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    May 7, 2017
    YMCA Camp Cormorant, a residential program, helps kids to explore nature. / Special to Forum News Service
    A guide to summer camps: How to choose the right experience
    Sun, bugs, hikes, crafts, laughs, s'mores and snores; summer camp packs transformative life experiences into short, bite-size portions. With...
    newsMay 7, 2017 - 6:55am
    May 6, 2017
    Carol Bursack of Minding Our Elders
    Bursack: Transition from hospital to nursing home most practical move for some
    Dear Carol: My 83-year-old mother has lived with my family for two years, but her Type 1 diabetes and lung problems have been worsening. She...
    newsMay 6, 2017 - 6:49am
    May 5, 2017
    Ed Treat, senior pastor at Transfiguration Lutheran Church in Bloomington, Minn. during a Wednesday service. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
    For many overbooked Christian families, Wednesday is the new Sunday
    BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Each Wednesday, the Latzke family heads to their Bloomington church for an evening of religious education and a worship...
    newsMay 5, 2017 - 10:45am
    May 2, 2017
    Celebrating daughter Jenna's graduation from College of St. Mary's in Omaha, Neb. along with daughter Siri (left).
    After 35 years, Minn. native continues his search for mom and dad
    RED WING, Minn. — Steven Nelson was told every year on his birthday by his mother, "I know that there's somebody else thinking about you...
    newsMay 2, 2017 - 4:51pm
    Nicole Welle, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: The 'mom friends' you need to fill your bucket
    We all need a certain variety of friends. People with complementary backgrounds or living situations, and people without. We need a mix of similarities...
    newsMay 2, 2017 - 6:47am
    April 26, 2017
    West Fargo Sheyenne sophomore Justin Penney and West Fargo High junior Jwan Al Selim participate in a Youth Court session at Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota in south Fargo. David Samson / Forum News Service
    At ND's only Youth Court, kids hold other kids accountable
    FARGO—They're described as "good kids who do dumb things" out of anger, frustration and boredom, or because they're testing their limits,...
    newsApril 26, 2017 - 5:19pm
    April 23, 2017
    "I got up from the waiting room chair to check on the squeals coming from that long hallway where we would take turns strolling with Dad as his surgery wounds healed and my breath sort of caught at the sight of it -- a man we weren’t sure was going to live walking hand in hand with a baby we never thought would be born."
    Coming Home: Hospital hallway that once held fear now full of hope
    There's a long hallway in a hospital, connecting two parts of the building with plain beige carpet and tall windows that let the light in from...
    opinionApril 23, 2017 - 7:48am
    April 22, 2017
    Carol Bursack of Minding Our Elders
    Minding our Elders: Delirium and even death following physical trauma not unusual for elders
    Dear Carol: My mother, who was in her early 80s, was doing well, except for arthritis and high blood pressure. Then she fell and broke her hip....
    newsApril 22, 2017 - 8:25am
    April 18, 2017
    Alicia Strnad Hoalcraft, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Parenting Perspectives: Mother and daughter share love of libraries, books
    If I had to sum up my childhood in one word, that word would be "books." Yes, I had friends, family, school, parties, playtime and more, but...
    newsApril 18, 2017 - 10:43am
    April 16, 2017
    Jessie Veeder, Coming Home columnist
    Jessie Veeder: How a dog's life measures time
    The first year my husband and I got married, we lived in the little house in the barnyard where my dad was raised, unloading all the earthly...
    opinionApril 16, 2017 - 10:54am
    April 15, 2017
    Photograph of author Carol Bursack of Minding Our Elders by Ann Arbor Miller, annarbormiller.com. Photograph was taken on Jan. 18, 2011, in Fargo, N.D.
    Minding Our Elders: Proper legal documents important for loved ones
    Dear Carol: As my parents aged, we all thought that we were taking care of the legal issues necessary so that I, as Durable Power Of Attorney...
    opinionApril 15, 2017 - 10:35am
    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
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