In Horace and Fargo, a quiet baking boom is rising right out of home kitchens. What started as a pandemic-era pastime has become a cottage-food movement, powered by sourdough starters, social media, and neighbors who love a good treat. At Kenzie’s Sourdough[...]
Month: November 2025
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On This Day | Cancel the Liberal Over Tolerating a Communist Idea on Campus
Either there are some desirable points about communism which we have overlooked or there is serious question as to the desirability of Mr. Frank continuing to occupy the position which he now holds. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Cancel the[...]
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On This Day | Small Acts of Gratitude in Hard Times
A creamery man was stricken speechless by gratitude. Watching a transient trying to get a fire started over which to boil a pot of coffee one cold windy day, the creamery man supplied dry [...]Read More... from On This Day | Small[...]
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On This Day | Natural Gas on the Way to Minot
It is a general hope that natural gas will soon be piped to Minot. A survey for the extension of a pipeline from Williston has been started and Minot will no doubt be supplied [...]Read More... from On This Day | Natural[...]
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On This Day | Dangerous Days
Adam Klein, a driver for a Bismarck bakery, was severely burned in the face Thursday evening while filling the radiator of a truck with alcohol. He is in a Bismarck hospital, undergoing treatment. Klein [...]Read More... from On This Day | Dangerous[...]
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On This Day | Building the Dam!
Pleasant: The beavers are busy building a dam near the Mary Hayes home. The dam is between 2 and 3 feet high. This dam is about two miles down the river from the dam [...]Read More... from On This Day | Building[...]
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Minot area transit primed to coordinate
Minot may be closer than ever to a more connected future in public transit — not by building something new, but by better linking what already exists. At a regional meeting this week, local and state leaders discussed ways to coordinate existing[...]
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Iowa doesn’t have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state’s abortion law contributing to the problem?
For Dr. Jonna Quinn, practicing medicine in her home state of Iowa once felt like a dream realized. But when hospital restrictions and new abortion laws began colliding with her oath to provide care, that dream unraveled. She joined a quiet exodus[...]
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Main Street Books under new ownership
For nearly two decades, Main Street Books has been more than a bookstore — it’s been a heartbeat of downtown Minot. Now, it’s turning the page. Longtime manager Lindsey Bertsch, who started at the shop as her first job back in 2012,[...]
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America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back
Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades,[...]
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Hotels are now the hottest real estate for converted housing
Across the country, the hotel room is getting a second life — as an apartment. A record number of buildings are being converted into housing, but this year, it’s hotels, not offices, leading the way. The reasons are both practical and economic:[...]
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Port: More problems from Auditor Josh Gallion’s office
Accountability depends on trust — especially when it comes to those tasked with keeping others honest. That’s the tension unfolding around State Auditor Josh Gallion, whose office is accused of altering a county’s audit response by adding words the officials didn’t write.[...]
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ND Development Fund approves $3.46 million for projects in Minot and Fargo
The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced today that four companies were approved for nearly $3.5 million in loan and investment funds through the North Dakota Development Fund Inc. (NDDF) during the third quarter of 2025. “Each investment we make through the[...]
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On This Day | Habits of Nature’s Annoyance
Fishermen have long known when fish bite best. Now the periods when mosquitoes bite best, or worst, have been revealed by entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture. There are mosquitoes that bite [...]Read More... from On This Day | Habits[...]
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On This Day | Our Responsibility
The U-Boats are rusty at Scapa Flow. No national enemy threatens. Only . . . smugness, coldness, indifference. They are insidious foes. Fortified by those symbols of a failing faith in American destiny, our [...]Read More... from On This Day | Our[...]
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On This Day | Private Public Transit Putting on Miles
One of the street busses, which is being operated by L. J. Smith of the City Garage, has traveled 185,000 miles and it appears good for as many more. This bus travels 165 miles [...]Read More... from On This Day | Private[...]