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Arts and Entertainment

Western Plains Children’s Choirs seek new members

Western Plains Children’s Choir launches its 33rd season of providing children the opportunity to develop lifelong singing and musicianship skills. The community youth choirs include area singers from public, private and home schools. The 2023-2024 season will include daily performances ...

International bluegrass winners to play at Sibyl Center

STANLEY – Bluegrass award winners the Waddington Brothers will play at the Sibyl Center Saturday at 7 p.m. The Waddington Brothers, an acoustic bluegrass and western group from southwestern North Dakota, have music in their blood, having spent many years since early childhood touring the ...

Hints of History: Barb wire controversy ends up in Supreme Court

Considerable excitement was created in the evening of August 1, 1908, after someone stretched a barb wire across the Mouse River, nearly causing the capsizing of John Strommen’s gasoline launch (boat) which was being run by Earl Spitzer. There were two other occupants including another man ...

Carrots: A healthy snack you can grow

Nutritious and flavorful carrots make the perfect snack and addition to salads, stir-fries, soups and stews. They have the crunch of chips and crackers without the fat and calories. High in vitamin A and easy to grow, plant now for a flavorful fall harvest. You’ll find carrots in a variety ...

Prairie artist returns to hometown for State Fair

Artist Andrew Knudson is a Minot native who creates fine detail paintings on unexpected natural mediums. In addition to paintings on traditional canvas, Knudson specializes in utilizing buffalo hides, turkey feathers, wood, geode slices and even bone for his art. His work reflects scenes ...

Starkweather teens’ band, Auto Drive, reaches for wider audience

STARKWEATHER -- With bands like Greta Van Fleet rising in the music charts, a group of Starkweather 14- and 15-year-olds who identified with their classic rock twist on modern music came together to form the band Auto Drive. Auto Drive does fan-favorite covers of musicians like Creedence ...