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    April 11, 2017
    Four years ago yesterday, Val Kleppen and her family were transformed by the death of daughter Harlynn. Special to The Forum
    Parenting Perspectives: 4 years later, daughter's death has transformed me
    She would have been 4 years old yesterday. "Would haves" are the markers we have to measure the time since our second daughter, Harlynn, died....
    opinionApril 11, 2017 - 7:44am
    April 4, 2017
    Two-year-old Anton leads a double life, one at home and one at preschool. Britta Trygstad / Special to The Forum
    Parenting Perspectives: Exposed! My toddler is living a secret double life
    I recently discovered that my son leads a double life. It might sound like the premise for a spy thriller, but it turns out it's a common phenomenon...
    opinionApril 4, 2017 - 8:50am
    April 3, 2017
    Marie Bahls stands in the garage of her home in West Fargo where the death of a previous owner occured.David Samson / The Forum
    'I won't let this house own me': How a ND widow overcame husband's suicide to stay in her home
    WEST FARGO—Upon the sudden and unexpected death of her husband, Callie Bahls was faced with a multitude of significant life decisions....
    NewsApril 3, 2017 - 8:00pm
    Jerry and Toby Johannessen visit in the Benson Bakery's production area. Jerry was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Upper Midwest Bakery Association's Hall of Fame. Tom Cherveny / Forum News Service
    Right recipe for rural business: Minn. baker honored for lifetime achievement
    BENSON, Minn. — Here's how far and wide the fame of the Benson Bakery reaches. When Toby Johannessen's neighbor returned from a camping...
    NewsApril 3, 2017 - 5:33pm
    March 28, 2017
    Nicole Welle, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: Why I worry about what others think of me
    The other night I sat in my children's room at bedtime, in the dark, silently crying to myself. The song playing on the bedtime playlist was...
    opinionMarch 28, 2017 - 9:48am
    March 27, 2017
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    Daughters often get first tanning salon experience with mom
    Many girls who begin going to tanning salons before they turn 16 don’t bring along friends or go alone. Instead, they tan with their mothers,...
    lifestylesMarch 27, 2017 - 2:52pm
    March 17, 2017
    Special to The Forum
    Monopoly kicks three classic pieces out of board game
    SEATTLE - If you have ever wanted to rampage through a game of Monopoly like a dinosaur, you're in luck. The popular U.S. board game is changing...
    lifestyles/familyMarch 17, 2017 - 4:03pm
    March 14, 2017
    Ben Hanson, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: When family's away, Dad will... clean, apparently
    Before the snow started flying on Sunday, I found myself home alone for the first time in about a year. Totally alone. My wife, Emily, was in...
    opinionMarch 14, 2017 - 10:52am
    March 13, 2017
    Jill Wamstad and her husband Blake are the fifth generation owners of Hatton Granite in Hatton, N.D. They maintain the Countertops division of the business. (Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald)
    Fifth-generation Hatton Granite owner excels in male-dominated industry
    Jill Wamstad studied massage therapy in college and later worked in a bank. The last thing on her mind was owning a division of a multi-generational...
    News/businessMarch 13, 2017 - 11:01am
    Lane Harrison, owner of Harrison Therapeutics
    Massage therapist uses specialty program for abdominal, reproductive health
    The Centers for Disease Control reports 12 percent of American women experience difficulty becoming pregnant or carrying to term, and Lane Harrison...
    lifestyles/healthMarch 13, 2017 - 9:30am
    March 7, 2017
    Val Kleppen, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: The perfect parent (and it isn't me)
    Recently, I left home for a five-day work trip. Normally, working from home doesn't require much travel. My client, however, was hosting a live...
    opinionMarch 7, 2017 - 10:17am
    March 3, 2017
    NDSU men's basketball coach David Richman at home in West Fargo with his wife Stephanie and daughters Kenlie, Brynlie, Ellie and Mallorie. Dave Wallis / Forum News Service
    His true starting five: Bison coach balances leading program with busy family life
    FARGO — The drive from Dave Richman's workplace to his home consists of a couple of campus roads, a couple of interstate highways and a...
    sportsMarch 3, 2017 - 3:02pm
    February 26, 2017
    022617.N.DNT.FrozendeathsC1: Richard Ellison plays video poker at Les Bird's Bar on Dec. 18, 2016 as Shirley Johnson watches. Ellison and Johnson were found dead three days later on the deck of their Superior home. (Les Bird's Bar surveillance)
    Wisconsin elderly couple's perplexing death may never be explained
    SUPERIOR, Wis.—When a meter reader discovered the bodies of Richard Ellison and Shirley Johnson four days before Christmas, they were frozen,...
    NewsFebruary 26, 2017 - 1:30pm
    February 21, 2017
    Nicole Welle, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: Let your kids choose -- or pave -- their own paths
    My second son is active and squirrely. He doesn't like to sit still unless he doesn't want to move. And when he doesn't want to move, he is dramatically...
    opinionFebruary 21, 2017 - 11:05am
    February 14, 2017
    Ben Hanson, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Column: Roses are red, violets are blue ... let's go to sleep
    This will be our second Valentine's Day as parents. I have no idea what we did last year to "celebrate," but I don't really remember what I was...
    opinionFebruary 14, 2017 - 8:52am
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