Guess what: Hillsboro’s Jodi Kurtz is shooting a pilot about a home-staging company for HGTV next month.

And guess what else: today’s news is about a dog named Louie, a woman named Helma, and the town of New England.  Read on.

Grand Forks’ Community Violence Intervention Center has its first therapy dog, named Louie. (Grand Forks Herald)

Helma Lein is 102 years old and has recently enrolled at Dickinson State University – and also just decided to try her hand at poetry. (KX Net)

The community of New England put on a dinner theater to help a local pastor and his family. (New England Extra)