Individual federal income tax returns with contributions as itemized deductions showed contributions averaging $4,316 per return in 2007, a 4 percent increase from $4,148 in 2006.

The next Annie’s Project program starts the week of Jan. 19, 2010, in 12 communities.

According to University of Arizona microbiologist Chuck Gerba, a desktop may be 400 times dirtier than a toilet.

Two-thirds of unhappily married individuals who avoided divorce or separation rated themselves as happily married five years later.

The majority of North Dakota children have health insurance coverage, but 8.7 percent do not.

Scholarships will be awarded to outstanding North Dakota State University female and male athletes during this year’s Harvest Bowl festivities Oct. 23-24.

Fresh caulking and window coverings can help cut heating costs.

NDSU’s “Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together” program has received the 2009 Marketing Package Award.

The growth in North Dakota’s racial minority and Hispanic populations is helping to mitigate some of the population losses in rural areas.

The experience of being fathered influences everything from how we feel about ourselves to how we raise our own children.

The Healthy North Dakota 4-H Clubs program recognizes 22 clubs for eating smart and playing hard.

By providing funds ranging from $6,000 per individual grant to up to $18,000 for grants awarded to groups of three or more, NCR-SARE helps facilitate essential agricultural research and development.

A new program can help reduce the trauma of the transition from high school to college.

Producers must complete the enrollment process, including all signatures of landowners, by the Aug. 14 deadline.

Average farm family living expenditures reported by the North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program have increased from $34,889 in 1999 to $57,404 in 2008.

Practicing good food handling techniques can keep you from getting sick.

Net farm income averaged $180,746.

North Dakota’s housing market is showing a slowdown similar to the national market with successive declines in newly authorized homes since 2006.

A Grand Forks County nutrition education agent was honored during the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program’s 40th anniversary celebration.

Many men become biological fathers, but successful fathering is the work of a lifetime.

Since the university's founding in 1890, there has been a special relationship between NDSU and the people of North Dakota.

Homeowners have several inexpensive ways to make their windows more energy efficient.

A helmet can provide protection in a tornado.

These regulations are intended to protect children from accidently accessing stored fuel and to protect the environment.

The growth you could find in damp basements may not be mold; it could be mineral deposits.

Now is the time to begin checking both backyard and community playground equipment.

Make sure you dry out before rebuilding after a flood or you may have mold and other problems.

Time is of the essence in salvaging wet feed and grain.