Slice of Life: Good Sense

There’s common sense, good sense, nonsense, perhaps no sense. I like to think I have an abundance of the first two on that list, but there are those, in numbers I shall not reveal, that firmly adhere to the belief I am far more fittingly described by the latter two. To that I say nonsense, […]
A View from Our Side: One of Those Small Town Brats Growing Up In ND

It is so common to do an interview and ask the question “So, where are you from?” and receive the response “Kind of from everywhere, I grew up an Air Force (or military) brat.” The friends we have had who have come to Minot courtesy of the U.S. Air Force share their life journey that […]
Upside Down Under: Give recognition where recognition is due…

Ever since a recent Monday night football game in Cincinnati when Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, we’ve been seeing news segments of the team of first responders, doctors and nurses who worked a miracle to keep a 24-year-old from dying on the field. That’s all good and well. They absolutely deserve recognition […]
Team Minot Opens Three Lactation Pods for Nursing Airmen

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —Nursing Airmen serving at Minot AFB have more places to pump after the 5th Security Forces Squadron installed three new lactation pods around the base. This is the latest effort by the 5th SFS to accommodate women who have children while in uniform. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Lawley, […]
MAFB opens walk-in contraception clinic

The 5th Medical Group has opened a walk-in contraception clinic at the Team Minot medical facility. The clinic is open every Friday from 1-2 p.m. Active duty members can visit the Personnel Reliability Assurance Program clinic for walk-in contraceptive assistance while dependents can be seen at the family health clinic. “The walk-in contraception clinic will […]
Managing Two Pillars: Rosselli-Sullivan Hired As Military Liaison

There are a lot of reasons that the Minot Chamber EDC began a search for someone to handle the management of two of the five pillars of a recent strategic plan unveiled by Chamber EDC CEO Brekka Kramer and 2023 Chairman of the Board, Kevin Black. The five pillars are Economic Development, Community Development, Workforce […]
Bishop Ryan Teaches Education & Virtue

Education. It means more than schooling in a classroom setting. Education is discovering, asking questions, and training up a child in ways that will serve them later in life. Fr. Jadyn Nelson, President of Bishop Ryan Catholic School, explains his school’s view of education like this: “We are very focused on instilling virtue in the […]
A Slice of Life: Those Coveted Coffee Mugs

I’ve noticed that many coffee drinkers have a weird relationship with their favorite coffee mugs. They cling to them as if their very lives were dependent upon it. Strange. Hmmm. As I write these lines, I confess to you, dear reader, that my favorite coffee mug is but a few inches away. That means I […]
She’s Not From Around Here: Three More Minutes

While walking out of the library, I shrugged my shoulder to my ear, pinning my phone in place. This freed up my hands to rifle through my bag for car keys. I turned to push the door open with my back and suddenly said, “Hang on a second, Mom.”I don’t remember what we were talking […]
Upside Down Under: It’s about time!…

Well folks, it took 50 years, but North Dakota now has a three-class high school basketball system. The North Dakota High School Activities Association has now approved the starting a third class next fall. Advocates, mostly from the smaller communities in the state, have fought for this since Class C went away in 1963. But […]