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December 2021
Editorial: Generosity, charity, service
15-year-old N.D. musher to race Junior Iditarod
Rural is RAD
A cooperative approach to food access
It takes a team
Co-ops work together to provide web communications
Gifting North Dakota
Inspired Living: An unlikely Christmas
Reader Reply: What’s your greatest wish for 2022?
Recipe Roundup: ‘Gutes Essen’ A German-Russian Christmas
Farm Byline: Looking inside the 2020 North Dakota census

November 2021
Editorial: Take care of each other
When time doesn’t heal
Helping veterans, understanding their sacrifice
Badlands Shaving Co. puts unique razors into hands
Reader Reply: Share a special Thanksgiving memory
Explore local culture
Teen-2-teen: Honor our veterans by knowing the Constitution
Recipe Roundup: It’s not your grandma’s turkey anymore
Farm Byline: Tenants of The Almighty
Many rural schools to lose food supply Nov. 2

October 2021
Editorial: A challenge, or two, for you
The cooperative difference
Guarding the grid
Inspired Living: It’s all about perspective
Road trip: Interstate 29
Reader Reply: What’s your favorite thing about your electric cooperative?
Recipe Roundup: The Wild Game and Fish Chef
Farm Byline: The pet food demand for barley

September 2021
Editorial: It will always matter
‘This hectic and tragic day in America’ REMEMBERING 9.11.01
2021 North Dakota hunting outlook
Fighting fires in a drought
Road trip: Highway 281
Reader Reply: Share a favorite hunting story!
Teen-2-Teen: The measure of man
Recipe Roundup: Indoor gardening center brings food sovereignty to Spirit Lake Tribe
Farm Byline: Drought is like cancer

August 2021
Editorial: Important introductions
Blurring school boundaries, co-ops become common
THE CHANGE JAR: Oyate Community Credit Union a first in Sioux County
James River Farmers Union Camp opens, invests in youth and cooperative education
Road trip: Highway 2
Inspired Living: Numbers are a problem
Reader Reply: Tell us about a coach who has influenced your life.
Recipe Roundup: Are you eating your veggies (and fruits)?
Farm Byline: Being a ranch wife is special

July 2021
Editorial: ‘Good to be back’
‘Something to talk about’ Creating experiences in small towns, building community
South 40 Beef connects consumers to the ranch
Road trip: Highway 83
Teen-2-Teen: Healthy habits start at a young age
Reader Reply: What’s the best advice you can offer a beginning farmer or rancher?
Recipe Roundup: Bison ranch expands niche with 701 Meats
Farm Byline: Looking forward and looking back

June 2021
Editoral: Proud
Challenging legislative session adjourns
Positioned for the future
The power of powerful storytelling
Inspired Living: Let’s laugh
Teen-2-Teen: How to acquire a taste for ‘classics stew’
Reader Reply: What is your favorite art or cultural site to visit in North Dakota?
Take a trip along Highway 85
Recipe Roundup: Coming home
Farm Byline: A rising tide and the price of feed barley

May 2021
Editorial: Let’s go!
Guest Editorial: Refresh, reconnect and refocus with road trips
A rendezvous with adventure
Get sidetracked in western North Dakota
The magic ingredient
ROAD TRIP: Interstate 94
Reader Reply: What are you looking forward to the most this summer?
Farm Byline: Write it in the book

April 2021
Editorial: My choice
Explaining February’s extreme energy event
Exercising for life
Electric cooperative resource crucial to distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Reader Reply: What little thing do you think we could all do to help the environment?
Reconnect with overnight stays
Inspired Living: Bad to better
Recipe Roundup: Food First has roots in Walhalla
Farm Byline: Thoughts while eating lentil soup

March 2021
Editorial: The perfect storm
Electric co-ops take action
Eyes wide open
The buzz among the B’s
Reader Reply: What is your favorite thing about spring in North Dakota?
Inspired Living: Once upon a time: A COVID-19 conversation, part II
Can you ID it?
Teen-2-Teen: Redeeming the time
Explore our state’s art scene
Recipe Roundup: When pigs swim
Farm Byline: The history of sheep in Dakota

