With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it is time to start looking ahead to the Christmas season. The zoo is preparing to kick it off with a bang on Sunday, Dec. 11, with its Christmas at the Zoo event. While it would be hard to replicate the weather we enjoyed for Boo at the Zoo, current ...

The Northwest North Dakota Swedish Society will host an afternoon of Christmas caroling on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. In the Gol Stav Church at the Scandinavian Heritage Park. The Christmas caroling will be followed by the group's first St. Lucia Day celebration in 15 years in the Sons of ...

A few years after first arriving in Minot during 1977, my grandmother passed away. In the years that followed, I traveled to Nebraska to visit my grandfather when possible. We loved to play cribbage and often just sat in his living room or backyard, mostly as he talked and I listened. I recall ...

Chief Gall Dec. 5 — Sitting Bull’s war chief, Gall, died on this date 110 years ago. The Hunkpapa chief played a major role in the Lakota’s war with the United States. Gall was born around 1840 near the Moreau River in South Dakota. His early childhood name was Matohinsda, which ...

Seasonal music and more than 165 Nativity scenes will be showcased at the Festival of Nativities to be held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minot this Saturday. The public is invited to the free event from 6-8 p.m. in the church’s gymnasium, the Minot Stake Center, at ...

Award-winning South Prairie High School drama coach Paula Rauschenberger wasn't ready to stop teaching or coaching kids who love drama after she retired. Rauschenberger's 38-year career as a drama coach included stints at schools in Sawyer, Glenburn, Minot High School, and now South ...