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The co-op business model is unique and rooted in our local communities.

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KEEPING MEMBER IN MIND

Vietnam War veteran Freddie Rios works in Morton County as inspector of the election board during the June primary election. Photos by NDAREC/Liza Kessel

Fifty-two years later, in 2020, Norma will not be working at the polls.

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Reaching out to young adults is one approach to address the problem of overuse of technology.

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One who thinks agriculture’s reliability should not be minimized is Neal Fisher, administrator of the N.D. Wheat Commission.

Curtis Wiesz, vice president of the Northern Plains Electric Cooperative board of directors, has the EMS “Star of Life” symbol tattooed on his wrist. He volunteers with the Fessenden Ambulance Service as an EMT. Photo by NDAREC/Clarice L. Kesler

GIVING TIME There is an individual in our community who I feel deserves recognition as a first responder.

This summer, Susie Nitschke and her brother-in-law, Brian Nitschke, are putting up hay to feed cattle through winter.  Photo by Pat Schaffer/Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative

Even though the title eluded her, she surely exemplifies what it means to be a “county woman.”

A man and his best hunting companion enjoy the beauty of a fall bird hunt.

But the similarities between this day and those of year’s past ended at the yellow, inverted triangular sign indicating the prair

Mona Thompson, Kidder County Ambulance director and paramedic, has been working to improve mental health services for rural first responders, who face trauma and significant stress by the very nature of their jobs. Photos by NDAREC/John Kary

“There’s this culture of being tough and having to suck it up, and that is why you have such a high burnout rate,” she says.

Tom Moravec, a lineworker for Northern Plains Electric Cooperative, volunteers as a firefighter for Carrington Fire and Rescue.

Callers told her flames from a fire that started in the family’s pole barn were shooting over their “shome” (a home and shop combined into one livi