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Spring cleaning | April 1, 2026

It’s spring.  SPRING!  SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.  Sweet mercy, I love spring.  I don’t care that we still have snow on the ground and it’s 35 degrees the minute the sun sets.  I do care that the birds are tweeting away outside of my bedroom window and it’s warm enough that Kyle is back to parking in the driveway instead of in the garage.  For the past two weeks, I have pulled my own car…

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I created North Dakota Nice in 2017 to share stories about people being awesome because I love people – and also a weekly story about me because I love me (most of the time), too. Thank you for reading, and feel free to send me a message about whatever’s on your mind (especially if whatever is on your mind is something nice I can talk about on North Dakota Today or in the Grand Forks Herald. If you want to vote on Sundays for the outfits I wear on TV, follow me on Facebook.

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  • Spring cleaning | April 1, 2026

    Spring cleaning | April 1, 2026

    It’s spring.  SPRING!  SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.  Sweet mercy, I love spring.  I don’t care that we still have snow on the ground and it’s 35 degrees the minute the sun sets.  I do care that the birds are…

  • Rough Rider Industries | March 25, 2026

    Rough Rider Industries | March 25, 2026

    Late last year, I toured North Dakota’s maximum-security prison in Bismarck.  If you didn’t know that or would like a refresher, I’ve put a link inside the story below to the article that prompted my dad…

  • Ope, just gonna shovel right past ya | March 18, 2026

    Ope, just gonna shovel right past ya | March 18, 2026

    I’ve been sharing good news on North Dakota Nice for almost seven years and sharing good people on North Dakota Today for almost three and so I feel confident stating for an absolute fact that North…

  • Hot Dawg | March 11, 2026

    Hot Dawg | March 11, 2026

    Our ten-year-old has dabbled in a number of youth activities.  At present, he’s “retired” (his words) from hockey, basketball, basketball, basketball (he joined, retired, joined, retired, joined, and then retired over the span of five years),…

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