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King Kohlrabi

Provident Home Companion Charlene.nelson@mydakotan.com Three or four years ago, my husband's co-worker gave him two kohlrabi, two giant kohlrabi. Normally kohlrabi is about the size of an apple or orange, weighing about 6-10 ounces each. But these were huge, each one weighing twenty pounds! I would have expected them to be woody and not very […]

by Charlene Nelson

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September 5, 2022

Terrific explosion revisited…

Upside Down Under Marvin.baker@mydakotan.com Some locals in the Carpio area still talk about an explosion on a nearby farm that happened 100 years ago on Aug. 31. This was no ordinary explosion like you would think. It wasn’t gasoline and it wasn’t spontaneous combustion. This bomb went boom when 500 pounds of steam in a […]

by Marvin Baker

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September 4, 2022

When the uncommon occurs

Northern Celebrations It doesn’t seem possible but fall hunting seasons have arrived – too soon for those who haven’t been conditioning and training their four-legged hunting maniac in the cool hours of the day. Get out there in the short time before more hunting officially kicks off, especially considering early Canada goose and dove seasons […]

by Jonathan Starr

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September 3, 2022

NoDak Bar Culture and a Perfect Bar Recipe

She’s Not From Around Here Amy.allender@mydakotan.com MINOT -- “Are you willing to bring a pan of bars for the after-funeral luncheon?” This sentence was written in a now nearly-decade-old email. As I read and reread that first request for bars, I could surmise the term was referring to dessert. What on earth was a […]

by Amy Allender

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September 1, 2022

Keep Health Cost Down

Budget Wise Charlene.nelson@mydakotan.com This month my husband began the labyrinth of paperwork required for him to retire at the end of September. Living on a fixed income is daunting enough, but in the last year or so we've seen our health expenses go up and we have to make some big decisions about how we're […]

by Charlene Nelson

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August 31, 2022

Community, Rodeo and the Prairie

Parshall's Healing Horse Ranch hosts MHA Rodeo tisa.peek@mydakotan.com PARSHALL – The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation Rodeo Association held its first year end finals rodeo this past weekend, August 26-27 at Healing Horse Ranch. “We are very pleased with the first season, especially the finals,” said Northeast Segment, Parshall-Lucky Mound, Tribal Council Representative, Mervin Packineau. […]

by Tisa Peek

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August 30, 2022

You Can Do It 2

Provident Home Companion Charlene.nelson@mydakotan.com Last week I wrote about all the good reasons you should be canning food this summer. And now it's time to get started. The garden is producing, fruits are ripening, you have so much good food available to you this season, it's time to take advantage of the season's abundance and […]

by Charlene Nelson

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August 29, 2022

Paris on the Prairie

Upside Down Under Marvin.baker@mydakotan.com A woman with four young children stopped by the farmers’ market last week and she said they had just moved to North Dakota from Louisiana. “From hurricanes to blizzards,” she said. But she seemed happy to be in Minot and her kids were relaxed and appeared to be having fun. As […]

by Marvin Baker

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August 28, 2022

A Tale of a Big Fish

Outdoors with Kim Kim.fundingsland@mydakotan.com What follows, dear reader, is a tale of a big fish. This story would go unpublished were it not for the urging of fellow workers. Okay, one fellow worker who threatened to have one or more writers interview me for what he perceived as story of great universal appeal to readers […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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August 28, 2022

The Alphabet Chain - is it “M” for Monster???

Northern Celebrations Our family – my husband, myself, a brother-in-law, and nephew - have an alphabet chain of dog names for our Hunting Maniac Brittanys we’ve been blessed with over the years. We started the tradition innocently enough, naming our first dog Britt. It was a great call name in the field. And what else […]

by Jonathan Starr

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August 27, 2022

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King Kohlrabi

Terrific explosion revisited…

When the uncommon occurs

NoDak Bar Culture and a Perfect Bar Recipe

Keep Health Cost Down

Community, Rodeo and the Prairie

You Can Do It 2

Paris on the Prairie

A Tale of a Big Fish

The Alphabet Chain - is it “M” for Monster???

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