February 2021
Editorial: The essence of community
Dueling duo: ‘to all ends’
Hard work, perseverance and gratitude move Tanefeu twins
Helping kids cope with COVID-19
Campus Briefs
Plan your perfect getaway
Reader Reply
Inspired Living: COVID-19 conversations: Stop the world, I want to get off
Recipe Roundup: Letting kids be kids
Farm Byline: Livestock business not as social as it once was

January 2021
Editorial: Paging through reflections
Detect and disinfect
Never ice fished Devils Lake? These tips will make it easy
New year, new tech!
Winter in North Dakota: Embrace the change
Reader Reply: If you had one wish for North Dakota in 2021, what would it be and why?
Which appliance to upgrade?
Recipe Roundup: The people are the co-op
Farm Byline: Good fences

December 2020
Editorial: A guardian angel?
Healthful Holidays: Q&A with Trinity Health
Preserving ‘Dakota Attitude’ on paper
Not just a kilowatt factory: Co-ops provide so much more
Inspired Living: A cobbled-together Christmas
The 67th Legislative Assembly – the one we convened in a pandemic
Reader Reply: What makes this ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ for you?
Recipe Roundup: As sweet as the cakes she bakes!
Farm Byline: Regenerative ag and the future of Cheerios

November 2020
Editorial: The month of November
Thank you, Bob. A WWII reflection, 75 years later
‘The Home Front War Effort’ An excerpt from “The Home Front in North Dakota During World War II” publication
Pride of Dakota: Supporting business in your own backyard
Pride of Dakota business continues legacy
Reader Reply: Pay tribute to one of our veterans by sharing a story about the sacrifices they made while serving.
Teen-2-Teen: Making mail call special
Recipe Roundup: AGT Foods adding value in North Dakota
Farm Byline: Love farming too much?

October 2020
Editorial: We are local, we are cooperatives
Commitment to community: Brewing small-town success through economic partnership
The cooperative mentality
October is Co-op Month!
North Dakota elections process begins
Inspired Living: Color my world
Measures on the November ballot
Reader Reply: It’s Co-op Month! Tell us what you like best about your electric cooperative!
Recipe Roundup: The true thrill of the hunt
Farm Byline: How wildlife populations have changed

September 2020
Editorial: Thanks is hardly enough
Caring for first responders
2020 North Dakota hunting outlook
A 2020 PLOTS and prairie grouse primer
On call for the community
Teen-2-teen: Connecting to society
Reader Reply: Tell us about a first responder in your community who deserves special recognition.
Recipe Roundup: Proud to be a penny-pinching country girl
Farm Byline: The reliability of North Dakota agriculture

August 2020
Editorial: Lend your voice to rural America
Election 2020: Meet the candidates seeking statewide office in North Dakota
Where North Dakota’s electric cooperatives stand
100 YEARS OF VOTES FOR WOMEN: How the ballot was won in North Dakota
Teen-2-Teen: The inalienable right to vote
Inspired Living: Complaining or changing?
Reader Reply: Our pets have been keeping us company through recent “social distancing.” Tell us about your favorite pets and why you love them.
Recipe Roundup: Dixie’s Cafe, a Keene delight!
Farm Byline: Virtual meetings are poor substitute

July 2020
Editorial: Roots
Shocking Bass for Science
A farm-to-grocery revolution
‘Our beef and butter’ COVID-19 impacts cattle industry
Fire & Steel: 17-year-old forges exquisite knives
Reader Reply: What economic development project would you like to see undertaken in your local community?
Teen-2-Teen: Hoping to start playing again
Recipe Roundup: Get grilling!
Farm Byline: Recalling ‘Agriculturalists of the Year’

June 2020
Editorial: Lessons from Dad
North Dakota’s famous duo
Keeping the lights on at the lake
Inspired Living: Old dog, new tricks
Capturing joy: Front Porch Project
Recipe Roundup: From the cow to the cone
Bump up your curb appeal! Landscaping Q&A with NDSU Extension
Reader Reply: Many people have made remarkable contributions or displayed exceptional service to their local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. What act of service or contribution locally has impressed you the most and why?
Farm Byline: Outstanding young people give us hope

