Red Letter Circus By MERRY HELM Aug. 14 — Barrett’s Red Letter Circus was in Bismarck during this week in 1887. Among the featured attractions were Master Albert, the Wizard-like “human fly;” Zolo, the human projectile; the three Bryant sisters, the only lady acrobats in the world; ...

August in the Zoo this year is much more than preparing for the Bacon & Brew event. This year, the Zoo is also preparing for the departure of some of the tigers as the draft SSP (Species Survival Program) recommendations have been released. We all knew it was coming, but there was one ...

Patients might think their dentists don’t know what it’s like to sit in the dental chair. If any of mine have thought this true of me, they’d be wrong. Not only did I visit the dentist twice a year for checkups and fillings as a child, even more time came in the hot-seat when I was ...

Mott Defenders By JAYME JOB Aug. 7 — The small town of Mott was in general alarm on this day in 1916. One of their number had just made a confession to the murder of a local farmer, and it was being circulated that a number of men, both lynchers and bailers, were headed to Mott in droves ...

To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life Archaeology and history have become an important part of my life since I retired as director of Market Development for a Minneapolis corporation. I related in a ...

The 34th Annual Great Tomato Festival, a community fundraising event, will be held Wednesday at the North Dakota State Fair Center’s 4-H Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and social starts at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. The event benefits the Minot Symphony Orchestra and Taube ...