Another artifact that is now on the grounds of Pioneer Village is an early 1900s restored mail wagon. This was donated by retired businessman Keith Bloms, who owned Bloms Lockers in Minot. It definitely is a visual conversation piece. In 1896 the U.S. Post Office Department adopted the use of ...
Combating fear is one of the greatest challenges for young zookeepers to overcome. It is not necessarily the fear of working around potentially dangerous animals, but the fear that something they do or do not do will negatively impact the animals they care for and about. From my experience, it ...
Our neighbors in the 1950s were the Grays. One of their children, Mike, was a year older than me. When I was 10, Mike swiped a couple of cigarettes from a pack belonging to his mother and invited me into their dark garage one fall evening. We lit up and puffed away as if cowboys on the open ...
After 34 years of teaching at Minot State University, art and ceramics professor Linda Olson is getting ready to retire in the beginning of August. Growing up on a dairy farm not far from Drake, Olson graduated from high school in 1973. With the ambition to be a teacher, she started her ...
Law enforcement and fire departments in Minot will be facing off in the 2024 Battle of the Badges blood drive next week from May 20-23. The blood drive will take place over the course of four days at The Grand Hotel ballrooms. Signs will guide donors to the correct location. Members from law ...
The local chapter of Out of the Darkness Community Walks is holding a garage sale to raise funds for its walk in September. Half of the funds goes to the North Dakota chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the rest stays local for research and educational ...
At a time when high school students are looking forward to summer break, 14-year-old Aspen McCallum is preparing for a surgery in June. With the help of the River Riders Motorcycle Club, the McCallum family of Minot is raising funds to pay for Aspen’s second operation. The club’s benefit ...
Rosalie Mehlhoff and her husband, Duane, have just moved to Somerset Court in Minot from their farm near Tuttle. As Mother’s Day approaches, their years of raising six children are on their minds. They had their first child when Rosalie Mehlhoff was 23 and their last when she was 40. The ...
Twenty years ago I wrote a column about technology. It was inspired by a walk through an early spring hunting and fishing expo. What I wrote then and what I’m thinking about today with forward-facing sonar and even more evolution really hasn’t changed much at all has it? Think back to ...
North Dakota’s 2023 pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse and gray partridge harvests were up from 2022, according to the state Game and Fish Department. Upland game biologist RJ Gross said the overall harvest was likely a result of more hunters, more trips and more birds in the population. Last ...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced on Monday that the state’s 2024 paddlefish snagging season will close Wednesday, May 15, to any additional harvest to provide long-term protection of the paddlefish population. An additional snag-and-release extended season will begin ...
North Dakota’s 2024 deer season is set, with 50,100 licenses available to hunters, down 3,300 from last year. In addition, muzzleloader licenses decreased by 66 and restricted youth antlered mule deer licenses remained the same. North Dakota’s 2024 deer gun season opens Friday, Nov. 8, ...
Don’t be mad at me Lord but I’m at the end of my rope! Please rescue me. I’m so worn out, weary, desperate and ill! I can’t sleep because I weep all night; so much so that my bedding is wet with my tears. I’ve been shamed by my enemies and I am miserable. Thankfully, that’s not ...
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“What’s this?” asked my friend as she started cleaning behind an end table in my living room. I looked her direction only to see her pull up a slim but nearly bare stem of a plant that was over 5 feet long! There were many “branches” at the end of this stem so it appeared to be a ...
Two seventh-graders from Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church are looking forward to their roles in performances of the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Faith Formation group will be putting on a performance of the 14 Stations of the Cross on March 20 and March 24. Both performances will take place ...
April Building Permits — Four Seasons Construction, 2405 23rd Ave. NW and 2301 Ivory St., single family houses with attached garages, each $153,537; 2305, 2317, 2313 and 2309 Ivory St., single family houses with attached garages, each $171,000; 2401, 2413 and 2420 Ivory St., single family ...
Wheat futures have rallied more than $1/bushel in the last month – a nearly 20% increase in total contract value. Depressed prices from December through March left room for a positive bounce should something bullish begin to percolate. Drought-stricken wheat country in the western plains ...
Ward County — 3100 11th Ave. SE, Lot B7, 1972 manufactured home, Tiffany Brewer to Jimmy and Wendy Hendrickson, $1,500. — 3100 11th Ave. SE, Lot E18, 1983 manufactured home, Jonathan Frank to Joshua Garozzo, $12,500. — 2900 Valley Street, Lot 77, manufactured home, Chasity Overholt ...
Mayday: This is cocoa, we’re going down The mystery knock on cocoa’s door this past week did not leave a bouquet of flowers or candy. Cocoa prices have plummeted nearly 30% in just two weeks, topping out at almost $12,000 per ton back on April 19 for the most-active contract and falling to ...
I always feel bad when I throw away food, even when it is no longer edible. The other day I was getting a beverage out of the small refrigerator in our family room. I saw a takeout container in the back. What was a takeout box doing in this fridge? Sometimes our kids put food in this fridge. ...
March is National Nutrition Month, and North Dakotans are being reminded of ways to better manage their health through personalized diet plans emphasizing flexibility without all the pressure. In a post-pandemic world, people might be trying to shed unhealthy eating habits they developed ...
You may have heard that emerald ash borer (aka EAB) is knocking on North Dakota’s doorstep. Forestry partners across North Dakota have been on the lookout for this invasive insect for over a decade, so having discovered it in a few boulevard trees in a Moorhead, Minnesota, neighborhood ...
Whether you enjoy tomatoes sliced, sauced, or cooked in your favorite recipe, they taste best when grown and harvested from your garden or container. With more than 10,000 varieties available it can be difficult to select the best ones to grow in your garden. Start by looking for those ...
North Dakota’s senators have joined colleagues in opposition to an Air Force proposal that would transfer U.S. National Guard units executing space missions to the U.S. Space Force. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both R-ND, signed onto a letter led by Sens. Michael Bennet and John ...
Western North Dakota Honor Flight recently took 106 military veterans to Washington D.C. The flight took off from Bismarck on Sunday, April 14, and returned the following evening. Alongside the veterans were volunteers, medical staff and a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder counselor who traveled ...
Melvina Murray, second-grade teacher at Dakota Elementary School at Minot Air Force Base, has been selected to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Kathryn Lenertz, principal at Dakota Elementary School, nominated Murray for her efforts in the ...
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