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Minot High has its last choir concert as a split campus

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May 15, 2024

Minot High has its last choir concert as a split campus

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Minot High School students ended the school year on a high note with the annual spring awards concert.

It was also the final concert with Magic City and Central Campus students as the district will add the new Minot North High School next year.

Variations of different choir groups from ninth to twelfth grades performed vocal pieces for each other and family members.

Choir Director Lindsey Kerzmann got a surprise from her students who prepared a song without her direction.

The students gave gifts to the director and the accompanist for the positive experiences over the years, and the impact of having a lively, fun and memorable music class.

Kerzmann said she has seen a lot of growth among the students since they started.

“Seeing that progression from when they were in masks and they wouldn’t make a whole lot of eye contact with me and I didn’t really know like, ‘Wow! How are we going to make this work?’ And we did, and they’re awesome,” said Kerzmann.

After graduation, some of the students will get to perform at Music Fest Orlando in June.

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Homemade canoe returns to Fur Traders Rendezvous at the ND State Fair

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3 hours ago

July 26, 2024

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Homemade canoe returns to Fur Traders Rendezvous at the ND State Fair

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – One of the highlights of every North Dakota State Fair is the Fur Traders Rendezvous.

A familiar face returned this year, along with a canoe he made at the fair several years ago.

The rendezvous brings fairgoers back to the time of the fur traders.

Those who take part in the rendezvous live, and even sleep, on the grounds for the duration of the fair.

Jeremy Duckwitz, who is referred to as the ‘brain tanner,’ said he carved a canoe out of a giant log back in 2016.

He said it took him all nine days of the fair, working eight hours a day to carve it.

He brought the canoe back to the fair this year to seal the cracks with his team and have it on display.

“This year I got around to sealing all the cracks with beeswax. There was a larger crack we sealed with pine pitch and wood shavings, and then the rest of it’s all linseed oil so it’s all ready to float down the Missouri River,” said Duckwitz.

Duckwitz said he plans on taking the canoe out on the river in the coming weeks.

The rendezvous is across from the state fair center on the north end of the grounds.

They’ll be open through Saturday.

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Obituary for Sharol Joyce Rogalla at Tollefson Funeral Home

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July 26, 2024

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Obituary for Sharol Joyce Rogalla at Tollefson Funeral Home

Sharol J. Rogalla, age 82 of Chisago City, Minnesota and formerly of Minto, North Dakota passed away on Monday, July 22, 2024 at Parmley on the Lake, Chisago City, Minnesota. Sharol Joyce Zander was born May 6, 1942 in Maddock, North Dakota, the daughter of the late William and Beatrice

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Obituary for Mary Ann Ryan at Tollefson Funeral Home

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July 26, 2024

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Obituary for Mary Ann Ryan at Tollefson Funeral Home

Mary Ann Darling Ryan, 95, of Inkster, ND, passed away peacefully at home on the family farm surrounded by the love of her family. Born on July 12th, 1929 in Inkster to Nora Hunking Darling and Oscar Darling, Mary Ann was raised and educated in Strathcona, MN. She met the

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