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Retirement’s Comic Relief: It’s a dog’s life for me

I’ve long felt our children got off to a great start thanks to their elementary education. In fact, the experience of our two who attended Minot Public Schools was superb — although my own experience with the entity could have been a smidge better based on what happened at Jim Hill in the ...

In Our Backyard

Some of my most fond memories as a child growing up in North Dakota stem from day trips to Bismarck. You see, we were (and still are) regular visitors to museums across the state. However, very few are as exciting as the N.D. Heritage Center and State Museum, especially for a young person. I ...

MSU student transitions from small-town piano lessons to ND orchestras

Studying piano performance at Minot State University, junior Kevin Vandal has been playing piano for as long as he can remember. “I grew up in a home that had a piano and as early as I can remember, my dad showed me the basics of playing and reading piano music," Vandal said. “Once I was ...

Zoo News: Volunteer roles can spell success

Last week, the zoo put out a press release about the loss of one of the zoo’s female Amur leopards. One of the most common questions brought up was what happens next? Much like the tiger transfers we tried to explain last fall, many of these decisions are out of our hands. Many of the ...

Zoo News: Giraffe habitat improvements today for a better tomorrow

I think we were getting a little spoiled with the milder days we enjoyed prior to last weekend, but that is not to say things aren’t still moving forward. With the approval to move forward with the African Plains Building by the Park Board, the zoo has begun to meet with the contractors and ...