Growing up in smoldering hot and humid Kansas summers in the 1950s wasn’t easy. Neither is growing older in the 2020s. Recent statistics indicate the average life expectancy for men in this country is 75.8 years. According to my calculations, I might be living on borrowed time in a few months ...

It's very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from what it was the day before. But that's exactly what happened to the United States of America on May 10, 1869, as the First Transcontinental Railroad was declared ...

Six years ago, I brought my future wife Angie and my stepdaughter November to my family’s cabin at Lake Tschida for the first time. Four years, a wedding and a baby brother Luca later, we visited again as a family of four, when we stayed for a whole week in June 2024. This year, things are ...

Dakotah Faye, a nationally touring Minot musician, kicks off Minot's summer fun at his headlining show Thursday, June 4, in Citizens Alley. Citizens Alley is keeping music accessible this summer by bringing free music to its outdoor downtown location with the Levitt AMP Minot Music Series, ...

Concert and art lovers will find even more to enjoy this summer with enhanced Thursday and Sunday events in downtown Minot and Oak Park. “It’s going to be a great summer,” said Myles Barcomb, co-executive director for Minot Area Council of the Arts. MACA is partnering with Citizens ...

The Taube Art Museum in Minot will be hosting "Beyond the Prairie," an exhibition of drawings by Fargo-based artist Ted Martin from Aug. 6-Sept. 5. This exhibition marks his first solo museum show and features more than 15 detailed drawings, ranging in size from 11 inches by 14 inches to ...