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Still time to participate in summer reading challenge

There is still time to participate in the Pierce County Fair and Heart of America Library summer reading challenge for children grades one (1) to eight (8). Children are asked to read 10 library books during the month of June. Once complete the children will receive a Read and Win ribbon and a ...

From Snowbanks to AC with Pastor Gary

I have heard people say: “It sure would be nice if we had a spring one of these years!”  I know in North Dakota it is common to have snowbanks and wood ticks at the same time, but in a “normal” year we would have a couple of weeks of warm weather before summer hits. We all look ...

American Legion School Award recipients

As part of the Rugby High School Awards Day Program, Clarence Larson American Legion Post #23 presented the American Legion School Award Medal Program recipients to four seniors on May 18. The Award Medal represents the educational symbolism of the School Award Medal Program and associates ...

Twinkles on the Patio

Now that our spring/summer has arrived, there is not a more enjoyable tonic than the sight of a luscious summer drink. A drink that has been allowed to leach in mint, lime, and lemon to harmonize with the main ingredient. As it swirls in the blender or pitcher, you can hardly wait to finish its ...

Memorial Day and Graduation

Memorial Day is upon us; the unofficial start of summer with camping, grilling burgers and hot dogs, time with family and friends. Memorial Day also is a time to remember those who died in service for our great country and to place a decoration on the grave of those who have fallen. On Monday, ...

Museum to host ‘Uff Da, The Folk Art of Emily Lunde’

The Prairie Village Museum is hosting Uff Da, The Folk Art of Emily Lunde, sponsored by the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, as part of their Rural Arts Initiative. The exhibit will be at the Prairie Village Museum May 1 – May 28, 2023. This period coincides with the times that ...

Irene Viola Hager

June 10, 1922-Aug. 31, 2021 Irene Viola Hager, 99, died at the Heart of Amer- ica Medical Center on Au- gust 31, 2021. Irene was born on June 10, 1922, in the family farmhouse about 5 miles East of Wol- ford, ND, the youngest child of Even Evenson Haugen and ...

Apple Cobbler Got Them in Deep Trouble

“America was founded on Christian principles,” it has been claimed. Very few dare contradict this claim because people think you have to be an atheist to doubt it. Being an inquiring soul believing in truth, I thought the claim needed examining so I put my 29-book document of Christian ...

Facts are enough to defeat Measure #1

For a variety of reasons, Measure #1 doubling the size of the Board of Higher Education is a bad idea. Four management organizations say that eight-member boards are more effective, more efficient than 15-member boards. The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is presently the right size for ...

Homeland committee takes on pandemonium

Chairperson Ork Dorken hadn’t even rapped his Coke bottle on the table when Old Sievert burst into the community ZCBJ hall to join the town’s 13 other electors for a meeting of the Community Homeland Committee. Pulling his mask down below his chin, he cursed in a string of 4-letter words ...