Canine rescuers: Two area women have rescued over 200 dogs

"Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling emptiness we didn't ever know we had." -Thom Jones

For Colette Byrum of New Rockford, this quote couldn't be closer to the truth.

"They just seemed to find me," she said, speaking of the dogs in need who, over the years, have shown up near her workplace in Fort Totten. The animals she has rescued have often been in rough shape,...