Flood Cookies

by Pam Vukelic When I’m writing this, it is the middle of June. Fourteen million sandbags have been prepared and placed in and around Bismarck and Mandan. The release of water from the dam has just reached 150 cfs, and for many, the waiting begins. It is an uncertain...

A Few Minutes with Amy Grant

Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith bring their ‘2 Friends Tour’ to the Bismarck Civic Center Wednesday, October 5th. The pair have toured together many times over the years, beginning in 1982 when Smith was Grant’s keyboard player. IW: What is it like touring with Michael...

Betty Mills Inspires Me

by Amanda Mack People who live extraordinary lives often elicit strong responses from those around them. Betty Mills is no exception and she has been called a lot of things in her eighty-plus years of life. For example, Pollyanna, daddy’s girl and Saint Betty – short...

Rodeo Girls

by Tina Ding Cowgirls Britany Fleck and Kennedi Kautzman fell in love with horses and rodeo as young girls. Scarcely five, they each sat atop horses and paid close attention to the wonders of rodeo as well as the daily chores and hard work that goes hand in hand with...