DUNSEITH – The International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, will hold a 9/11 Memorial event on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 11 a.m. at the 9/11 Memorial Site. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to arrive by 10:30 a.m. and take seats by 10:45 a.m. Light ...
Roughly one million fishing licenses are sold in Minnesota each year. North Dakota’s annual number is closer to 186,000. I happen to be one included in this figure. I first enjoyed fishing as a youngster when traveling from Kansas to Table Rock Lake, Missouri, with my parents and grandparents each summer. Dad and Grandpa loved to fish there. Angling for Crappie was most successful after dark with a lantern suspended from the limb of a partially submerged tree along the shoreline. As minnows were drawn to the light, crappie were drawn toward minnows — including any attached to the ...
Three local childhood friends turned songwriters have been invited to Nashville for a songwriting competition and conference. The musical trio is called Grace Notes and they have been tirelessly performing outdoors this week to help raise money for their upcoming trip. The young women are performing today in front of the Marketplace Foods grocery store on 1930 South Broadway from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. In addition to performing, the women also are rotating on food truck shifts, selling hotdogs, brats and chips while the other group members perform. “The truck was provided by ...
The Western Plains Opera is producing one of Giacomo Puccini’s most beloved operas, “La Boheme,” but with a local twist by incorporating the artwork of artist Walter Piehl into the production. The opera follows a circle of bohemian-like artists and friends while they traverse life and ...
Minot State University’s 2024 Homecoming will be celebrated with multiple events during the week of Sept. 11-14. “Homecoming is a special time of year for our alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of the university,” said Courtenay Brekhus, Minot State’s director of alumni engagement. “With a variety of fun events planned, we are very excited to welcome everyone back to campus.” The week kicks off with the MSU Alumni Association and MSU Development Foundation’s annual President’s Club Luncheon, honoring donors who contributed $1,000 or more. The luncheon is set ...
“The Great Open: Photographs from North Dakota” is on display at the Northwest Arts Center’s Walter Piehl Gallery through Saturday, Sept. 21. A culmination of a multi-year project by internationally known photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, the exhibition is touring the state through the North Dakota Museum of Art’s Rural Arts Initiative. In 2019, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Museum commissioned the artists to create a body of photographs probing the essence of North Dakota’s current landscape, people, and way of life. The Great ...
