Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a hot day to talk about Chantel Zeller, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as an “extreme” case of North Dakota Niceness.
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As I’m sure is the case in every family, the Kosiors have a few made-up words and phrases that are distinctly our own. We use “comfty,” for example, to describe an item that is super-duper extremely…
Hoo-ee, she’s a hot one here in North Dakota. The weather experts were projecting 106 degrees over the weekend, and I don’t know if it actually made it that high but it was certainly hot enough. …
We have returned from our annual 4th of July road trip to Michigan to celebrate the holiday with Kyle’s family (plus birthdays – Happy 9th to my nephew, Happy 15th to my oldest babe, and Happy…
Last week, I gave you a rundown of our recent family trip to Washington, DC. Of course, that wasn’t our whole trip; vacations – and probably everything in the universe – are always as much about…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a hot day to talk about Chantel Zeller, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as an “extreme” case of North Dakota…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a summery day to talk about Marilyn McGinley, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as a vault competition in downtown Grand…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a hot, hot day to talk about Nina Benson, my Nice Person of the Week, as well a home garden tour coming up…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a lovely (albeit possibly stormy?) day to talk about the McQuaid Softball tournament, the NDDOC, and the USA Patriots, all my Nice People…
“John Odegard was visionary and fearless,” my mother, one of the many people fortunate to know John, said when I asked if she had any thoughts about her friend.
“He learned to fly by holding the training manual on his lap. Can you imagine? He started UND’s aviation program in what was virtually a closet and wasn’t daunted by the fact that the department didn’t initially have a plane. He was humble enough not to boast that he was going to build the world’s premiere aerospace school; but with his boundless optimism, business smarts and energy, it’s not a surprise that is exactly what it became.
“He was a fabulous guy,” my mother said. “One of a kind. Forever missed.”
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opened on the Fourth of July in Medora, North Dakota. My favorite quote from the celebration came from Theodore Roosevelt V, the great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.
“This library has never been about any one person. Don’t be fooled by the name out front,” Ted Roosevelt said. “Though it bears Theodore Roosevelt’s name, this library is not about him; it’s about you. If you leave here with nothing more than a better understanding of Theodore Roosevelt, then we will have failed, succeeding where quite frankly, a much less expensive book would have sufficed.”
“You should get your radon checked,” my mother said to me a dozen times over the past five years.
“I will,” I told her, tucking that advice between the “You should drink more water” and “You should change the batteries in your smoke detector when you change the clocks for Daylight Savings Time” parts of my brain.
There is nothing more North Dakotan than neighbors showing up for one another in times of need — and no community showed up more recently than Beulah, North Dakota, last weekend after 80 mph wind gusts snapped trees, tore through roofs and knocked out power around the area.
Great news — you have been invited to a graduation party! This is your official opportunity to celebrate a young person’s hard work and growth as they step off the well-trod path of one era and onto the shiny, uncharted path of another. It’s also your opportunity to honor the parents and guardians who nurtured, supported, empowered and sometimes dragged those young people to this moment; parents who would like to sit with you for a few hours in their garage before they have to take a deep breath and nudge their child into the future. Plus, there’s cake!
In a digital world where outrage often travels faster than compassion, Tyler Brickley had a simple question: What if kindness won? That question became the foundation of the Kindness Mob, an online movement Brickley launched on…
A wonderful reader of ND Nice – and a retired master chief petty officer of the Navy – has become my pen pal. He sent a few reflections on his now-shuttered hometown church and cemetery as…
You may know a lovely reader of ND Nice named Esther Donohue through her own blog, The Phat Hen, or through her food truck, Sweet Prairie. Esther is a rural North Dakota homesteader, educator, and mother…
A wonderful reader of ND Nice – and a retired master chief petty officer of the Navy – has become my pen pal. He sent a few reflections on his time in the service, and has…
If you are ever in a conversation with one or more people and the conversation inevitably turns to area fairs (as it should), I can almost guarantee that someone will say, “The best fair is the…
Here’s a fact about rhubarb: it’s an excellent source of fiber, calcium, and vitamin K. Here’s another fact about rhubarb: University Lutheran Church has been celebrating this vegetable (another fact! It’s not a fruit) for 32…
Remember when I talked about the Lindaas Barn Dances on North Dakota Today? Of course you do! As you know, the Lindaas Barn Dances are free old-fashioned family-friendly dances hosted over the summer by the lovely…
I bet you were just saying to yourself, “Man, I wonder if there is something awesome happening on Saturday, June 6, 2026? WELL WONDER NO MORE – it’s SMALL TOWN SATURDAY in Climax, North Dakota!
