Teresa Perleberg

The Lights and Nome Schoolhouse Honored With Tourism Awards

Nome SchoolhouseBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Two regional entities are celebrated during the 2023 Governor’s Travel and Tourism Awards in Bismarck. The Lights in West Fargo was given the Flint Firestarter Award for a tourism development project. The award recognizes a new offering that has opened in a downtown district that has the potential to attract visitors and enhance the Main…

Nome Schoolhouse Opens After Nearly 3 Years Of Renovation

The Women Behind The Nome Schoolhouse Hope To Turn The Tiny N.D. Town Into A Worldwide Destination

  NOME, N.D. (KVRR) — For two and a half years we’ve been following the story of the Nome Schoolhouse, a 105-year-old building in the tiny town of Nome, North Dakota, southeast of Valley City. The building had been abandoned for nearly 50 years when Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg bought it in late 2018. They both owned fiber arts…