Oh Man: Dan Mimnaugh: The Dearest Camp He Knows

Oh Man: Dan Mimnaugh: The Dearest Camp He Knows

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...
When the Cookie Crumbles: There is Still Hope

When the Cookie Crumbles: There is Still Hope

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...
Women of Medora: Joslyn Reichert

Women of Medora: Joslyn Reichert

Sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation By Stephanie Fong  | Submitted Photos Women of Medora features inspiring women who have made an impact on the world through their time living and working in Medora. Life sometimes has a funny way of putting the...
Kathy Neset: Rooted & Revolutionary

Kathy Neset: Rooted & Revolutionary

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...
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...