Part of the proceeds raised during the upcoming 36th annual Frozen Fingers Festival will help youth planning to attend the International Music Camp, north of Dunseith. The Western North Dakota Bluegrass and Oldtime Music Association Of North Dakota are presenting the festival April 4-5 at the ...
When Heritage Singers’ veteran member Steve Beaudoin was asked years ago to join the group, he was skeptical. “I was asked for many years to join but I thought, ‘I can’t sing with those guys. These guys are professionals.’ God, was I wrong. We are just a bunch of guys from various ...
Declan Bourquin of Minot will perform as the child soprano soloist, and Hannah Penn, mezzo-soprano, will join the Minot Chamber Chorale for its special performance of Kim Andre Arnesen’s “Requiem for Solace,” Sunday at 3 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall at Minot State University. Directed ...
When the COVID pandemic looked to be easing a bit in 2022, pent-up desire to travel brought plans to visit friends in Leavenworth, Washington. In recognition of my earliest travel on a locomotive with my grandmother at age four, it seemed high time to give the rails another go. Rita agreed to ...
Residents and family members gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the 108th birthday of Ray Curtis, a World War II and retired farmer. Your browser does not support the video tag. His birthday party at Minot Lodge Senior Living in Minot included a happy birthday wish video from Gov. Kelly ...
World War II veteran and retired farmer Ray Curtis celebrates a birthday today that not many people reach. He is 108 years old. He’s one of the oldest living World War II veterans in North Dakota. Curtis, who lives at Minot Lodge Senior Living in Minot, will observe the day with a ...
A longtime volunteer at Minot’s Roosevelt Park Zoo says what he likes about volunteering there is the people, the work and how much he’s appreciated as a volunteer. Rex Sisco of Minot has volunteered at the zoo for about 40 years. For the first about 30 years he volunteered off and on and ...
Kim Sutton was one of 23 recipients of the Eagle Award given by the Minot Area Chamber EDC based on community nominations for those who offered customer service above and beyond what was expected. Sutton, an administrative assistant at Longfellow Elementary, was working in her office when a ...
I’ve always enjoyed my own little mental debates. Would I rather have a fast-food double cheeseburger that’s a little less expensive than a sit-down burger and fries? For me, the answer depends on a combination of how hungry I am and if I’m going to just simply chow down and get back on ...
North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opened Feb. 15. It continues through May 11. Residents must have a 2024-25 (valid through March 31) or 2025-26 (required April 1) combination license or a small game, and general game and habitat license. Resident youth younger than age ...
As winter tightens its grip on North Dakota, the landscape transforms into a vast, frozen tundra. Snow blankets the plains, rivers freeze solid, and the air becomes crisp with a bite that chills the bones. For many of us, it can be easy to view the season as a time to retreat indoors, to ...
Remember last fall? For most of us it was filled with sunshine, warmth and appreciation. When November deer season opened, the extended autumn continued with many areas of the state enjoying temperatures around 45 degrees, and 50 was common. Then just before Thanksgiving the change of sun and ...
Give Jesus a chance. Four simple little words. I read them on the back of a shirt a guy was wearing one time and thought to myself that maybe there was a point to be made here. Since that time I have thought about this many, many times. Wonder if that means we should seek Jesus as a last ...
Within hours of participating in last year’s “Know Your Faith” competition, Tyanna Weeks faced a challenge that required her to draw heavily on her faith. Weeks, a 2024 Bishop Ryan High School graduate, spoke Wednesday to hundreds of Catholic high schoolers from across the state, who ...
Many people have at least one or perhaps many social media accounts. I have two Facebook accounts. One is for my personal use where I occasionally post pictures of my grandchildren, travels, or some personal comments. The other is my Author page titled Helen McCormack Devotionals where I ...
Cru is a youth ministry for college students, looking to strengthen their faith, build a community and enjoy time spent together studying scripture. The organization’s groups from all over the U.S. meet up at conferences throughout the year. Next week, students from Minot State University ...
Kari Moll has been promoted to assistant vice president, insurance adviser, at Gate City Insurance Agency in Minot. She joined the agency in 2016, previously serving as insurance advisor. Originally from Long Beach, California, Moll moved to Minot as a child and has been proud to call it her ...
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Insurance Department helped more than 1,500 consumers in 2024, assisting with insurance-related complaints and inquiries, ultimately recovering over $2 million for policyholders across the state, Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread announced recently. As a ...
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the fourth quarter of 2024 have demonstrated a 3.2% increase compared to the same period in 2023, Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus has announced. For October, November, and December of 2024, taxable sales and purchases totaled $7.1 ...
– 701 Block, 1416 7th St. SW, rehab upstairs, finish basement, add egress windows and air conditioning and upgrade electrical panel, $65,000. – Elizabeth Kelly, Groundworks Minnesota, 2120 4th Ave. NW, carbon fiber strips added to stabilize wall, $10,948. – Aaron Kraft, 708 20th St. ...
“I am probably adding five years onto my life eating this Mediterranean food,” my husband remarked. He was enjoying a bowl of tomato basil soup. It looked and smelled delicious. I chuckled as I took a bite of my equally healthful salad. It featured mixed greens, feta cheese, toasted ...
Welcome to 2025! It is the time of year that we often hear the saying, “New year, new me.” Everyone is setting New Year’s resolutions. Now is a great time for gardeners to reflect on the past growing season and set their resolutions for this year’s growing season. First, if you keep a ...
Let’s think back a year. You might have had a banner year, a challenging year, a ho-hum year or, like most of us, a mixture of events. A new year often is seen as a fresh start with new goals or even life-changing resolutions from career shifts to health-promoting changes. Many people set ...
The week of Thanksgiving is the busiest airline travel time of the year, but there are ways to make your trip less stressful, according to Minot International Airport Director Jennifer Eckman. “During the holidays, we tend to have a lot of passengers who don’t travel on a regular basis,” ...
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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – For the first time since 2018, Minot Air Force Base will hold an open house. The open house is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The base will open its doors to the public for a day of military and civilian aircraft static displays and mission ...
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIF. – A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single telemetered joint test assembly re-entry vehicle on Wednesday at 1 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space ...