Leaving Home & Finding Independence Through Opportunity

Leaving Home & Finding Independence Through Opportunity

By Nicole Thom-Arens  | Submitted Photos Liz Romanick is like many recent high school graduates: she recently voted in her first statewide election, she loves music, dancing, nachos, and she’s anxious to leave home and carve her own path. Unlike most of her peers,...
Tinkergarten: Where the Classroom and Nature Meet

Tinkergarten: Where the Classroom and Nature Meet

by Paula Redmann  | Submitted Photos The classroom isn’t a traditional one. In fact, it’s far from it. There are no desks or pencil sharpeners. You won’t find a folder or a pile of papers. There’s nary a notebook. That’s because this is Tinkergarten, and the classroom...
Look What She Did: Joelean Lowman

Look What She Did: Joelean Lowman

Joelean Lowman’s HOSA Future Health Professional  students from Legacy High School in Bismarck have done something no other group of North Dakota students has ever done: they are the first in the state to receive the Outstanding HOSA Chapter award. HOSA is a student...
Look What She Did: Sue Hamilton

Look What She Did: Sue Hamilton

Sue Hamilton is quick to tell people she is not a writer. But the reviews of her book “Carried by Faith: From Substance Abuse to a Life Filled with Miracles” tell a different story. “It’s getting reviews like a fiction book. People are writing things like, ‘I couldn’t...
Look What She Did: Becky Freidt

Look What She Did: Becky Freidt

Becky Freidt believes all women should be able to shop the racks and find a few items of clothing they love and that make them feel beautiful and confident. The only problem is, for plus-size women that can be a hard to find experience. Until now. In July, Becky...