America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. Coal, timber, oil and natural gas have fueled America for generations. More than two decades ago, a first-of-its-kind natural gas well was drilled in the hills of Washington County, Pa., tapping into a ...

This Father’s Day Raymond “Buddy” Walter reflects on 100 years of life – from growing up on a fourth-generation farm, to raising 12 children and now watching generations of his family grow. He said he wouldn’t change a thing. Walter grew up in Verendrye and lived on his family’s ...

Behind every great person is someone who helped shape them into who they are, what they believe in and how they see the world. As Father’s Day approaches, I find myself reflecting on the men who stepped into that role throughout my life – some were there from the beginning, others arrived ...

This weekend the Scandinavian Heritage Association is hosting its annual Midsummer Festival at the Shirley Bicentennial Park, also known as the Scandinavian Heritage Park, from Friday, June 19, through Saturday, June 20. Traditionally, the Midsummer Festival is held around the time of the ...

The first case involving murder or manslaughter from Ward County was tried in Minnewaukan in January, 1887. Elmer Fosberry (or Fausberry), a teamster, had shot and killed contractor Frank Finnie at a corral near Gasmann Coulee on Monday, August 23, 1886. At his trial, held on Thursday, January ...

Edmund Hackett was still living in McHenry County in 1884. He had been a founder of Villard, which he named for a railroad president. He had come to the Mouse River Valley for the first time in the winter of 1881 and 1882 to survey a possible railroad route from Bismarck to the Turtle ...