FARGO-Local musician Gene Okerlund fondly remembers when his father gave him his first trumpet 68 years ago. Even though the horn was previously owned and admittedly "a little clunky," Okerlund fell ...

ROCKFORD — If you think that sounds flowing on Sundays from sanctuaries are limited to booming preachers’ voices and not-quite-ready-for-primetime singing parishioners, you’ll be surprised at what’s ...

Elmer Ramsey was a Conejo Valley dad many times over. He and his wife, Elaine, raised five children in Thousand Oaks. But the conductor, trumpet player, composer and teacher was also a founding ...