Along the Way

“Sometimes I don’t like it but that don’t mean I don’t love it. Sometimes I get down so low but that don’t mean I can’t rise above it. Sometimes it’s the vast unknown as far as I can see. Sometimes it feels like I’m touching everything and everything is touching me...

Social Security Matters

U.S. Social Security? Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits.

A Pembina County Retrospective

Part 320 The September 12, 1913, “Cavalier Chronicle” stated that the Pembina County Commission had issued warrants to Charles N. Bjorge for $170.50 for work done from August to September 9, and to John E. Holt Plumbing & Heating Company for $13,510.

Pembina County Extention

Pembina County There’s a new approach to the Soil Health Café Talk program in 2020. Don’t worry, it will be the same style of meeting to encourage idea sharing among farmers, consultants, Extension, researchers and industry, but it will now reach more locations across North Dakota with more events.

Looking to Buy a Home? 2020 May Be Your Year

(StatePoint) If buying a home is on your near-future to-do list, experts say that 2020 may be a good year to make it happen. Mortgage interest rates are near historic lows, providing you with the opportunity to finance a new home purchase at a much lower cost.

Bowesmont Lives

Clarice Mosolf visited Brad and Karen Schuster and shared their early Christmas celebration on Friday Dec. 20th. The next day Saralee Hoselton drove to Mayville to their Senior Citizens’ Center to attend the 80th birthday for her college classmate Myrna Lyng.

Thinking About Health

Health care as an issue landed with a thud in late December as members of Congress packed up and went home for the holidays. Two important pieces of legislation for patients didn’t make it to the finish line. Passage of either measure next year is a crapshoot since it’s an election year.

2020 Interior Design Trends on the Horizon

(StatePoint) The beginning of the new year is a natural time to think about refreshing the look of your home, and in 2020, “cozy” and “warm” are trending keywords for interior design, according to experts, with luxurious textiles, inviting color palettes, and warm mixed metals found across all...

Pastor Leroy’s Column

Paul writes, “let a man examine himself ” before receiving communion (I Corinthians 11:28). Each person is to look deep withing his/her heart to see if there are things separating them from God; that is, sin that has not been confessed and repented of.

Society full of Anxiety…

In a recent news report, it was reported that the American society is filled with people who suffer from anxiety issues. We should not be surprised given the adverse political and social environment that has been created.