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http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/943/50/50/ REAL MONEY
Clothes Shopping with Teens: The Perfect Teachable Moment
I have two boys and for all the years of buying their clothes they were never into latest fashions or trends. I never realized how lucky I was at the time. Our dollars went towards car repairs versus...
9/17/12 at 8:04 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1629/50/50/ THE DIRT
The potatoes have eyes. . . part 2
They came! I got my beautiful potatoes in a little box in the mail the other day! Witness their perfection: I admired them, dutifully checked the tags to make sure they were the right varieties (su...
3/14/12 at 7:54 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/15/50/50/ STAFF BLOGALL ABOUT FOOD
Sweet Potato and Pear Soup
Not too many years ago I was standing in the produce department at a grocery store, gazing at a variety of pears. I was planning to make a special dessert that involved poaching pears. I'd never poach...
2/13/12 at 1:01 AM
Bring back the Date Bar 1/29/12 at 7:00 AM
Weekend Baking: Blueberry Basil Bubble 8/26/11 at 7:45 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/470/50/50/ STAFF BLOGTHE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY
An easier way to share your flood stories
You might have heard about our new project at Forum Communications. It's called "Living with Water." Over the next several months our reporters, photographers and editors will be taking a close up loo...
9/22/11 at 4:23 PM
Living with Water: Your thoughts and experiences wanted. 8/7/11 at 8:08 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1444/50/50/ FAR SIDE OF FIFTY
Horny Footstool
Ha!  I bet that got your attention.  This is one of the coolest footstools I have ever seen. This was a footstool down at the Wadena Historical Museum. They have a really nice Museum and ...
6/30/11 at 6:07 AM
Tuesday Trip 9/30/10 at 9:42 AM
Chance : A High Chair 7/22/10 at 5:44 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/817/50/50/ MS. SIMPLICITY
Penne a La Vodka Casserole
Putting vodka in a pasta isnot something I think of when I am making my home-madespaghetti sauce, but it is common. You can even buyjarredspaghetti sauce with vodka in it. I had my husband make this...
3/4/11 at 10:23 AM
Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce 2/1/11 at 12:06 PM
Week In Review Recipes From 365 Clever Cookbooks 1/29/11 at 10:02 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/257/50/50/ STAFF BLOGFORUM COMMUNICATIONS
Oil series is collaborative effort of Forum Communications Company's newspapers & broadcasters
To chronicle the unprecedented reach and impact of recent oil development in the Williston Basin, Forum Communications Co. assembled a team of reporters and photographers who spent much of the past ...
8/23/10 at 6:21 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/14/50/50/ CONFESSIONS OF A [FORMER] FAT GIRL
And people thought I was bold, brave
When I started my blog more than a year ago, many people - friends, co-workers, family, strangers - thought I was brave for sharing my story. But I didn't think so. First of all, when I started my blo...
3/5/10 at 2:15 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1101/50/50/ HEALTHBEAT
Young, sick and invisible
By the time he was 39, Craig Lustig had already gone through two bouts with brain cancer. He describes what it was like to be a young patient facing a life-threatening illness: Especially as a y...
4/9/09 at 1:59 PM