born on September 10, 1957, to William G. and Eleanor (Wetzel) Jones in the Mandan Hospital. Several years later, her sister, Linda, arrived to complete the family. Sandy spent her early years on the farmstead of William (great-great grandpa Jones) on land he settled west of Glen Ullin, ND, which he acquired before statehood. Sandy had a special relationship with her grandpa, Thomas Jones. Upon graduation from Glen Ullin High School in 1975, she went to nursing college in Bismarck. She began her career of taking care of others as a nurse at St. Joes in Dickinson. Perhaps by fate, she was drawn to a job in Bowman, ND, where she met her future husband, Paul. Sandy and Paul worked together for 45 years, balancing raising a family, Sandy’s nursing career, as well as, running the family farm. Sandy dedicated much of her life to caring for others, first as Director of Nursing at the Southwest Healthcare Services Nursing Home in Bowman, and later as Director of Nursing for Western Horizon Care Center in Hettinger, ND. In her career, her leadership and kindness touched many lives, and she will be remembered fondly by the many patients and colleagues she served over the years. 

Sandy never let her personal health issues affect being the best wife, mom, and grandma that anyone could ask for. Sandy embodied the gifts of honesty, sincerity, humility and love. She brought a smile to all she met and brought light into the lives of all she knew. 

Sandy will be missed by her loving husband of 45 years, Paul; son, Jamie (Yuki) White and their children, Melanie and Marisa; daughter, Kayla (Steve) Bourgois and their children, Thomas and Harrison; a sister, cousins, in-laws, and nieces and nephews. 

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, mother and father in-law, special cousin, Curtis Sayler, and brother-in-law, Perry Horner. 

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the Bowman Nursing Home in Sandy’s memory. 

BISMARCK — North Dakota will see no changes to primary election voting procedures for now, after the Senate on Friday voted against a bill that would have changed primary ballots.

North Dakota’s current primary ballots feature both Republican and Democrat primary races on the same ballot, but voters are only allowed to vote in one party’s primary election. If they vote in both, the ballot is spoiled.

Under

Senate Bill 2178,

North Dakotans would have needed to request a primary ballot from a specific political party. The ballot they received would only have had the primary races of that political party on it. The bill also proposed to keep track of which primary ballots voters requested, allowing political parties and candidates to better target their messaging to people who were likely to vote in their primary.

There were concerns raised in committee over the privacy issues this would create for voters by requiring them to ask for specific party ballots in front of friends and neighbors in their polling place.

The bill received a do-not-pass recommendation out of committee with a 6-0 vote.

Sen. Chuck Walen, R-New Town, said on the floor of the Senate Friday that the Senate State and Local Government Committee gave the bill a do-not-pass recommendation after testimony convinced members it would create an “undue burden” on polling places and could lead to more confusion with voters.

Walen was the primary sponsor of the bill, and accounted for one of the four votes in favor of it.

The bill was voted down in the Senate 42-4 with one legislator absent or abstaining.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Jacksen Moni scored 24 points as North Dakota State beat North Dakota 87-82 on Saturday night.

Moni added 10 rebounds for the Bison (16-6, 5-2 Summit League). Jacari White shot 6 for 17 (4 for 13 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to add 20 points. Tajavis Miller shot 5 for 9 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 5 of 9 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points.

The Fightin’ Hawks (8-15, 2-6) were led in scoring by Treysen Eaglestaff, who finished with 22 points and seven rebounds. Amar Kuljuhovic added 12 points for North Dakota. Mier Panoam also recorded 11 points and two steals.

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.