Jun 11, 2019 | Health, Look what she did, Medical
Libby Bakken spent 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry selling medications to physicians and healthcare providers so they could treat their patients’ lifestyle diseases. Now she works with patients, instead, hoping to help them avoid disease, the hospital, and...
Jun 10, 2019 | 2019, Health, Teens
By Alexis Thompson Editor’s note: Alexis Thompson is an 11-year-old girl from Bismarck who loves to dance and do public speaking. In 2018, she held the title of Miss Pre-Teen Flickertail State International. Her personal platform, “Choose Happiness” has become more...
Jun 4, 2019 | Food, Retirement
By Pam Vukelic My father was 90, as I recall, when he said, “I suppose I should quit eating butter and start eating margarine instead.” His comment was met with a resounding, “No!” from his loved ones. We couldn’t imagine why, during what would surely be the...
Jun 4, 2019 | Look what she did
Ashton Hauff thought the Makewell event she and some friends put together for creatives in the Bismarck community in February 2017 would be a one-time thing. Instead, it was a sold-out-let’s-do-this-again thing. “I didn’t know what to expect, but it turned out to be...
Jun 3, 2019 | 2019, Health
by Deb Bosch Happiness is something most of us are in search of and never seem to have enough of. We all want to be happy. We often think we can find happiness from things. We buy things because we say they make us happy, or we think, “We’d be happy if…” If...
