farming

The pressures of farming and ranching don’t disappear when the crops are harvested or the ground freezes for the winter.

Olivia Waddington

I have started a few business ventures, but I didn’t follow through with most of them.

Al Gustin

It was such a dramatic contrast and it told a dramatic story. In mid-January, I spoke at the North Dakota Dairy Convention in Bismarck.

A wide variety of hardy perennial plants do well in North Dakota. Some popular local perennials include: asters, chrysanthemums, coneflowers, daylilies, hostas, peonies and sedum. Visit www.perennialresource.com(link is external) for more information about perennials that may be suitable for your garden.  Photos by NDAREC/Clarice L. Kesler

If you’re thinking about planting a garden this spring, look to perennials to provide seasons of beauty, low maintenance and a good return on your

Al Gustin

On a cold day in late December 1978, photographer Donna VanHorn and I drove to Aberdeen, S.D., to do a report on foreign ownership of U.S.

Roxanne Henke

“Sometimes, my friend and I pretend we’re popular,” my 10-year-old granddaughter’s clear voice spoke into the warm summer afternoon.

Donuts! “What better way to say thank you,” Renville County Sheriff’s Deputy Ann Millerbernd thought, than bringing donuts to North Central Electric Cooperative lineworkers, Talon Thompson, left, and Randy McLean, whom she credits with saving her life last fall. PHOTO BY PETE ERICKSON/NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

“I was really lucky.

Game Day Pancaked (recipe below)

After winning two Olympic silver medals in preceding Olympics, including a devastating loss to rivals, Team Canada, at the 2014 Sochi games, the La

Josh Kramer

Imagine what our state would be like without electric cooperatives.