Community Contributor: The Mercy Box

Community Contributor: The Mercy Box

Submitted Photos mercybozMercy box pick up for BPSmercy box drop off site pic When businesses and the community team up to help those in need, great things can happen. That’s the idea behind a new movement in Bismarck and Mandan called The Mercy Box. What started as a...
Maureen Wanner’s Mission Field: Pampering Promised

Maureen Wanner’s Mission Field: Pampering Promised

Article and Photos by Paula Redmann Maureen Wanner has been making people feel beautiful for 27 years. She entered the world of hair and skin in 1991, fresh out of a Bismarck beauty college. All paths crisscrossed to where she is today, to Homestead Salon and Spa—her...
Finding Beauty in Every Medium

Finding Beauty in Every Medium

by Nicole Thom-Arens  | Submitted Photos Candace Brekke’s contemporary artwork has been on display in boutiques, cafes, and businesses in Minot for several years, but it took the artist years to find her peace on the canvas. “In college, Walter Piehl was one of my...

The Beautiful Gift of Mindfulness

by Melanie Carvell What does it mean to be a “beautiful” person? We often say a person is “beautiful, inside and out” or “beauty is only skin deep” or “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” When we have a particularly positive interchange with another person, we...
Oh Man: Mike LaLonde: Picture Perfect Volunteer

Oh Man: Mike LaLonde: Picture Perfect Volunteer

by Jody Kerzman  | Submitted Photos Mike LaLonde is a regular at Bismarck’s Dakota Zoo. It’s where he finds his favorite subjects of his photographs. “I’m not much of a people photographer. I prefer taking photos of wildlife,” says Mike. “The animals have...
Give Your Meal a Makeover

Give Your Meal a Makeover

Article and Photos by Pam Vukelic If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times: the trite saying “the eyes eat first.” But researchers are discovering there is a lot of truth to it. In fact, the appearance of your food—the first impression you...