The long standing legal dispute between the North Dakota State Fair and the Ward County Historical Society was back in court last week. KX News has the coverage that includes the arguments each are making.
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When you’ve got a lot of people going hungry and a lot of other people throwing away food, there’s a problem of efficiency that’s worth looking at. A new program from the EPA has intentions of closing the gap. Learn more from KMOT.
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Cedar Rapids flooded in 2008; the recovery there serves as a valuable measuring stick for Minot’s recovery. This story is from last summer, but seems all the more relevant as the City’s resilience spending becomes front and center news.
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Loosely translated, it matches up with our idea of ‘coziness’, but there’s more to it than that. Pronounced ‘Hooga’, it is an attitude, a feeling, and a contented pursuit all in one.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. And in that bit of wisdom is the key to a mindset that thinks of winter not as period to survive, but an opportunity to thrive. This is a great article.
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Two Minot State professors received a grant to help preserve our local history. The grant will allow professors and students to reach out to the community to create digital archives of privately owned items, stories, and pictures.
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These programs justify themselves under the shield of economic development, and there are examples where they are effective at generating redevelopment. But in Fargo, it seems the City Commission has been stretching framework to fit project.
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We’ve watched over the past 10 plus years as abuses and cover ups have come to light. It’s a disturbing part of the Catholic churches recent past, and the story is not yet full told. This story from the Fargo Forum takes on the delicate subject.
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The first local radio station on the FM dial in Rugby will be broadcasting later this spring. The station will tune in at 95.3 and will feature adult contemporary music plus local news and sports.
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The dark days of winter can be hard to bear. Sometimes what you need is a really stupid and pointless gesture, something that does nothing but make you smile and think for a split second — something like a pair of frozen pants. Photo by Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune. Could this be a fun addition
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Sixteen thousand feet under the geographic center of North American is some of the oldest rock on the planet. And scientists are going to drill down there to see what it looks like. Lauren Donovan has the recap on a cool research project.
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The political rhetoric on immigration coming from Republican front runners paints the issue in black and white terms. But a closer look at the feelings of a few smalltown Republican faithfuls in Iowa reveals a more nuanced appreciation of the issue.
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Earlier this week Senator Hoeven issued a news release outlining progress made in creating reasonable nutrition standards for school lunch programs. The new regulations create a high nutritional standard, but also provide school lunch administrators some common sense flexibility in creating menus. The full news release follows below. — Official News Release, Senator Hoeven —
Read & ShareA report commissioned by Manitoba warns flood protection in the province has dozens of significant weaknesses and needs $1 billion in spending.
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With all the dire news on the price of oil, there are still many who are bullish on the future of North Dakota oil. So much so, one company is moving forward with pipeline investment that will cost more than $3 billion.
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In the first six months of the biennium, revenues for the state are $215 million below what was forecast. The news has legislators calling for new information from Moody’s Analytics and the shortfall seems likely to trigger some automatic spending cuts.
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