by Renae Walker | Submitted Photos A promise built into the Bismarck Public School’s (BPS) mission is that “All students will have the academic, social, and personal skills to be … community ready.” But what does “community ready” really mean? Can readiness for life in the community be measured? The […]
by Jody Kerzman | Submitted Photos Dan Donlin grew up playing cops and robbers. But the Bismarck, North Dakota native never expected that childhood game would have such an impact on his future career. “I thought I’d be a CPA. I liked math, but when I flunked tax class, I […]
April Seifert describes her website and podcast as her “passion project.” Through her podcast, “Women Inspired!,” April interviews women who are inspiring other women to live their biggest, boldest lives. “Life is crazy short, and we only have one shot,” April says. “If there is one difference between you and […]
Heather Lee, instructor of special education at Minot State University, brings her experience working with people of all ages into the classroom to teach and train future leaders of the industry. “I was taking those skills I’ve learned over the course of time and seeing how I can help these […]
Lubbock, Texas born and raised Donna Cristy followed her husband to Bismarck five years ago and now can’t imagine living anywhere else. Donna is a nurse practitioner working in Women’s Health at Sanford, where her husband Kirk is Chief Financial Officer. Donna is also an artist, self-taught in oils and […]
by Paula Redmann | Photos by Tom Redmann Every now and then, Cherie Woodcock has a bad day, which can happen when you give out parking tickets for a living. She says she gets yelled at. A lot. Cherie has a remedy for bad days. She leaves her job in […]
By Marci Narum “You can take the girl off the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the girl.” I grew up on a farm 16 miles away from town where my friends lived. In the summer months, I envied their carefree existence: days spent at the pool […]
Article and Photos by Michelle Farnsworth Ya wanna know what’s trending? To avoid the trend! Buck the system, and literally color outside the lines. Let me tell you a little story: in the early days of my marriage and motherhood, my husband, honey-pie, sweetie Richard, would consistently order me flowers. […]
by Betty Mills | Submitted Photo My mother was orphaned at the age of 12 when both of her parents died within two months of each other of tuberculosis—the killer disease of two generations ago. She didn’t talk about it much, but I remember her description of her mother’s funeral […]
by Tracie Bettenhausen | Photography: Photos by Jacy Alicia Gourd says we could all do more to support moms. “There is a lot of pressure on women today,” Alicia says. “Women are busy. We work, raise our children, doing what we can to be our best in all areas.” As […]
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