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Here's how it begins: I leave home with a notebook in my pocket and camera gear in my backpack. I drive for two or three hours and hop in a boat...

The Fargo-Moorhead diversion is close to moving forward again. For supporters, the next week could see some juice pumped back into the project....

If you're like me then you didn't have the "sex talk" with your parents. There was little time for that conversation. Four children within 5...

About those 2018 Women's Marches, let's be clear: Trump's election was the catalyst for the 2017 march, but the ongoing energy that produced...

My stop at the grocery store was impulse. Truth was, I had a sudden craving for raspberries and cream. As I got out of my car. I was imagining...

Not sure what started it, but during the past few months I've found myself wondering how generosity became wedded to Christmas. There's the obvious:...

Who is the most enduring cartoon character of all time, recognized across the world for his snow covered secret fortress of solitude, good deeds...

Prior to the first meeting of the flood diversion task force proposed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, I wrote a letter to the editor laying out...

The New Testament of the Bible includes four books, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, that are first-hand accounts of the life of Jesus...

First problem with our Christmas tree was that the temperature was above 50 degrees, which meant we weren't miserably cold for our annual marriage-challenging...

"Are you sitting?" The daunting words came from my husband just hours after his heart tests. The procedures had sprung up suddenly, and just...

For the past several weeks, a phrase from the young adult historical fiction novel "Dark Angels: A Novel" has been echoing in my mind: "Everything...

Forum News Service reporter John Hageman recently took to Twitter to take responsibility for a mistake in a story he wrote. Hageman's error?...

It will be interesting to see if the president can hold together The Party of Capitulation after Roy Moore's defeat. Divide and conquer. That's...

My father passed away in early 1990. Whenever I think of him, I recall the many things he taught me. One thing was self-sacrifice. He taught...