by Jamie Christensen | Submitted Photos What is the dearest camp you know? For hundreds of former counselors, staff, volunteers, and campers, the answer is Elks Camp Grassick—and those very lyrics are sung each morning during the wake-up song around the camp flag pole. Dan Mimnaugh has been singing that […]
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 organization for future health professionals. “To […]
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 opened […]
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 put it […]
Article and Photo by Pam Vukelic Our microwave recently crashed and I thought, “Oh well, I won’t miss it that much.” Then I wanted to make popcorn, heat frozen vegetables, melt butter, and warm up frozen taco meat. I ended up scrapping the popcorn idea, prepared a salad instead of […]
by Jody Kerzman | Photography: Photos by Jacy Listening to Kathy Neset talk about her love for North Dakota, it’s easy to assume she was born and raised in the Peace Garden State. But Kathy grew up nearly 2,000 miles away in Washington, New Jersey. It may as well have […]
By Marci Narum | Photography: Photos by Jacy It’s supposed to be her day off, but Annie (Hummel) Iron Necklace is at her bakery on a Monday afternoon baking 1,500 cookies. She will prepare two more of these weekly special orders for the Bismarck Larks baseball games—on top of her […]
Article and Photos by Michelle Farnsworth What started out as a simple clean out my closet exercise, quickly morphed into changing the way I view fashion. I have always loved fashion trends and am a sucker for any kind of fashion box, latest and greatest must-have item, and bright and […]
Sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation: Women of Medora features inspiring women who have made an impact on the world through their time living and working in Medora. by Stephanie Fong | Submitted Photos Life sometimes has a funny way of putting the right opportunity in front of you at […]
Article and Photos by David Borlaug “Now that’s an artist who knows horses!” That’s a common reaction when visitors to The Capital Gallery in downtown Bismarck see Manning, North Dakota artist Kaye Burian’s oil paintings on display. And for good reason. Born and raised on a western North Dakota ranch […]
