Editor’s Note: This commentary has language not worthy of a Sunday or any Sunday places. You’ve been alerted. In May of 2020, at the height of our COVID isolation, I went deeper in. I walked into the North Dakota Badlands with a friend. At...
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If you’re looking for a chance to catch an NDSU football game, the setting on August 31, 2019, looks to be a unique one. The Bison will kick off the 2019 season against Butler; the game will be played at Target Field in Minneapolis. [...]
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Prices are rising and choices are dwindling for those seeking insurance under the controversial government-backed national health care plan. Get the full story from the Star Tribune. [...]
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A chemistry demonstration gone awry earlier this month at Dickinson State has university and safety officials taking a closer look at safety procedures to see if improvements can be made. [...]
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The Fargo Forum editorial board made the unusual choice of not endorsing a presidential candidate. And in defense of that position, Rob Port at Say Anything Blog defends that choice as rational thinking in this unfortunate election cycle. [...]
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A judge in Southeast Minnesota made a loud statement to those in the alcohol service industry — if you overserve an individual, you will be held liable. There are many lessons to learn from in this tragic story from the Star Tribune. [...]
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When it comes to the UAV industry, the sky is literally the limit. And not very far away, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is using drones to drop vaccine-laced food pellets on a critically endangered population of black-footed ferrets. [...]
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What do you get when you team an archeologist who discovers an ancient burial plot with a cauldron of booze with a group of scientific-minded brewers? A modern take on ancient mead recipe. But be careful if you get a taste, the alcohol content was higher than the average domestic beer. [...]
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Self-driving cars have been in the news a lot recently, and there’s no doubt there coming. But an equally big cultural shift will take place in the shipping industry — self-driving trucks. And this shift won’t be at the whim of consumer sensibilities — industry will move this forward because it’s safer and more efficient. [...]
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It seems there is an escalation taking place in some factions of the #NoDAPL protest camps South of Mandan. Watch the Morton County news conference via the live Facebook feed below for a full accounting of the last couple days of activity. Image: Courtesy of Morton County Sheriff’s Department Facebook Page. [...]
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Per a Facebook post seeking applicants for the City of Minot’s Finance Director position and confirmation from the City’s Public Information Officer Derek Hacket, the City’s acting City Manager and Finance Director, Cindy Hemphill, will be stepping down as of February. We’ll have more on the story as released by the City of Minot. [...]
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Citing the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, protestors against the Dakota Access Pipeline relocated one of their camps to the private ranch land recently purchased by Dakota Access. Caroline Grueskin of the Bismarck Tribune has the full story. [...]
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Space in county jails is at a premium these days. In Minot, we’ve been dealing with jail issues and expansion for several years. In Clay County, Minnesota (Moorhead) they’re dealing with the same issue, and a proposed expansion is on the ballot with a sales tax funding source. But whatever the outcome, the jail will [...]
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Two officials at the city-owned Alerus Center in Grand Forks have been placed on paid administrative leave following allegations of misconduct. An independent investigation into the matter has been commissioned by the City of Grand Forks to help deliver a resolution. [...]
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This election cycle got you down? Maybe you just need an escape. A New York Times travel writer got away from it all to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area and wrote an impressive how to do it yourself guide as well. If you’re looking for an adventure yet this fall or next summer, check it [...]
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Maria Popova blogs prolifically on the nature of a life well lived. She’s been doing it for ten years and has a following that numbers in the millions. And over the course of those years, she’s collected a list of ideas that make up that well-lived life. Check it out on her blog. [...]
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Post Modern Jukebox is one of those bands that forces us to look and listen a bit differently than we’re accustomed to. They rearrange the works of modern pop musicians into the musical stylings of past eras. Below you’ll find a blind tiger look at the 1980’s most popular material girl. [...]
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