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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

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North Dakota’s electric cooperatives, through their statewide association, the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, participate

Gov. Lynn Frazier signs the 1917 women's suffrage bill, allowing women to vote for president of the United States and a variety of county and municipal offices, but not for governor or legislative seats. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA, CO278-00001

She, like many engaged in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), supported women’s right to vote, about as much as she favored prohibition.

Mr. Mugley loves getting rides with his family.

SUPERHERO TRAITS This is why my pets are superheroes:Super-Simba

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Therefore, as we near the 100th anniversary of the demolition of a barrier that further separated man and woman, I should like to discuss the impac