Everyone is unique, but some people are more unique than others. Don Dufner would be a good example. Don, 85, and his family farm several thousand acres at Buxton, North Dakota. The Dufners raise a variety of crops that includes edible beans, wheat, rye, oats, alfalfa, buckwheat, and ...

The price of eggs has skyrocketed due to a variety of factors. Prices vary by brand and store location, but we are paying a lot more for a food counted on for inexpensive meals. The versatile egg makes countless dishes besides breakfast fare. The grocery store is a great source of ...

When you do a column, you’re on the lookout for things to share with readers. Sometimes it’s big, like the common threat climate change poses to us all. Sometimes it’s not so big. Like, we all love doughnuts. The other day, I was looking in the mirror at some old guy who has aged beyond ...

We recently passed another anniversary of the 1970s Roe vs. Wade ruling that legalized abortion, the first anniversary since the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court. The 2022 decision brought the abortion issue to the forefront, leading people on both sides to participate in ...

We have been learning about Tracy’s Dave Ziemke, who enlisted in the Army in June 1967; trained as a field wireman; and deployed to Vietnam in December 1967. The Army assigned him to the 1st Battalion of the 5th Artillery Regiment, home based at Quon Loi, north of Vietnam’s capital, Saigon. ...

“One of the most important of the smaller towns in Lyon County in a business sense, and by far the most important historically, is Lynd, located on the Great Northern Railroad and the Redwood River, six and one- half miles south-west of Marshall. Nestled among the river bluffs, it has the ...