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Local studio launches students into dance careers

The potential to someday dance professionally was too good to pass up for Branden Alvarez of Surrey, who leaves this week to train full time with Ballet Magnificat! in Mississippi. “It was not a difficult decision to make,” Alvarez said. “The opportunity opened up very suddenly. At ...

DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Aug. 28-Sept. 1

Magic of State Highway 36 By JACK DURA Aug. 28 — For adventure in North Dakota, sometimes you have to look a little harder. State Highway 36 is a good place to start. The east-west roadway runs for about ninety miles between Wilton and Pingree in central North Dakota. There’s plenty ...

Flutter Fest set for Sunday at zoo

Visitors to Minot’s Roosevelt Park Zoo on Sunday will have the opportunity to take part in Flutter Fest, an event culminating with the release of more than 100 monarch butterflies. The release coincides with the annual migration of monarch butterflies making the journey to the south for ...

Zoo News: Living with the highs and lows

Last week the zoo finished on a high note with all the coverage we received on the new baby giraffe and a beautiful Thursday evening for the zoo’s Bacon & Brew event. We all work hard to enjoy those highs when they come, because you never know when that next low will hit. Not much more ...

RETIREMENT’S COMIC RELIEF: Keyboard training launches RRUstro-nauts

When you call the bank to retrieve part of the brain trust in retirement, you might be surprised what the teller will dredge up. With decades of information tucked away in our memory banks from formal education and the school of hard knocks, there is finally an opportunity to withdraw from ...