When Madison Lehner signed the paperwork Friday to close on her new Minot home, it also closed out the National Disaster Resilience Program’s Resilient Homebuyer Program. Lehner qualified as the 76th and final homebuyer in the program, which drew 209 applicants before intakes ended this ...

Soaring food and gas prices have also hurt charitable organizations that help those in need. “It's become a huge problem for us,” said Connie Wilson, a board member with the Lord's Cupboard Food Pantry in Minot. Earlier this week the Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo, which had been a ...

Pie. A three-letter word that has power to draw folks together. It has the power to pull construction workers from their tasks at 3 in the afternoon. It has power to sit in a glass dessert case and receive more attention than a violet Faberge egg crusted with green peridots, and it also tastes ...

“Wow, the prices went up in the last several days,” I exclaimed. My husband was studying the bill at the drive-through. We like to stop in for a quick treat now and then, and we usually get the same thing. We had been at the restaurant within the last week. “They charged us for a ...

“What a desolate place would be a world without flowers! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.” - Clara L. Balfour Our North Dakota cities, towns and expansive countryside have been smiling for the past two weeks! Lilacs in lavender, purple, white and pink have ...

Ahead of this weekend’s Midsummer festival at the Scandinavian Heritage Park in Minot, Gourmet Chef offered a Scandinavian cake class with Olivia Kimberlin, assistant Karen Weber and Heritage Park board member Kae Watson. During the two-hour class from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, the women made ...