Trim Tabs: How Little Amounts of Pressure Affect Dramatic Change

Have you ever wondered how to affect change in your personal life, at work, on a team, in the world? It’s not as complicated as we imagine, especially if you embrace the idea acting as a trim tab. Learn how little becomes big in this article.

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Fargo Bike Share Service Breaks Daily Ridership Record

  A Fargo bike sharing program aimed largely at students is growing rapidly with over 65,000 rides in the first five months of the program.

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Know the Law: Transporting Big Game

It was a hot August Saturday and I was at the pool with the kids. It was even too hot to fish? Ironically the conversation turned from water and fish to big game during the dog days of summer. My friend was looking at a possible trip to Wyoming or Montana, and even planning years

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Cattle Theft: An Old Crime On The Rise

Cattle rustling is a growing problem in Oklahoma, Texas and other beef-producing states. High beef prices and drug addiction are fueling the resurgence of the centuries-old problem that has also surfaced here in Ward County.

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Watch and Learn: The Science of Man’s Best Friend

  Got three minutes? Use it to gain a little insight into your most loyal friend in this informative video.

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Learn: Verbal Commitment vs. National Letter of Intent

Got an athletic kid? If they’re looking at college and colleges are looking at them, then this article is worth a read. It’s a concise overview on  the difference between a ‘verbal commitment’ and a ‘National Letter of Intent’.

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UND HOCKEY: St. Cloud State the latest NCHC school to adopt restrictive ticket policy

Apparently, North Dakota hockey fans buy too many tickets and overwhelm the home fans when the team plays away from Grand Forks. St. Cloud State is the latest school to implement a ticketing policy aimed at restricting UND fans.

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Grand Forks reps to study pedestrian, bike infrastructure in Denmark

The City of Grand Forks is sending a couple people to Denmark next month. The goal: learn how to create a more bike and pedestrian friendly city.

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State Departments of Health and Agriculture Repeat Warning to Avoid Blue-green Algae

The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) and Agriculture (NDDA), Animal Health Division, emphasize that the public should be cautious in exposing themselves, pets or livestock to blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, which can thrive in hot summer weather. Ingesting affected water can cause illness in people and animals, and can result in death.

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Study: We’re Hunting, Fshing the Wrong-Sized Animals

Human predators are outliers in the natural scheme that typically sees the youngest and weakest animals fall to prey, and it seems the concept of harvesting the biggest and strongest of the pack, herd, or school is having an evolutionary effect on animal populations.

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Medora Musical having near-record summer attendance

  It’s shaping up to be a banner year in Medora as attendance at the musical is likely to set a record this summer. The total attendance is expected to reach more than 115,000.

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Commentary: Rules of Fencing, the Never-Ending chore, are Never Forgotten

If your life is on the ranch, then a lot of your days are spent along the fence. Watford City musician, writer and rancher Jesse Veeder captures the spirit and essential rules of the time-honored activity in this commentary from AgWeek.

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Spotlight on Economics: Solving the Problem of Food Security

Food security remains one of the major problems that humanity faces in developing and developed parts of the world.

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UND Hockey Recruits Feature 5 NHL Draft Picks

UND hockey’s incoming freshman class numbers 10 and features 5 NHL Draft picks including first-round pick Brock Boeser. Get more details in this article from WDAZ.

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A Minnesota Invention, the Pontoon Boat is Redefining Modern Boating

  A phenomenon 64-years in the making, pontoon boats are evolving rapidly and changing the way we spend our days on the lake. This article from the Star Tribune has the history on the boat.

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What Happened to the Price of Ground Beef?

For five years, beef prices have been on the rise. In North Dakota, it’s a good news/bad news situation. In the grocery store, we’re paying more; on the ranch, we’re earning more. This article goes into some of the factors that are moving the market.

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