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Month: November 2025
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On This Day | The Farm Bureau Supports…
American and the free nations left in the world face the most decisive moments in history. Never has freedom been more challenged. We, in the United States, must accept overwhelming responsibilities if we are [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | The Most Magnificent Institution
By and large, over the nation, the American educational system – its plant, its direction, its personnel and its students form collectively the most magnificent institution for human progress that the world has ever [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Tragedy on the Big Lake
Tragedy struck three Minot homes Monday when three men were drowned in the Snake Creek arm of the Garrison Reservoir. High winds up to 60 miles per hr. which hit the area swept up [...]Read More... from On This Day | Tragedy[...]
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On This Day | Winning at Making Ourselves Better
For the second year in a row, Minot was named winner of the Class “A” award in the North Dakota Community Betterment Contest, and was the only repeat winner. Minot’s projects for the 1960 [...]Read More... from On This Day | Winning[...]
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On This Day | A Partnership Emerges in Pictures
WHEN THE claxon sounds, there’s no waiting. Every second counts as crewmen sprint to waiting vehicles and race to their jobs getting SAC’s massive monsters positioned for retaliation. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Partnership Emerges in Pictures
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On This Day | A Partnership Emerges
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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If History Repeats, At Least We’ll Be Surprised Again
I recently completed reading the book 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin. In October of 1929, the American stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. In 1929, the stock market was at an all-time high. Today, the stock market is again around[...]
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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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North Dakota abortion ban deemed constitutional in split opinion from state Supreme Court
North Dakota’s near-total abortion ban will remain in place after the state Supreme Court, in a 3–2 split, fell one vote short of the supermajority needed to strike it down. The majority found the law unconstitutionally vague, but that view was not[...]
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Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports, YMCA merging missions to expand services to the Minot area
Minot’s YMCA is entering a new chapter, joining forces with Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports in a merger aimed at strengthening community health and expanding inclusive services. Prairie Grit will take over ownership and operations of the facility, while keeping the Y’s fitness[...]
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Trump has another peace plan for Ukraine — but this time is different
President Trump has given Ukraine until November 27 to accept a sweeping peace proposal that would hand Russia the entire Donbas region—including areas Ukraine still controls—and freeze the war along current lines. The 28-point plan, negotiated largely without European input, would cap[...]
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November 2025 Director’s Cut – September 2025 Production
North Dakota’s oil production remained resilient in September, averaging 1,165,903 barrels per day—1.38% above the state’s revenue forecast of 1,150,000 barrels per day. The figures represent a modest 0.43% decline from August’s production of 1,170,890 barrels per day. The Bakken and Three[...]
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Tyson Foods will stop calling its beef ‘net zero’ and ‘climate smart’ after lawsuit from environmental group
Tyson Foods is stepping back from some of its boldest environmental claims after settling a lawsuit with the Environmental Working Group. The company has agreed to halt references to “net zero” and “climate-smart” beef for five years, following allegations that its marketing[...]
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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[...]