Monday, May 8, 2023 - May is Mental Health Month, and the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks is presenting a new, original play titled \“Retail Therapy: 700 years of mental health care.\” It’s a dark topic, woven through with gallows humor. We visit with the playwright, UND associate professor of English, Kathy Coudle-King. ~~~ Pipeline companies want to sequester carbon in Illinois and North Dakota. Geologists say it's safe - landowners aren't so sure. We have a report from Harvest Public Media’s Harvest Sarah Nardi. ~~~ NPR’s Steve Drummond, a long-time senior editor and executive producer at NPR, is the author of \“The Watchdog: How The Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two.\” He joins us to discuss this fast-paced story of how Harry Truman, as a newcomer to Washington Politics, cobbled together a bipartisan team that fought wartime corruption, placing him in the national spotlight and paving his path to the White House. ~~~ A regula
The UND Theatre Arts Department will present “The Conference of the Birds” next week at the Burtness Theater. The performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, April 18-22.
Korrie Wenzel has been publisher of the Grand Forks Herald and Prairie Business Magazine since 2014. Over time, he has been a board member of the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp., Junior Achievement, the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation, United Way, Empire Arts Center, Cornerstones Career Learning Center and Crimestoppers. As publisher, Wenzel oversees news, advertising and business operations at the Herald, as well as the newspaper's opinion content. In the past, Wenzel was sports editor for 14 years at The Daily Republic of Mitchell, S.D., before becoming editor and, eventually, publisher. Wenzel can be reached at 701-780-1103.