From a 1697 Norwegian money box to a massive, time-worn sheriff’s safe, the Ward County Historical Society is a storehouse for historical storage – and for numerous other artifacts from times gone by. The society’s Pioneer Village at Burlington houses its collections in several ...

A community theater, The Mouse River Players, is entering its 54th season this fall, offering a bevy of theatrical entertainment made possible by a dedicated cohort of local performers and volunteers and a great deal of local flavor. The organization has been a major contributor to local arts ...

Local residents and others who love crafting have been gathering twice a year in Minot since 1975 for The Big One Art and Craft Fair, which shows and sells the products of their labor and creativity. It is still going strong 49 years after its inception by sisters Lois Allen and Carol ...

Twenty years after his passing, the legacy and generosity of inventor Raymond Rude continues to have an impact and be remembered in the Stanley community. According to an article from The Minot Daily News published Dec. 17, 2004, Rude was the son of Blaisdell grocers, and left North Dakota ...

Along the southern border of McHenry County lies a tiny city, named for the capital city of Ukrainian homesteaders in 1898. Kief is an echo of what it was but seems to be a special little city. Hiding in a grove of trees difficult to see for the passerby, Kief sits a short distance down the ...

The Lyric Theater has been entertaining Rugby residents with cinema for more than 100 years and will continue to do so as it’s brought more and more into the modern era by its community stewards. A new window installation at the Lyric Theater will be happening near the end of this month. ...