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NewsState Fair & Historical Society Argue Court Case

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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NewsEPA Program Looks to Save, Serve Otherwise Wasted Food

  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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NewsRiverfront greenway begins to emerge in Cedar Rapids

  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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CommentaryInterview: To create the future we want, we need more moonshots

Astro Teller, the guy who runs Google X (the arm of the company responsible taking big risks on seemingly crazy ideas like providing Internet to rural areas with hot air balloons) is an interesting interview. It’s worth a read or listen. [...]

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NewsWinter Tip: Embrace the Danish Concept of Hygge

  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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NewsFrom Norway: Learn How to Love Winter

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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NewsHistory Professors Receive Grant To Preserve Minot History

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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NewsFargo to revisit city’s tax break policy

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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NewsLists of accused ND priests still under wraps

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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NewsRugby to get first FM radio station

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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CommentaryThe Opportunity is Now, Funding a Free Flowing Souris River

Last fall I published an idea for Minot developed by the team at Ackerman Estvold; it was an engineering solution to open up the river and restore active water flow to the long-abandoned dead loops. The plan also called for the removal of the cofferdams, the permanent structures that cross the river channel and create [...]

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NewsIdea for Minot: Freezing Pants for Pointless Fun

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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NewsScientists aim to probe oldest rock near Rugby, N.D.

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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NewsIn Iowa farm town, immigration debate yields surprising views

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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CurioGhosts of North Dakota: Griffin

  Head nearly as far South and West as you can go in North Dakota, and you may pass the remains of a place called Griffen. There’s not much left these days, but what’s there is captured by photographers Troy Larson and Terry Hinnenkamp. [...]

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NewsHoeven: Agreement Reached on School Nutrition Standards

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 — [...]

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