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  • Sheyenne's Main Street gem: Wild Things Taxidermy

    Charlotte Franks-Erickson|Apr 22, 2024

    It's no secret that our small communities are getting smaller. It's also no secret that North Dakota wants to retain their youth once they've completed their education. There are some small communities working hard to attract new businesses and bring new families in. Sheyenne, North Dakota is one of them but stay tuned. In fact, take a look at what's already in place! One of the gems on Sheyenne's main street is Wild Things Taxidermy run by the Kolstad family, who all happen to be Sheyenne High...

  • Letter to the Editor

    Charlotte Franks-Erickson|Sep 25, 2023

    School has started and there’s a teacher shortage across the nation. It’s a well-known fact that burnout is a common reason. I might have a solution or two that could be tried. We have dedicated teachers who are reluctantly leaving their teaching positions heartbroken, physically exhausted and emotionally drained, and returning to their families who have sacrificed the attention and energy of their mom or dad for years during each school year. Teachers are not trained in emotional disturbances, extreme academic needs and trauma-affected chi...

  • Earth Day is not just a day... It's a way

    Charlotte Franks-Erickson|Apr 25, 2022

    A way to be, a way to think and a way to live everyday, unless you plan to move to another planet. It is acknowledged and celebrated Friday, April 22 each year and like the song from around the first Earth Day of 1970 "In the year 2525" by Zager and Evans; 1969 ... "we've taken everything this old earth can give and we ain't put back nothin'." I ask you, all of you, to Google this song of over 50 years ago and listen to every word of it until it finishes. Following that, have a little visit...

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