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...
Look What She Did: Becky Freidt

Look What She Did: Becky Freidt

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...
Then & Now: A Childhood Home up for Auction

Then & Now: A Childhood Home up for Auction

By Tracie Bettenhausen  | Submitted Photos I was pumping my skinny knob knees up and down, one then the other, messy brown hair flapping like a cape. The pink-and-white bicycle my steed, and the narrow bit of sky ahead my ring of fire. I don’t remember ever...

Four Steps to Tackle Transitions

By Noreen Keesey One of the definitions for transitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: “a passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another.” So, it’s a gentler word for change. Some of us love it, some tolerate it, and some would prefer it never...