From milking cows on the farm to baking at restaurants, grocery stores, a donut shop and even Minot State University, Carol Crabbe’s Norwegian work ethic hasn’t been tempered with age. Later this month, her kitchen turns into a lefse factory, before her holiday candy-making season kicks in. Read more about Carol here.
Carol shares her famous lefse recipe, which she used to make every day from Nov. 1 through December for many years and sell at grocery stores in Bottineau and Minot.
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam conflict, which concluded with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965. In total, more than 8.7 million Americans served in the military during the Vietnam era, 2.7 million of whom were deployed to Vietnam.
Vietnam War veteran David “Dave” Logosz of Dickinson (read his story here) was one of 227 veterans from North Dakota who traveled to Washington, D.C., in September on the all-expenses-paid Western ND Honor Flight.
“It was quite an honor to go on the Honor Flight, and I would recommend it to every veteran to go, if possible,” he says. “It was very uplifting.”
An interim legislative committee tasked with studying the impact of large loads on the electric grid convened for the first time Aug. 27 in Ellendale.
Legislators on the interim Energy Development and Transmission Committee toured the Applied Digital campus in Ellendale and heard presentations from several electric and data center industry professionals and local and state officials.
While the study looks at the impact of all large energy users on the electric system, data centers have emerged as a primary concern.
To celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, North Dakota Living hops across the pond to northern England for its recipe inspiration this month. Here, poor cotton millworkers pooled their scarce resources to access basic goods at a lower price and created the first modern cooperative business, the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, in 1844.
North Dakota’s presidential disaster declaration request from June’s severe storms and tornados has been approved.
The N.D. Department of Emergency Services learned Sept. 11 President Donald Trump approved Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s request, unlocking critical federal assistance to help cover the costs of repairs to public infrastructure and recovery assistance.
“This much-needed disaster aid will help our state’s communities and utilities recover from one of the most powerful summer storms in recent history,” Armstrong said.
It’s the International Year of Cooperatives!
This is only the second time the international declaration has been made by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The first was in 2012.
The yearlong celebration seeks to promote cooperatives and raise awareness of their contributions to overall social and economic development.
• Do not shoot at or near power lines or insulators.
• Familiarize yourself with the location of power lines and equipment on land where you shoot.
• Take notice of warning signs and keep clear of electrical equipment.
• Do not place deer stands on utility poles or climb poles. Energized lines and equipment on the poles can conduct electricity to anyone who comes in contact with them, causing shock or electrocution.
McKenzie Electric Cooperative members Corey and Rachel Meuchel are growing greens and community at Meadowlark Acres in rural Arnegard. The 15-acre garden plot opens to the public this month. Families are invited to walk through the rows of produce and pick their own to take home. It is the fruit that blossomed from Rachel’s brain cancer diagnosis in 2023, which you can read about here.
