One of the goals of The Minot Voice is to help you cut the chord, so these stories will be common. The thinking… better news and information will help us make everything better, but it starts with cutting out the crap.
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This comes out of Grand Forks, but it’s not a unique problem. It’s fair to say that the issues of snow removal are similar… at least in North Dakota, so get informed on one of the challenges of keeping the streets clean.
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Are you confused by what the common core debate is all about? This article from Jennifer Johnson writing for the Dickinson Press provides a good overview of the issue.
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With the events of Paris still fresh, here’s a Sunday morning contemplative comic that comes with some good advice. A couple warnings, if this offends you… you’ve missed the point, and be ready, there is some mildly explicit language.
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Amy Sisk takes a look at the effects of Obamacare on local (Bismarck) employers. The early consensus… higher costs and more work.
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There are a few conditions attached to the money. For the full recap check out the article on Say Anything Blog.com
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With two new area high schools opening next school year, there will be a lot of students shuffling around. The Minot Public School’s School Board addressed that issue by setting the policies for cross-district enrollment as students transition to new schools.
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Martin Pistorius spent more than a decade unable to move or communicate, fearing he would be alone, trapped, forever. NPR’s new show Invisibilia tells how his mind helped him create a new life.
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It’s the eleventh year in a row for record setting income. In 2014, the Bank of ND netted income of slightly more than $111 million.
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Dickinson will receive a nearly $1 million grant to improve and complete construction of a 17 mile fitness trail around Patterson Lake. The grant was awarded by the ND Industrial Commission as an Outdoor Heritage Fund grant.
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Williams County, The City of Williston, the ND DOT will be updating Williston’s comprehensive plan from 2010.
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Bids were higher than expected, so they will be put out again for a second go around, this time in three phases taking place over the next three summers.
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— Official News Release, Senator Hoeven — Senator John Hoeven will deliver the National Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, January 10. He will discuss the importance of approving the Keystone XL pipeline and why it is the first bill being taken up by the U.S. Senate. “The Nebraska Supreme Court has decided that their state
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TENORM is the language used to describe the radioactive material that is occasionally produced in the drilling process. The Department of Health is proposing we raise the landfill limits on certain types of low-risk radioactive material so it can be disposed of in-state at specially permitted landfills. — Official News Release, ND Dept. of Health
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The title really says it all. The twelve minute video will bring you up to speed on the less-known hunting and trapping seasons.
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The requirements for the permit would be significant including training with local law enforcement, but it might be an alternative to placing resource officers in schools. The bill is sponsored by Representative Dwight Kiefert of Valley City.
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