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East Grand Forks Theater maintains strong employee retention and satisfaction amid tight labor market

by: Josh Wolsky | January 10, 2023

It’s heard everywhere these days — young people don’t want to work; employees are impossible to find and keep. But for one East Grand Forks business, the River City Cinema, owner Penny Stai has found success in keeping employees by being flexible, offering perks, and creating a fun business culture. It’s a lesson every struggling

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Grand Forks Schools Investing in New Language Arts Curriculum & Data Monitoring With Community Partners

by: Josh Wolsky | January 10, 2023

A new language arts curriculum for Grand Forks sixth graders has proven itself; the school board is approving a 10-year $320,000 investment that was previously piloted and found to be an improvement. Additionally, the school district is partnering in a data exchange with the Community Violence Intervention Center; the goal is to identify and monitor

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Montana to explore free school meals

by: Josh Wolsky | January 10, 2023

For two years during COVID, the federal government supported school lunch programs. And for one Montana legislator, Melissa Romano, what she saw were benefits that outweigh the costs. So much so that she’s introduced a bill to maintain the program statewide. Get the full story from The Missoulian.

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How one New Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets

by: Josh Wolsky | January 10, 2023

How many traffic deaths are acceptable? The answer should always be zero, but we currently accept a lot more than that. In North Dakota, it’s typically more than 100 annually; across the country in 2021, the total was more than 42,000. So what does it take to get that number to zero? Jersey City, New

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Demand for Wyoming coal is collapsing. Seismic changes are ahead for the state.

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

This story matters in Minot and North Dakota as much for the content as for the source. It’s common to see this type of headline from a national news source, but this story is local, from the heart of Wyoming. And the story is that of a local economy looking at a hard truth coming.

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Another country bans single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

When it comes to single-use plastic, England has decided the costs outweigh the convenience. They’re banning a bunch of stuff. Items caught in the policy net include plastic plates, trays, bowls, utensils, and other implements that find their way into the waste stream. England previously banned plastic straws in 2020. The goal is simple —

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Montana weed sales estimated at $300M in recreational industry’s first year

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

In 2021, Montana voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana. The law took effect on January 1, 2022, and the first-year data has come in. In the first 365 days, Montanan’s purchased $300 million in marijuana, more than double the state’s high-end projections. Purchases raised nearly $35 million in taxes. Get the full story from the Helena

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Grant program to help young Minnesota farmers proves popular

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

Farming is the biggest business in this part of the Northern plains, and it’s a very difficult business to break into due to high land costs. And last year in Minnesota the legislature set aside money to address the issue by making grant dollars available for qualifying new farmer land purchases. The program opened recently,

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Saskatchewan reaches new record for overdose deaths in 2022

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

The opioid addiction scourge knows no borders. It’s worth noting, especially as we seek solutions locally, that we need to look far and wide for those managing this crisis most effectively. It’s also timely as Governor Burgum recently announced how the state will go about using as much as $62 million in resources paid from

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Are You Using Your Ice Scraper Wrong?

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

I know. Many of you are saying who needs an ice scrapper if you have an auto starter. But if you’re not that lucky now, or are unlucky in the future, it may be that a little ice scraper instruction is in order — even for winter-seasoned vets from North Dakota. It turns out that

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BisMan Community Food Cooperative permanently closing; why it matters in Minot

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

They gave it a six-year go, but it’s at the end. The directors of the Bisman Food Cooperative are closing the doors for good. They could not find a sustainable operating model. Blake Nicholson and David Velazquez with the Bismarck Tribune have the full story. Why does it matter in Minot? One of the common ideas

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How much would it cost for a municipality to shovel all the sidewalks?

by: Josh Wolsky | January 7, 2023

We’ve been covering sidewalk accessibility this week on TheMinotVoice. Two stories, the City of Minot’s initial failure to timely clean sidewalks in their portfolio, and the follow-up comments from elected officials opened the thread. There’s more coverage to come; we’ve filed a FOIA request with the City with hopes that shining a light inside exposes

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Grand Forks, East Grand Forks council members revisit next step for bridge projects during joint meeting

by: Josh Wolsky | January 5, 2023

Rivers create both challenges in a community, even more so when they divide two communities and two states. Grand Forks and East Grand Forks share the Red River, as such, they also share the challenges of getting across it. And talks of new bridges are bringing them together, literally and figuratively. And one concern getting

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It’s Icicle Season, and They’re No Joke

by: Josh Wolsky | January 5, 2023

It’s icicle season out there folks, and you shouldn’t wait to shoot your eye out before you take them seriously. Get the full story on what to watch for and how to deal with them from Kenneth Hellevang writing for NDSU Extension Service below. — NEWS RELEASE, NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE — Ice dams and icicles

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Wanna Know Where That Thing You Just Bought Was Made?

by: Josh Wolsky | January 5, 2023

The amount of ‘stuff’ inundating our lives is enormous. Have you ever wondered where it came from? In a world where drop-shipping and rebranding are quickly becoming the standard, it’s getting harder and harder to actually know the source of that thing you’re holding or wearing right now. For the curious among us, the article

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