Last year, 1.3M tourists visited North Dakota’s state parks and events.  Did you know the state is on track to exceed those numbers this year?

And did you know today’s news is about budding entrepreneurs, helpful hands – and, of course, the story of the week?  Read on.

My husband is the king of the good idea.  If you know someone (in Mandan) who has a million good ideas but never takes them anywhere, this is their chance to turn that seed of thought into a reality.  (Bismarck Tribune)

They could have taken the location off of this article, and I would still know it was North Dakota because of all of the people coming out to help. (Dunn County Extra)

Story of the Week: The headline says it all: “Teenager with autism benefiting from kitty therapy’ at Mandan Animal Shelter.” (Bismarck Tribune)