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By Rick [email protected] Photos by Rick GionLiving in downtown Fargo has its perks. One of them is taking walks along Broadway and peeking into the restaurants and shops for a glimpse of what’s new. Sometimes this makes a...

By Jim [email protected] I’m writing this on the day after the Fourth of July, so I’m thinking patriotic thoughts. But none of those thoughts envision Donald Trump serving a second term as president of the United...

By Madeline [email protected]“When I was growing up in the 1940s in rural Missouri, we had a local food system. Most of what we ate was grown, hunted, fished, or foraged on our farm. Most of the rest was grown and processed...

By Rick [email protected] the upper Midwest, a bowl of knoephla soup is where dumpling dreams are made. And lately, my dumpling dreams have frequently come true. Let me explain a bit more. If you’ve been checking out...

By Rick [email protected] temperatures have dropped and so have the leaves in the Upper Midwest. That means it’s now the holiday season. Part of the joy of this special season for me is eating. But first things...