The State Historical Society is upgrading major sites with staffs, such as bandleader Lawrence Welk’s childhood home.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong said the action is meant to honor the Wahpeton lawmaker who died unexpectedly earlier this month.

Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Schreiber-Beck was elected to the North Dakota House three times and was a longtime advocate for the aviation and agriculture industries.

Endlessly westward from the 97th meridian stretch the Great Plains of the state of North Dakota, fertile in places, arid in others, baked by the summer sun and blown by the winter wind.

“Cindy Schreiber-Beck served the citizens of North Dakota with a quiet strength and determination that touched so many facets ...