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In early 1917, social news about the State Historical Society’s second librarian, Miss Georgia Carpenter, made the columns of the Bismarck Tribune. She was engaged to Charles Hageman of Bismarck. Charles was a travelling salesman for a Duluth hardware company. The two would be marrying in Randolph, New York, from where she hailed, although they planned to make their home in Bismarck.

Thursday, October 27, 2022 - Our candidate conversations continue with Cara Mund, who is seeking the House seat currently held by Kelly Armstrong. ~~~ Chuck Lura shares a Natural North Dakota about box elder bugs, Asian beetles and more. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats, with thoughts of Halloween.

Friday, October 21, 2022 - In another of our candidate conversations, we meet Rick Becker, independent candidate for US Senate. ~~~ Dave Thompson is here for this week’s news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “The Banshees of Inisherin,” a black comedy-drama written and directed by Martin McDonagh.

The federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay held several infamous convicts throughout its 29 years of operation, even a handful of prisoners with connections to North Dakota.

You may have read the Sherlock Holmes story, “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” about a demonic hound that terrorizes the heirs of a wealthy estate. Similarly, people throughout North Dakota in the fall of 1936 were gripped by reports from the Canadian border to Bismarck about an African lion.

In early 1917, social news about the State Historical Society’s second librarian, Miss Georgia Carpenter, made the columns of the Bismarck Tribune. She was engaged to Charles Hageman of Bismarck. Charles was a travelling salesman for a Duluth hardware company. The two would be marrying in Randolph, New York, from where she hailed, although they planned to make their home in Bismarck.

Today it is difficult to imagine what the invention of the telegraph meant to the development of the country. In the early 1800s it took weeks for messages to get from one side of the country to the other. The telegraph changed that. By 1860, the telegraph stretched as far west as St. Joseph, Missouri. The Pony Express took messages and mail from there to Sacramento, California in a record ten days. On this date in 1861, a telegraph message was sent from St. Louis to San Francisco, finally connecting the east coast with the west.

Monday, October 17, 2022 - Temple Grandin is an autism activist, scientist and New York Times bestselling author. She joins us to discuss her new book, “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions.” ~~~ Can culture help address health concerns? Today we visit with Naomi Bender, Ph.D, a Quechua woman who directs the Native American Health Sciences and the new Center for Native American Health at Washington State University, Spokane. The MN native returns to the area to present “Culture as Medicine: Re-imagining Health Education to Address and Impact Health Inequity in Our Communities” at Concordia College.

On this date in 1987, the Bismarck Tribune reported on Lester Ketterling, the new county judge for Bottineau, Renville, and Rollette counties. Judge Ketterling enjoyed the job and had a long career to look forward to. However, his journey to becoming a judge had not been easy, since he lost his eyesight at age 12.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - The One-Book, One-North Dakota selection for October is “Unwillable: A Journey to Reclaim My Brain.” It’s a memoir by Jackie Stebbins of Bismarck in which she shares the story of her battle with autoimmune encephalitis, a rare brain illness. An author event is coming up on the 23rd, in person and online. For a preview, we share an encore conversation with Ms. Stebbins from July 19th. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay: “The Price of Progress.”