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Five families from Devils Lake, ND, are receiving Welcome Home kits filled with household essentials through the Bremer Bank Home For Good initiative. Made possible by Bremer’s partnership with Greater Twin Cities United Way, the collaboration will provide 750 Welcome Home kits to families and individuals transitioning from homelessness to stable housing, including those who experience socioeconomic and/or racial disparities, throughout Bremer Bank’s footprint in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

Well, just like clockwork - winter in North Dakota is here. The season when our vehicles refuse to start, our eyelashes and sinus infections freeze, and every step outside becomes a frightening journey on nature’s slip-and-slide. Forget risky things like high-speed car chases or skiing off a jagged mountain top that only a helicopter can fly you to. The real drama is watching folks navigate icy parking lots right here on the North Dakota prairie!

Like many young rural people, broadcast journalist Cory Hepola left his small hometown of Perham, Minn., looking for bigger city success. He landed in Fargo and then bounced around the country with broadcasting gigs in Montana, New York and Texas.

Just in time for the Holidays, Encore 301 is bringing back a long-standing tradition: Free movies for Christmas! The first movie will be “Elf” and it will be shown at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 - first come first served! Concessions (like popcorn, etc.) will be sold but the ticket is free of charge, sponsored by the North Dakota Telephone Company.

This was a banner year for the Kiwanis Community Thanksgiving Dinner, according to Kiwanis Secretary Dave Nick who kept careful watch on the numbers for the meals delivered and served out of the KC Hall on Nov. 28, 2024.

With an “army” of volunteers and months of preparation and planning the Devils Lake Kiwanis Club saw another successful Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28 at the KC Hall.

Being an advocate for the prevention of suicide was not something that Theresa Deckert had thought about much in life, but a significant loss changed everything.

Now in its eighth year, the Medora-themed “Magical Medora Christmas” show is getting ready to hit the road to perform for audiences in 24 communities including Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Robert Fawcett Auditorium at Lake Region State College.

As the weather changes to bring snow and colder temperatures, our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving.

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