Opinion

Diane Simmons

Diane Simmons

Letter from the Publisher

As they say, there’s no place like home. Very true, but I say there’s nothing like a great vacation to get your juju realigned.
Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Hello and happy Friday dear readers! This week, for the first time in more than two years, you may notice there’s a different face on this page… Less than a year after starting The Borderland Press, Simmons Multimedia acquired Valley News & Views in Drayton.
THE MORNING RUN: Food is my love language, I guess

THE MORNING RUN: Food is my love language, I guess

THE MORNING RUN: Food is my love language, I guess

By Sara Goodman I hate it when I’m wrong, and when my own kids call me out on my wrongness, it makes it 10 times worse. Most kids know when their parents are in the wrong but are not willing to point it out.
THE MORNING RUN: I lift things up and put them back down

THE MORNING RUN: I lift things up and put them back down

THE MORNING RUN: I lift things up and put them back down

From now on, when you see me in public or send me fan mail, you can address me as Coach Goodman. I feel like it has a nice ring to it, although it has taken me a few weeks to get used to it. What am I coaching, you might be wondering? Well, track, of course.
Sarah Hinnenkamp

Sarah Hinnenkamp

Letter from the Editor

Many of you know that we left Fargo and moved our young family to Langdon in 2019, but you might not know why. We came here to open short-term vacation rentals to support tourism near the Pembina Gorge and surrounding area.
Musings from Munich: Oh Sarah…I miss you already

Musings from Munich: Oh Sarah…I miss you already

Musings from Munich: Oh Sarah…I miss you already

Cat’s out of the bag…Hinnenkamp won’t be the editor anymore; she’s moving on. I’m not gonna lie, I have not made her life very easy over the past two-and-a-half years. As most things that we experience, I wouldn’t change a minute of it.
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Musings from Munich: Pew pew

As the few remaining snow piles melt away, everyone is chomping at the bit to get outside with summer sports. Baseball, track, trap and skeet shooting sports are knocking out the basics in order to go outside and start competing at a level only we up north here are used to… balls to the wall.