I was out of state on vacation the week of July 4th. Upon my return, it was interesting to note an unprecedented media controversy involving the Ward County State’s Attorney’s office and Judge Stacey Louser. As a former Ward County Assistant State’s Attorney and a former criminal defense lawyer (including murder, attempted murder, and manslaughter),
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The battle over who pays what is an eternal one in government, and when it comes to housing inmates serving sentences the payor is often a matter of where the inmate is staying. Is it in a state correctional facility or a county one? And shifting policy as well as a lot of new beds
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The City of Moorhead is trying to figure out where they want to go, and they’re taking a novel approach to bringing forward ideas — they’re asking the citizens. Good ideas are always worth copying.
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The old mantra for the environmentally minded heading into the wilderness was, “take only pictures, leave only footprints”. But for a few, it seems that’s not good enough. The concept is called adventure stewardship, and the goal is to go out and have the fun recreationally but leave the environment better as a result. In
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The Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project (MREFPP) is a basin-wide concept. Most of the spending is focused in Minot and other small towns, but there are options for those in the rural reaches as well. KX News has the update on the StARR program designed to acquire, relocate, or build ring dikes around flood threatened
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Most of Netherlands is no more than a few feet above sea level, and they’ve suffered major floods many times throught the past hundred years. Sound familiar? They’re approach and experience with flood protection is worth noting as we move along here in Minot. The whole article is worth a read, but the pieces that
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With $330 million as our local cost for flood protection, there’s no distance too far to look when it comes to searching out good ideas that may tie into the project in some way. And though this idea isn’t directly related to saving life and property, it may be a way to enhance the project.
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This coming weekend will feature a number of events organized by Pride Minot as a part of their annual festival. Checkout the full news release below. — Official News Release, Pride Minot — Pride Minot, an organization to help strengthen and serve the LGBTQA+ population in Minot, will host its fifth annual Minot Pride Festival
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A collaborative effort between the Fargo Chamber and the North Dakota State School of Science is intended to help solve the area’s ongoing worker shortage problems. One goal of the program will be to better integrate high school students and coursework with post-secondary education offered through the State School of Sciences and other associate degree programs.
Read & Share sourced from: InForumWhen women run, they win just as often as men. But they don’t run as often. Follow the source link below and have a listen to a couple political operatives discuss why women aren’t running for political office.
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Fentanyl is one of the dangerously potent synthetic derivatives of heroin that seems to be now more-regularly cut with the drug to increase the bang users get for the buck. It’s an alarming market-based reaction fed by increasing demand. And that fact that it’s now found on the streets — even in places like Minot
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Wheat markets are in flux right now, and the price is on the rise. A late season snowstorm in Kansas, drought in North Dakota are all factors, but so too is the fact that there were fewer wheat acres planted this year than at any point since the government began tracking the information in 1919.
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The ice cream from Bottineau’s Pride Dairy is really good. Trying it is better, but if you want to read about it and what’s made them successful, this article from the Grand Forks Herald is a good place to start.
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The same geological history that produced North Dakota’s coal history may hold additional value in the form of rare earth elements essential to the electronics and defense industries. Extracting those elements is the challenge, but investment from several government agencies is refining the processes to determine the viability long-term. Jessica Holdman with the Bismarck Tribune
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The manner in which shop for groceries is evolving and there’s no better evidence than the opening of another food co-op in the state. Prairie Roots Food Co-op opened their doors in downtown Fargo yesterday. The member-owned business uses 5,600 square feet to provide organic and natural food, much of it locally sourced.
Read & Share sourced from: InForumOne of the remarkable aspects of Minot’s flood protection efforts is the fact that the basin-wide concept has thus far been successful at appeasing all the parties, both rural and urban. Thus far, the project is litigation free. That’s not the case on the other side of the state with the FM Diversion project. Frank
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