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Crystal Clovers 4-H members show off their shelf-stable cake kits. Submitted photo.

Crystal Clovers 4-H members show off their shelf-stable cake kits. Submitted photo.

Baking up kindness

Crystal Clovers 4-H Club donates shelf-stable cake kitsThe 4-H Crystal Clovers spent their November club meeting making shelf-stable cake kits for the Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry. The kit included a box of cake mix, frosting, a can of ginger ale, and candles in a disposable baking pan.
CEO Tim Chapman and family with Santa. Submitted photo.

CEO Tim Chapman and family with Santa. Submitted photo.

Santa at the International Peace Garden

Santa will be paying a visit to the International Peace Garden on Saturday, December 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Members of the Bismarck community participate in a “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” event on Nov. 18, tracing a route many homeless people take during the daytime when no shelters are open in the capitol. The event was put on by the Missouri Slope Areawide United Way. Photo, Michael Standaert.

Members of the Bismarck community participate in a “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” event on Nov. 18, tracing a route many homeless people take during the daytime when no shelters are open in the capitol. The event was put on by the Missouri Slope Areawide United Way. Photo, Michael Standaert.

The question our communities need to solve

Housing insecurity, evictions rise as prices climb and assistance dwindlesA newly reorganized N.D. Interagency Council on Homelessness could have an early crisis on its hands because of significant changes to federal homelessness funding.A Nov. 13 directive issued by the U.S.
The Nelson family is recognized as a North Dakota 4-H Century Family. Pictured from left: Brent Nelson; Becky Nelson and Becky Peterson, North Dakota 4-H Foundation chair. (NDSU photo)

The Nelson family is recognized as a North Dakota 4-H Century Family. Pictured from left: Brent Nelson; Becky Nelson and Becky Peterson, North Dakota 4-H Foundation chair. (NDSU photo)

North Dakota 4-H recognizes Century Families, volunteers and Hall of Fame inductee

The North Dakota 4-H Foundation and North Dakota State University Extension 4-H Youth Development program honored four North Dakota 4-H Century Families, two Salute to Excellence Award recipients and an inductee to the North Dakota 4-H Hall of Fame during the 2025 Recognition Luncheon at the North...
Members elect Wagner as NDFB President

Members elect Wagner as NDFB President

Members elect Wagner as NDFB President, Jacobson as Vice President

Val Wagner of Monango, N.D., was elected president of North Dakota Farm Bureau during the organization’s Annual Meeting at the Holiday Inn in Fargo this weekend, with John Jacobson, of Hatton, N.D., chosen as vice president.
Cattle are highly selective, and they seek out the high-quality plants and will graze them to oblivion if allowed. (NDSU photo)

Cattle are highly selective, and they seek out the high-quality plants and will graze them to oblivion if allowed. (NDSU photo)

Forage Matters: About time

Time is something that we never seem to have enough of. I know that I sure don’t. I am reaching the age where I look back and wonder, “Where did that decade go? Did I misplace it somewhere?”Time is also an asset.
RED RIVER FARM NETWORK

RED RIVER FARM NETWORK

RED RIVER FARM NETWORK

Val Wagner takes the NDFB reins – Val Wagner of Monango, N.D. is the newly elected president of the North Dakota Farm Bureau.Wagner and her husband, Mark, operate a Red Angus/Simmental commercial cattle ranch. She has been on the NDFB board since 2020 and was elected vice president two years ago.
Bowesmont lives By Saralee Hoselton

Bowesmont lives By Saralee Hoselton

Bowesmont lives By Saralee Hoselton

Steve and Charlotte Christenson of Roosevelt brought Margaret Willar to the Lutheran Sunset Home to visit Ann Osborne on Nov. 15.On Monday, Lynette Restemayer of Cavalier visited Saralee Hoselton, and they went out for supper at Hastings Landing.
Along the way

Along the way

Along the way

By Christine JensenThrough the parameters of change and transformation, there is an undeniable quest for healing beyond the traumas that defeat us. The sanctuary of it all is knowing we are met with the same emotions we carry and hold on to.