May 2020
Editorial: Polarization and disruption
Guest editorial: Be safe, be supportive, be adventurous and be legendary!
Indian Hills Resort: Rolling with the seasons
Co-op Kids Corner
EDUCATING IN PLACE: Closing the building, not the school
Kulm City Band marches through history
Fluffy Fields: Celebrating the land and fruits of North Dakota
Teen-2-Teen: Not the rite of passage we expected
Recipe Roundup: My lifelong love affair with cooking
Reader Reply: What is North Dakota’s best-kept secret place to visit?
Farm Byline: Healthy soils, healthy food, healthy people

April 2020
Editorial: It is here
Out of darkness: leaving opioid addiction behind
POWERING NORTH DAKOTA: Co-op commitment to the environment
Fall’s flower finale begins in the spring
FIGHTING COVID-19: ‘Be a good neighbor’
Reader Reply: As we celebrate Earth Day, what big step have you taken to leave a smaller environmental footprint on our planet?
Inspired Living: A roundabout way to Easter
Recipe Roundup: What do the medical pros eat?
Farm Byline: Thinking like a cattle judge

March 2020
Editorial: The revolutionary electric grid
‘MORE THAN MAIL’ – Prairie post offices connect rural past to present and future
Family, community help Cando Greenhouse thrive
In service to North Dakota: Miss Brynhild Haugland
Teen-2-Teen: Women are ag leaders, too
Reader Reply: Share a gardening or lawn care tip that has never failed you.
Recipe Roundup: Food fit for a cowboy
Farm Byline: Replacing labor with machines

February 2020
Editorial: Stories to inspire
VAPING IN SCHOOLS. A local take on the youth vaping epidemic
Tribal colleges have economic, social imprint
A new season for ‘THE HOOPSTER’
Campus Briefs
Inspired Living: It’s the start that stops
Reader Reply: What high school sports team is the most memorable to you and why?
teen-2-teen: Keeping youth in North Dakota
Recipe Roundup: More than something to eat
Farm Byline: Remembering the North Dakota Vision 2000 report

January 2020
Editorial: The true power of us
‘Ask me about the 2020 Census!’
Strap on the snowshoes!
Wet 2019 provides 2020 ice fishing opportunity
Start the year with energy savings
Reader Reply: If you could make a New Year’s resolution for the state of North Dakota, what would it be and why?
Recipe Roundup: Get pressure cooking!
teen-2-teen: Immigrant parents share experiences
Farm Byline: Wheat, sunflowers and the tumultuous 1970s

December 2019
Editorial: Sharing Christmas traditions
The magic of Christmas giving
Our poles have roots!
The guru of geek’s Holiday wishlist 2019
Inspired Living: ’Tis the season of expectations
Recipe Roundup: A jolly holiday with Molly (Yeh)!
Farm Byline: The early days of North Dakota’s sunflower industry
Reader Reply: What community Christmas event do you believe captures the true meaning of the season?

November 2019
Editorial: With gratitude
Inspired by KINDness, led by GRATEFULness
The way to Evin
Winter driving Q&A with the N.D. Highway Patrol
Recipe Roundup: Peanuts! Get your peanuts here!
Teen-2-Teen: Count your blessings
Farm Byline: Stressful weather – a matter of degree
Reader Reply: What technology being innovated in North Dakota impresses you the most?

October 2019
Editorial: We need you
The Cooperative difference
Are you at risk? Genetic testing and counseling services
Reader Reply: As we celebrate Cooperative Month in October, tell us about your favorite thing about your electric cooperative.
Inspired Living: What I wish I’d done
Teen-2-Teen: Youth Tour offers opportunities!
Recipe Roundup: ‘Everyone’s welcome’ at the Co-op table
Farm Byline: The taming of the prairie

September 2019
Editorial: The guiding light of history
Tha Bank of North Dakota: A bold social experiment
2019 North Dakota hunting outlook
Losing rural groceries, losing food access
Reader Reply: What’s your favorite piece of North Dakota history?
Teen-2-Teen: Agriculture needs youth with passion
Recipe Roundup: ‘For the ladies’
Farm Byline: Thankful for the TV camera

