By MELINDA MYERS Look to the garden, farmer’s market, or refrigerator next time you are battling sore muscles, indigestion, and headaches. These five foods fresh from the garden contain powerful pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties. Mint Infuse mint into your tea or ...

Late last Friday, two staff returned from a 3-day trip to pick up a new male black-footed ferret (BFF) for the zoo. The zoo’s newest resident is named “Hawksbill” and can be found in the zoo’s Discovery Barn. Born in captivity at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center, he ...

Retirement during COVID brought memory of a similar time from the fall of 1954. It was then that preparation for the first day of kindergarten and “real school” began. I was finally going to get a “real haircut.” No more trims by an unlicensed barber – my mother. Her salon ...

Mr. Hockey, Fido Purpur By MERRY HELM Feb. 21 — Between 1934 and 1945, North Dakota hockey legend Clifford “Fido” Purpur played for the St. Louis Eagles, St. Louis Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and the St. Paul Saints. When Purpur was awarded the North Dakota ...

The North Dakota State Fair has announced rap artists Ludacris and T-Pain will perform at the 2023 State Fair on Friday, July 21. The NDSF will be held July 21-29 in Minot. This announcement concludes this year’s NDSF lineup, which includes Jelly Roll, Eric Church, Joe Nichols, Whiskey ...

The Minot Chamber Chorale will present “Sunrise & Sunset,” a choral music celebration of renewal for its 50th anniversary season, on Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall at Minot State University. There will be two world premieres on the program — “Todd’s Song,” a new ...