Birthday wishes to Derrick Murphy, Grady Gerhardt, and Jamie Murphy. Sympathy is extended to the Marvin Hettick family, Solen. Sympathy is extended to the Jody Kelsch Family, Selfridge. Bryan Bush, …

Our sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Carol Strobel. Carol was a long time resident of Selfridge, but had recently moved to Bismarck. She passed away on Oct. 14 and services have been …

What a blustery weekend! The chill was definitely in the air last week with the rain. Hoping this week is sunny and just a little rain. We spent Saturday at Papas Pumpkin Patch in Bismarck and …

The Carson Women’s Club met on September 16, 2025, at the home of Brenda Schwing for a meeting with five members present. Grandparent of the month of September is Jean Woodbury. Carson …

Volley Dollars Lince Sanitation has pledged a $25 donation, Paisley Prints has pledged a $25 donation, Elgin Lions Club has pledged a donation, R Family Market & Floral has pledged a $25 …

School is back in session! Seems like just a few years ago I had littles going to their first day of school. Capital Church from Bismarck greeted the kids and families as they came in for breakfast …

May is the best month. Green everywhere, trees blossoming, perinneals up with promises, happy birds flitting around. People are smiling everywhere. And school is out next week. Thanks to Carson …

I’m sitting on the front porch with my daughter. I’m wearing jeans, a sweatshirt, and a straw hat, my feet bare, my pants rolled up to my knees, revealing the stunning brightness of my …

I have long believed that what happens on your birthday says a lot about the year ahead. This is mostly because what you decide to do on that day says a lot about what you value at that moment. But …

Last week, my daughter came home from school, laid her head down on the kitchen counter, and started to cry. “I’m SO BOOOOOORED!” she sobbed. This was after nearly two weeks with no …

The following is a parable which is to say: It has some truth in it, but I am trying to make a point, not relay facts. I can’t tell you exactly what happened and I’m not trying …

I just finished listening online to a sermon my Episcopalian friend Whitney Kimball Coe gave on Sunday. She begins her message by telling the congregation that while her decorations, including …

It’s seed catalog season again—the most glorious time of the year! Well, perhaps not the most glorious More often than not seed catalog season falls around the same time cabin fever …

It’s cold. So cold the school just called to say they are starting late tomorrow if they start at all (they will re-evaluate in the morning…) So cold the livestock sale barn where my …

I wrote last week about the death of a beloved community member. I did not expect to be writing another column about the same topic this week, but, after another huge loss, I can’t imagine …