August 2019
Editorial: Winning the lottery
LUNCH IS SERVED! School nutrition programs feeding North Dakota’s future
N.D. colleges training future cyber force
Inspired Living: The $20 bill
Campus Briefs
Teen-2-Teen: The gift of music
Recipe Roundup: A kid again
Reader Reply: Share your memories of a trip that changed your life.
Farm Byline: The month of August

July 2019
‘On bonus time:’ A magical Medora legend
FARM STRESS: Rippling through rural America
State Fair brings summer fun!
Editorial: The big three
Reader reply: Share a favorite fishing tale or your favorite place to cast a line!
Teen-2-Teen: Visit history this summer
Recipe Roundup: Gone camping!
Farm Byline: When dreams collide

June 2019
Cooperative advocacy at every level
New Americans: at work and at peace
To DIY or not to DIY?
There’s ‘More Fun in the Sun’ at Red River Valley Fair
Editorial: The power of storytelling
Inspired Living: They’ll show you
Reader Reply: As farmers are in their fields and ranchers get cattle to pasture, what farm or ranch safety tip do you wish everyone would follow and why?
Teen-2-Teen: Pressures of a winning team
Farm Byline: Agriculture and energy

May 2019
Goodbye, Big Blue!
Jammin' summertime!
N.D. Travel Matters: the people behind the places
Milestones in the Valley
Selling North Dakota: Instagram a tourism tool
'gardendwellers FARM' sows 'well-seasoned' living
Farming in Morton County in 1913
What is your favorite summer recreation in North Dakota and why?

April 2019
A reliable energy future–for all weather conditions
NDAREC continuing to work at state Legislature
Recognizing sepsis, saving lives
Practicing preparedness: first aid
Connect and engage: Crticial access hospitals use telehealth to meet patient needs
Celebrating Earth Day in April
Co-ops strive to keep power steady, secure
Too much stuff
Is there a health care professional who you feel deserves special recognition?
Me, start my own business
From Bolivian jungle to N.D. ranch
Feeding a hungry world

March 2019
The future we make possible
Co-ops leaders converge on Capitol for legislation session
Linda Donlin paints her soul onto the canvas
Mott Gallery at History and Art caring for treasures
Rolla, city of murals
What's one of the best products made in North Dakota?
Overcoming rejection
Soup warms the soul
The basis of our productivity

February 2019
Getting engaged with state Legislature 
Same kind of different
University of Jamestown forming lifetime engagement
North Dakota putting UAS in flight
Campus briefs
Describe your most satisfying volunteer activity
The reward of reading
Sending the wrong message

January 2019
Power. Forward. Together
How's the ice?
Love that winter wonderland ride?
Farm puts 3-D printing into the field
Navigating emerging efficiency technologies
KMOT Ag Expo showcases ag innovations Jan. 30-Feb. 1
A-parti-isan politics
Teens can make a difference too
New ways to minimize blackbird damage
Meet the 2018 Reader Reply winner

December 2018
Your Touchstone Energy Cooperative
Light creations brighten the night
Get the JUMP on winter!
Clint Hill newest Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award honoree
NDATC looks forward to work of new Congress, Legislature
The best Christmas ever
Schaper family favorites
What is your favorite Christmas event and why?
Healing from depression
One of life's regrets

November 2018
Thank you for your service
We 3 B's: new creations, new pride
Appreciating Veterans
TechND supports industry growth, spearheads new initiative
Bells of Peace toll for World War I
NDATC joins comments on e-Connectivety pilot programs
What makes you most thank for about living in North Dakota?
Teens feel pressure for perfection
Finding a way to pass the farm along
Consider pros and cons of grain storage

October 2018
Appreciating candidates, casting ballots
November elections in North Dakota
Protect yourself with the flu shot
NISC anniversary ideal Co-op  Month Spotlight
Horse in ND exhibit opens in state Museum
Distance learning contiues to serve rural North Dakota
A peek into the past
Reader Reply
Becoming the light
When nature's remedy seems too risky

