MARILYN HAGERTY: Traditions of Norwegian settlers still strong around Northwood

This week, I heard about an 82-year-old woman over at Northwood, N.D., who has spent every Christmas of her life in the same house about two miles southwest of town near the Goose River. She’s Arlayne Thingelstad Gylten, and she’s all set for 21 family members to sit down for dinner on Christmas Eve.