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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On a shelf in our kitchen resides a plaque that says: “Pie Makes Everything Better.” This is certainly one statement that is true! Maybe we could go as far to say that “Pie Fixes Everything.” We have generously been given plenty of beautiful apples this fall. Apples simmering on the ...
Have you ever wondered what to make for supper? Skip the grill and casseroles, too. This is the perfect time to test the griddle instead. Think breakfast foods, pancakes, fruit, and a slice of ham. When in doubt what to have for supper, this is our game plan. Pancakes for the most part are ...
I have had the opportunity of engaging in conversation with several seasoned business teachers -- my wife, Jan; Jan’s aunt, Ethel; and our family friend and Ethel’s classmate in Ray, Adelaide Johnson. Before going on, you should know that all three of these gals are Ray High School ...
Lively polka music filled the air at Rugby’s Prairie Village Museum for Oktoberfest on Sept. 24. Cars filled the museum’s parking lot, too, as more than 200 visitors turned out for the event, jointly held by the Heart of America Germans from Russia and the museum. Prairie Village ...
A hidden treasure for fashion history buffs sits inside a nationally recognized historic building in Rugby. The Victorian Dress Museum in Rugby, located at 312 2nd Ave. Southwest, displays dress designs from the 1860s through 1907 inside the former St. Paul Episcopal Church. “It’s one ...
