Alex Rydell plays Friday night with Poitin in Dempsey's Public House in Fargo. "In Poitin, I call myself a fiddle player. If I'm playing in a classical context, them I'm a violinist," Rydell says. He ...

Alex Rydell has joined Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, as funeral director following the completion of a one-year internship. Rydell is a licensed funeral director in North Dakota and Minnesota.