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Zoo News: Preparing for tomorrow, living for today

What will tomorrow bring? I suppose that is a question we might all like the answer to. If we could prepare for the eventualities of tomorrow, life might be easier, or would it ruin our plans for today? Too deep for this article? Probably, but there is a point. Change is coming to the Zoo and ...

Western Plains Opera presents ‘Love’s Story’ recital

“Love’s Story,” a recital of songs and arias sung by tenor Kelly Burns and pianist Nicholas Shaneyfelt, will be presented by Western Plains Opera on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on the Minot State University campus. Burns and Shaneyfelt have put together a program of ...

Friluftsliv: Fort Dilts: A troubled time and a bad decision

Friluftsliv To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life As a volunteer for the State Historical Society of North Dakota for the last seventeen years and as a former president of the North Dakota ...

Cutting and enjoying fall perennial flowers

Bring a bit of your fall garden indoors. Many of your fall flowering perennials make great cut flowers to enjoy in arrangements for your home and bouquets to share with others. Harvest your flowers early in the morning whenever possible. This is when they are fully hydrated, helping to ...

‘Dancing for Special Stars’ set for Oct. 17

The eighth annual “Dancing for Special Stars,” a Special Olympics fundraiser, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on the campus of Minot State University. A reception in McFarland Gallery begins at 6:15 p.m., along with a silent auction followed by the contest at 7 ...

Winners of NDFB photo contest announced

Bailey Hawbaker from Stanley was a winner in the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s 2023 agriculture photo contest, according to the NDFB’s Promotion and Education Committee. Hawbaker’s photo capturing a flock of birds surrounding a tractor with the North Dakota sky in the backdrop received ...