Airmen Receive Red Cross Lifesaving Awards

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND. – Two Airmen were presented with the American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders at Minot Air Force Base, June 12, 2023. Airman 1st Class Damian Cordoba from the 5th Medical Group saved a life while off-duty and working a shift at local restaurant, The Starving Rooster, November 8, […]

Minot Fire Department Provides Opportunity

For Fire Chief Kelli Kronschnabel, it was 2016 when she arrived from Grand Forks after 20 years with that department. Kelli is the first to admit there was an adjustment to move a family and learn a new community, but she said, “it’s been good for us.” Kelli was born and raised in Fertile, Minnesota, […]

Team Minot celebrates Police Week 2023

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —Team Minot defenders joined together June 5-9, 2023 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. to compete in competitions and honor past and present law enforcement officers in honor of National Police Week. National Police Week is a nationally recognized event that allows law enforcement members and citizens to gather and […]

Medora & Teddy

In the past two years of living in North Dakota nothing has touched my heart quite like the small town of Medora. It just popped out of nowhere in the vast prairie land of North Dakota as it creeps into the Badlands and thus creates a magical landscape that I will never forget. It’s my […]

The Base’s Summer Hot Spot

The base pool is now ready and waiting for swimmers of all ages to come and soak up the sun for the summer! The pool opened a little later in the season than usual because of some construction work that needed to be done on the building structure. But now, it is open and plans […]

….in my rear view mirror

Some of you are old enough to remember singer Mac Davis who hit the billboard charts with the song “Happiness Is Texas in my Rearview Mirror”. The song goes on to describe why he had to leave Texas. But in the end, his love of Lubbock, Texas, finally causes him to yearn to return and […]

Pembina Gorge State Park…

On May 22, Gov. Doug Burgum announced the Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area will be developed and become North Dakota’s 14th state park. A total of $6 million in funding for this venture has been secured by the North Dakota Parks & Recreatikon Department during the 2023 legislative session. A matching $2 million will come […]

You’re So Flexible

“You’re so flexible.” Unbelievably, the words were directed at me–spoken while standing in a shady driveway I know well. The voice, too, was familiar. A soft, comforting tone that conjured up memories of high school antics, college summer vacations long past, and cold cookies that always seemed to materialize from the freezer at just the […]

Dog Gone International Incident

An international incident along the North Dakota/Saskatchewan border was resolved, at least temporarily, in a Minot courtroom earlier this month. The intriguing case involved a wandering dog, Rocco, who normally resides in Enniskillen, Saskatchewan, a small community located just north of the United States/Canadian border. Rocco decided to make a visit to the U.S. by […]

Jr. Journalism: I Like the Roosevelt Zoo

My favorite Roosevelt Zoo animal are the red pandas. But I also like the farm area with the wolves and lambs and goats and bees. The animal that looked like a half donkey, half zebra and half giraffe, okapi, was really interesting. The Red Pandas at the Roosevelt Zoo are named Fred and George. They […]