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Music camp performances scheduled

DUNSEITH – Performances from the second session at the International Music Camp will be held Saturday, June 27. Creative writing readings will start in the Burdick Center for the Performing Arts at 12:30 p.m.. The drumline exhibition will start in the Masonic Auditorium at 1 p.m., and the band concert will be at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Darrin Oeherking from the University of Saskatchewan will conduct the high school bands and Jason Rygg of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will conduct the middle school bands. The drama production will round out the day at 2 p.m. in the Burdick Center for the ...

Fort Mandan brings history to life this summer

WASHBURN — Discover summer fun at Fort Mandan State Historic Site, Washburn, with free interactive learning programs for all ages. Programs are offered throughout the day. The schedule is as follows; – June 29-July 3, Bird Watching Nature Walk. Binoculars, a bird guide, and a field journal will be supplied. – July 4-5, Pinecone Bird Feeders. Create a feeder. – July 6-10, Edible Plants of the Expedition. Learn about some of the plants the expedition observed in this area and how those plants are used today. – July 11-12, Nesting Balls. Create a construction site for ...

A Second Look: First Ward County murder, mail service changes

The first case involving murder or manslaughter from Ward County was tried in Minnewaukan in January, 1887. Elmer Fosberry (or Fausberry), a teamster, had shot and killed contractor Frank Finnie at a corral near Gasmann Coulee on Monday, August 23, 1886. At his trial, held on Thursday, ...

A Second Look: Scandal makes news in McHenry County

Edmund Hackett was still living in McHenry County in 1884. He had been a founder of Villard, which he named for a railroad president. He had come to the Mouse River Valley for the first time in the winter of 1881 and 1882 to survey a possible railroad route from Bismarck to the Turtle ...

MSU brings ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life

The Minot State University Summer Theatre is bringing “Young Frankenstein” to life for the first time on the Josh Duhamel Stage at the Amphitheater. The 61st season kicks off on Wednesday, June 17, with the musical that follows the storyline of the Mel Brooks movie of the same name. The ...