This is the second of two columns about harvest time at the Forest River Hutterite Colony. You go west three miles out of Inkster, N.D., and 2 miles north on a gravel road. Then you dip down into the ...

Oct. 15—INKSTER, N.D. — On a busy October morning during the potato harvest, Solomon Maendel thanks God for the year's bountiful crop. Throughout the day, dozens of semis will line up at the Forest ...

STANFORD - The Surprise Creek Colony will be an attendance center under Stanford School instead of Geyser School, which has been linked with the colony for nearly 30 years. A few years ago, officials ...

When someone leaves a Hutterite colony, it’s an ache like no other for those left behind, wrote Linda Maendel in her book, “Hutterite Diaries.” “From the cradle to the grave, Hutterites are cared for ...

CHOTEAU - It's a stark existence on rolling hills dwarfed by the Rocky Mountain Front, presiding against a backdrop of clouds a few miles in the distance. For 3,500 turkeys awaiting execution and a ...

When Tirzah Maendel and her family went into COVID-19 isolation just over two weeks ago, what they missed the most was their close-knit Hutterite community. "Shame and blame, there is no need for any ...