September 2018
Locker decor and lifelong learning
2018 North Dakota hunting outlook
World War I centennial echoing words, stark images
Bloomfield: Broadband brings big change
Share one of your most memorable hunting stories
Balacing technology in today's world
Friends, family gather around the table
The accuracy of weekly crop report

August 2018
Project Tundra: carbon capture in co-op power generation
Local foods learning and earning
Pathway to passion for rural teaching
Health, fitness servings with Power Plate meals
Delicious apple tradition
Making Memories
As freshmen students start college, what's the best piece of advice you can offer them?
Involvement leads to new paths
Preserving farmland in the face of urban sprawl
 

July 2018
Progress for partners key to Energy & Environmental Research Center
Electric Vehicles gaining interest with consumers and co-ops
Interactive local foods map now available
Summer shines at North Dakota State Fair
One Call serving public - 811 Day at State Fair
What's your favorite memory of the state fair?
Adults need lessons on social media, too
Discovering America - and fishing!
Our heritage is from the soil

June 2018
Opportunities abound at West Acres mall
Crooked Lane Farm celebrates rural life
Honoring aviation pioneer Carl Ben Eielson
Visit Red River Valley Fair for 'the thrill of it!'
Prairie Roots Food Co-op completing first year
Farmers Union opens seventh restaurant
Reports of broadband shortage not the case in North Dakota
Not by dad, but...
Teen-2-Teen: Immigration for a teen's viewpoint
Reader Reply
Cars, Cattle & Fads

May 2018
Watford City offers small town hospitality
Bagg Bonanza Farm -- rich history 
Pioneer Trails Museum preserving local treasure
Minot's 10 North Main restaurant resumes operation
Kayaking North Dakota waters
Developing healthy, vibrant communities
Agriculture's great diversity
Include disabled peers
Commitment to Community
What is your favorite place to explore or visit in North Dakota and why?
State, Dakota Carrier Network upgrading connectivity speed

April 2018
Help is near for hearing loss
​Sanford Medical Center service from Cass County Electric
​Communities prepare for medical emergencies
Making general surgery available to all in rural North Dakota
​Life hacks for teens
​Two simple words

March 2018
​Artist helps others discover artistic soul
Instilling love of 'Poetry Out Loud'
​What's hot? The way you get most of your electricity
​Farmer's market vendors, wine producers meet
Composting: Ultimate way to recyle

February 2018
​Training is important part of Williston State College
NDSU Press gives region a voice
Regional scholarships help reach the dream
​Answer those difficult questions
​FCC rural repeals 'net neutrality'
​Teachers can change the world

January 2018
Ice fishing success comes from mobility, safety
Walleye prospects improving at ice fishing sites
Grooming 2,800 mlies of snowmobile trails!
​Winter enjoyment in state parks
Cattlemen challenged by conditions
​Heat your home safely

December 2017
​Co-op helps develop slice of heaven
​Filling the plates
​'Duncan Christmas' makes return visit
​Veterans supported by local resources

November 2017
​2017 Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase begins​
Help yourself to health dairy pride
​TechND Champions technology growth in N.D.
CoSchedule awarded for tech leadership
​Honor Flight Memories speicial for World War II veterans

October 2017
​Jamestown Regional Medical Center heals with innovative care
​Extending hay lifelines to ranchers enduring drought
​Taking 97 years - Miss America is N.D.'s Cara Mund
​Census bureau sees rural populations declining

September 2017
​2017 North Dakota Hunting Outlook
​Archery in schools aims to grow hunting enjoyment
​Heritage Center welcoming Families, students -- the world!

August 2017
​International Peace Garden continues promise
​High hopes, new help for rural school teachers
NISC and college forge career paths

July 2017
NDAREC launches 75th Anniversary Celebration
Summer shines at State Fair 
Bins require clearance from power lines

June 2017
Association of Realtors serves as hub for community growth
Discover the wonders of Wahpeton
'Turn it up' at the Red River Valley Fair
NDAREC delegation works in Washington