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With the rising cost of everything these days, many anglers look to save a few bucks where they can. Whether it is tying their own flies or catching their own...

The company airplane made a day-trip to Duluth last week. I always enjoy getting to the North Shore and at least briefly, experiencing the hustle and bustle of a port...

The weather is cold and hot this time of year, and the fishing can be the same way. Streaky, inconsistent and uneven until the first warm stretch of weather brings...

North Dakota's paddlefish snagging season opens May 1, and is scheduled to continue through the end of the month. However, the season has closed early the last four seasons. If...

Color! Oh how we yearn for it after months of winters' white and grays. Soon green grass will soothe our senses, the soft pastels of flowering trees will warm our...

While waiting for the weather to improve enough to work in your yards, you may want to try a garden craft project. Stepping-stones are a popular and useful addition to...

"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." So wrote William Shakespeare in the third act of Othello. A...

The RDO Community Responsibility Committee has donated 28 miniature tractors to Hospice of the Red River Valley. The tractors will be used in a project aimed at enhancing the care...

Springtime means stocking the tackle box with jigs, spinners, twisters, spoons, crankbaits and more; usually more lures than I'll ever need. However, if it came down to it, there is...

Members of the Sandhill Archery Club and Sportsman's Warehouse co-sponsored a Bowhunters Shootout in the Agricultural Building at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds on March 28-30. Will Foss, from the...

Now that we are finally shedding this cloak of winter, waterfowl, raptors and a few songbirds are starting to show up. It's an exciting time for us residents of the...

In my quest for steelhead knowledge, I have found some interesting patterns, from complex streamers to simple nymphs. Stocking the fly box has been both rewarding and exciting as my...

The Sandhills Archery Club and Sportsmans Warehouse is sponsoring a Bow Hunters Shootout at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds on March 28-30. The three-day indoor competition will include 3-D round...

On Thursday, March 6, chairman Delores Haugen, McLeod, and Marlene Mellem, McLeod, served seasoned beef on a bun for a supper in McLeod for the Stockmen's Supply Company in West...

Our elders tell of a simpler time. One closer to the land, closer to each other and closer, even, to what really matters. The days before MySpace, digital photography, and...