'Boy oh boy': Farmer leaves millions for North Dakota school district [View all]

COLFAX, N.D. — Christmas has come early for the Richland 44 School District.

Darrel Hendrickson, a former Colfax-area farmer, bequeathed more than $4.5 million to be used for scholarships for Richland 44 students, Superintendent Dean Koppelman said Friday, Dec. 7.

Koppelman said the gift was announced at an assembly at the Colfax junior-senior high school, which included children from the elementary school in Abercrombie.

“It’s just a fantastic thing that’s happened here. Boy oh boy, what a thought he had thinking of the students here. It’s just a real blessing, it really is,” he said.

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