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Friday: Outdoors

Outdoors North: Out to snag a dose of peace and tranquility

“You cry and moan and say it will work out, but honey child I’ve got my doubts. You can’t see the forest for the trees,” – Michael Nesmith It was another in what has turned out to be a rather extended period of warm and humid days, which are often in short supply in summertime in ...

Lesser celandine spreading fast in area woodlands

MARQUETTE — Lesser celandine is a non-native, low-growing perennial plant in the buttercup family, most often found along streams and in forested floodplains. Characterized by heart-shaped leaves and glossy yellow flowers, it can spread by seeds, tubers (underground stems) and bulbils (tiny ...

Students start medical training

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — “The first week of medical school has me reflecting humbly on how fortunate I am to finally begin medical education,” admitted Grand Forks, N.D., native Madeline Comeau. “Working through our first patient case was a great start for developing those clinical skills ...

Outdoors North

Along the old railroad bed, I remember small honeybees and wasps buzzing around the pink and delicate blossoms of wild roses. Petals that had fallen away littered the gray and white graveled rocks below. We’d ditch our bikes in the bushes beside the railroad tracks. The steel rails were ...

Outdoors North: Still plenty to do before summer turns to fall

“I got shot off my horse. So what? I’m up again playing in one of these big saloons on main,” – Mark Knopfler I found a warm place to sit down where the sun covered the weathered face of a massive and granitic streamside boulder. From here, I could see and hear the water moving from ...