N.D. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring and his wife, Annette, visit with Pride of Dakota retailer Larry White of 17Thistles, which makes cold-pressed safflower cooking oil, at the 2019 Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase in Bismarck. Photo  Courtesy N.D. Department of AgriculTure

“It shocked everybody as to what was going on, but I saw something in our companies this spring,” says N.D.

Waterfowl hunting is a favorite Sieg family activity, including for their beloved 12-year-old black lab, Bandit. Courtesy photos

“Emmit’s a mini-Eric,” says Candace Sieg, the family’s matriarch. “He remembers everything and anything that comes out of Dad’s mouth.”

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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.

Nicki and Scott Brockopp turned their homebrewing hobby into a hometown business earlier this year, opening Brockopp Brewing in January on Valley City’s Main Street, thanks in part to financial assistance received through a partnership of the Rural Development Finance Corporation and their local economic development corporation.

A partnership built on Concern for community

BEK TV sports broadcasters David Sugarman, left, and Noah Reed cover a recent volleyball game at Bismarck Legacy High School against Mandan High School. Photos by NDAREC/John Kary

Derrick Bulawa had recently arrived in Steele to take over as general manager of BEK Communications Cooperative.

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On one of my casual walks down “my” aisle, I saw a woman standing by the table, holding a copy of my book, reading the back cover.

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.”

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