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Daffodils with a difference

There are so many reasons to love daffodils. These spring-blooming bulbs aren’t fussy about where they are planted. They come back to bloom again year after year and are not bothered by deer, rabbits, or other garden pests. But there’s also a whole world of beautiful daffodils beyond the ...

Let’s Cook: Remembering Mimi Sheraton

Mimi Sheraton, an-the-mark New York Times Food Critic and cookbook author, passed away on April 7, in Manhattan. I came to know of Sheraton at the age of eight because of Staci Hennes of Underwood. In our home of five boys, there was one of us continuously delivering newspapers. We delivered ...

Let’s Cook: Branching out for Lydia’s birthday

It became apparent from an early age that Lydia, our daughter, was not about to be in the background of our family texture. The first sign of this came when she asked at the age of three how we would be decorating her birthday tree! Over the years, in addition to our traditional Christmas ...

Heritage Singers Back on Stage

There is much joy in folks gathering, sharing laughter, engaging in conversation and enjoying entertainment. After a three-year lapse, the Heritage Singers Variety Show is back; for sure, there will be plenty of the above listed happenings at the shows. The diamond of the show has always ...

Let’s Cook: What’s for Supper?

There are three words that are perhaps the most daily repeated words in the world--what’s for supper? Even folks who enjoy cooking come up against this daily demand. If you ever want to feel like a hometown hero, just jot down a complete menu for the entire week! Family members will do a ...

‘Montana Stranglers’ tells of area’s old west heritage

To many Pierce County residents, local history brings to mind scenes resembling Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie.” But before North Dakota became a state and hundreds of homesteaders came, the area more closely resembled the Wild West. Ron Berget, who grew up in ...

Hospital auxiliary lights 30th annual Tree of Giving

Members of Rugby’s Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary Board stood in the icy evening air at Heart of America Medical Center Dec. 1 to welcome the Christmas season with their 30th Annual Tree of Giving Lighting Ceremony. The ceremony began inside the hospital, where Auxiliary Co-Chair Laurie ...

Village Arts presents ‘We Need a Little Christmas’

Musical performers of all ages with Village Arts brought “We Need a Little Christmas” to the stage at Rugby High School’s Tilman Hovland Auditorium Sunday, Dec. 4. The concert’s audience filled nearly all the seats as choirs sang and musicians played instruments ranging from strings ...

Historian with ties to Pierce County retires from NDSU

A North Dakota State University historian with ties to Pierce County will retire Dec. 1 after devoting 55 years to preserving the history and culture of German immigrants from Russia who settled the northern plains more than a century ago. Michael Miller, director and bibliographer of the ...

Let’s Cook: A Horn and an Acorn

As his hand moved from his side, it revealed a conductor’s baton. As he raised it, music began — beautiful brass band music. The type of music that includes stirring Sousa marches with a lively beat. The cornet bringing forth notes clad in glorious tones while the trombones deep and golden ...