Spring is a time of renewal, and a time of hope. Hope that we’re getting closer to the end of the pandemic, that vaccines can get distributed quickly. Nature can be a wonderful example of that, and we’ve got a good one today. One of the most beautiful spots in this part of the country is Custer State Park in…
According to a new report, we’re pretty relaxed around these parts. A Wallethub report names South Dakota the least-stressed state in the country. North Dakota and Minnesota both came in the top five least stressed. The study examined factors like average hours worked per week to the personal bankruptcy rate to the share of adults getting adequate sleep. The last…
Some of country music’s biggest artists are helping raise money for zoos across the world hit hard during the pandemic, including the Red River Zoo here in Fargo. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is streaming the All Together for Animals benefit concert Wednesday night starting at 7:00 featuring artists like Brad Paisley, Wynonna Judd and more. If you…
It’s the first full week of spring, time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. I’m going full boar this weekend, trying something I’ve never done before. I’m heading back to Lakes Country to bike the Heartland State Trail. It runs from Park Rapids all the way up to Cass Lake. The whole thing runs 49 miles. It’s…
Remember when you’d go out without giving it a second thought? Maybe your bar-hopping days are behind you, either because you’re not 21 anymore, or because of COVID, but you can still help celebrate that youthful spirit and put a bar in our region on the pantheon of best bars in the country. Barstool is holding its annual vote…
We’ve been following the campaign to name some of Minnesota’s snow plows. After all, silly online contests are a great social distancing activity. You don’t need to be within six feet of someone to argue with them on the internet. They announced the winners a few weeks ago. There are eight newly-christened plows, one for each DOT region in…
Things are starting to look more optimistic as more and more people are vaccinated. COVID numbers aren’t nearly as bad as they were late last year around here, but active cases are on the rise a bit in North Dakota, so still be careful. As we are inching towards a new normal, the state is releasing some guidelines for…
So I promised you a crazy statue tour of Lakes Country in Monday’s segment. But my tour went longer than I thought it would and I didn’t get back home until almost 9 PM Sunday. With the time change stealing an hour from deep within our souls, I didn’t have time to put it all together. So I’ll have…
Spring is almost here. A season of rebirth. A lot of us are itching to get out after spending a pandemic winter stuck inside. I found a couple of guys who knew how to quarantine right during COVID. Bears! These are the brother and sister grizzly pair Cocoa and Copper at the Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton. And they’re a…
If you had to point to a single day where everything changed, the most likely date is probably one year ago today. March 11th, 2020 was the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Here in the Metro we were still worried about making sandbags ahead of potential spring flooding. Boy, that wasn’t the worst of…
