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Minot Public Schools is considering a plan that will move all district sixth graders into middle schools next year. Specifically, sixth graders at Bell School and Air Force Base elementary schools would be moved to Jim Hill and Memorial respectively. [...]
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If you haven’t heard, State Superintendent of Schools Kirsten Baesler was arrested over the weekend for an incident involving domestic violence. On Sunday evening, she released the following statement. “Early Sunday morning, Feb. 15, 2015, I was involved in a domestic incident at the Bismarck home of my fiancé, Todd Tschosik. An argument escalated to the [...]
Read & ShareMaking sure we’ve had the power we need to meet all the growth has meant a lot of new sources and transmission lines. This article outlines what one of our area power producers has been doing to meet the needs of a growing industry and population. [...]
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It turns out that the dirt, dust, hair and grime that comes with having a pet is actually good for us. The idea is that all those little imperfections help us build immunity to the right kind of bad cells. But you don’t have to take my word for it, there’s a video that explains [...]
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On Friday, residents in Max will be deciding on a nearly $8 million school expansion. [...]
Read & Share sourced from: KMOT NewsThe National Flood Insurance Program is $20 billion in debt, and large premium increases have some states looking to buy up and buy out their highest risk properties rather than continually. The article provides context for why flood insurance premiums are rising. [...]
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Deadlines and decisions related to the farm bill, a competition for auctioneers, and drones in the field. Catch all of them on this weeks edition of AgWeek. [...]
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Since 1990, monarch butterfly counts have shown a decrease by nearly a billion insects. Is this a canary in the coal mine? I don’t know, but I can say that I notice fewer of them around than in years past. More from the Washington Post. [...]
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Recent talk from industry experts on the oil field has been reserved but confident — we’re seeing a slow down, but the long-term picture is secure. Here’s a different story from a geologist with a proven track record who sees a slightly different future for the Bakken. [...]
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Oil field spills have been in the news recently, and Emily Guerin takes a look at North Dakota’s reporting policies and procedures. The article exposes some problematic practices that I have also noticed when trying to gather data from the Department of Mineral Resources website. [...]
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I’ve thought for several days now how I wanted to proceed regarding the survey on Minot’s City Council. Whether you participated or not, the results raise serious questions about our community. And while I have my opinion on what the results tell us, in a community like Minot — where we all know and trust [...]
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The City Council survey arose out of some research I did on the makeup of our City Council; it revealed this: compared to neighbor communities, Minot’s Council is quite large. Plus, over the past three election cycles (information further back was not as easily accessible), we’ve had few contested elections for Council seats. I presented [...]
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