Ninety seconds of explosive action last Thursday proved the ability and readiness of the 4136th Strategic Wing alert crews to 25 Minot community leaders. The group headed by Mayor Maurice Harrington and City Manager [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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Prairie Fare: When popcorn hits the floor — The 5-second rule revisited
Will she or won’t she? I thought to myself. I continued assembling my flute and arranging my music on a stand for our concert. The aroma and sound of popcorn filled the room. As the concert attendees enjoyed their boxes of the[...]
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‘I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes’: Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First
Wolves are known for their instincts, not for using tools—but new footage from coastal British Columbia challenges that assumption. Researchers documenting an invasive crab eradication effort discovered a female wolf methodically retrieving a submerged trap: swimming to the buoy, hauling the line[...]
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On This Day | The Old Argument
IT’S THE DRIVER . . . It isn’t the car that belongs to whine when forced to stop for an old stop sign — It’s the driver. It isn’t the car that will take [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Legislative Education Credits
More than 100 North Dakota legislators and legislator-elect are expected to take up residence in Walsh Hall, men’s dormitory, early Friday (Nov. 23). Registration will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Legislative Education Credits
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On This Day | A Thanksgiving Prayer
Again, dear Lord, with thankful heart We greet the day long set apart To offer thanks and render praise To Thee who numbers all our days. We thank Thee for the unsung things That [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | The Unsung Advocates We Rarely See and Quickly Forget
And is the case of so many dedicated workers, few folks will ever know or understand the full scope of Fredrickson’s accomplishments, catalogued. But we do know that we don’t think they will ever [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Europe Stay Out!
The American continents . . . henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. . . We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing [...]Read More... from On This Day | Europe[...]
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On This Day | The Oldest Team
The oldest incorporated trade association in the country, the United States Brewers Association, was organized in 1862 . . . [...]Read More... from On This Day | The Oldest Team
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On This Day | 165 Students Make the “Music Man”
Thursday, November 21, some one hundred and sixty-five Minot high school students will either be “on stage” or “behind the scenes” for the opening night’s production of Meredith Wilson’s “Music Man.” [...]Read More... from On This Day | 165 Students Make the[...]
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On This Day | An Iconic Opening (that raises a question)
A hearty thanks to each and every one of you who visited us during our grand opening celebration and helped make it the great success it was! [...]Read More... from On This Day | An Iconic Opening (that raises a question)
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On This Day | Safe Assurances
Both the food industry and the government are out to assure, or reassure, the American public that the food it eats is safe and uncontaminated—or, at least, that strenuous and highly successful efforts are [...]Read More... from On This Day | Safe[...]
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Small town forms ‘journalism trust’ to solicit donations, keep its local newspaper going
Small-town newspapers rarely make headlines, but in Pawnee County, Nebraska, the fate of one is stirring a community into action. Five years after retiring, Ron and Bev Puhalla returned to rescue the Pawnee Republican from closure. Now, with time catching up and[...]
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Watch: How To Clean Pheasants!
For many North Dakota hunters, the work doesn’t end when the pheasant hits the ground—it continues with proper handling, identification, and care once the bird is in hand. A new instructional segment from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department walks hunters[...]
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Rough Cuts: Theodore Roosevelt’s Brooklyn speech printed in The Dickinson Press
A century-old newspaper clip from The Dickinson Press is offering a fresh look at Theodore Roosevelt in his own words — part cowboy, part statesman, and fully engaged in the debates of his day. In a 1916 speech delivered in Brooklyn, Roosevelt[...]
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On This Day | The Price of a North Dakota Barrel and Area Prospecting
In a move prompted by price cuts on competing crude oils, Indiana Oil Purchasing Company announced a reduction of 20 cents per barrel in the price it offers for North Dakota crude, effective at [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]