During the past year, more than half a million dollars worth of buildings were erected in the city of Minot, according to figures secured by the Independent. We have undoubtedly overlooked many of the [...]Read More... from On This Day | 1925[...]
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Temporal Anomalies and the Thermodynamics of Tuesday Takeout: A Field Study | Tuesday, December 31st
Listen, when the universe aligns three distinct opportunities for sustenance consumption with the arbitrary temporal milestone we call New Year’s Eve, you don’t question it – you embrace the chaos theory of culinary exploration. At Atypical, they’re literally paying you to save[...]
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Huge natural gas processing plant secures final permits for North Dakota site
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has approved the final permits for a major natural gas processing plant in northwest North Dakota. In December, the Department of Environmental Quality issued a pollution discharge permit and the agency’s Division of Air Quality[...]
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How Minimum Lot Size Requirements Maximize the Housing Crisis
Imagine a city where homes are attainable, communities are vibrant, and frustrating commutes are a thing of the past. This vision can be a reality if we rethink outdated zoning laws, and one of the biggest offenders is the section that creates[...]
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City promotes open records law change
Navigating the tricky terrain of public transparency versus privacy, Minot city officials are pressing for changes to North Dakota’s open records law. Their recent experience with the high-profile internal police investigation highlights the need for confidentiality in certain personnel matters. City Manager[...]
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Resolved to Community in 2025!
Grand Forks Herald Columnist Jenny Schlect takes us along on her journey through the holiday season — simple joys and stress included. Along the way, she stops off with a story of a remarkable woman who made a lasting difference in her[...]
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Ukraine in 2024 & Resisting American News Fatigue
Editor’s Note: If you have news fatigue, the circumstances of the world and Ukraine are no doubt contributing to it. The urge to “tune out” is tempting; it also comes with a price. Our ammunition against an uncertain future is knowing; it[...]
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Strong Towns Movement Taking Root in Fargo
Meet Zachary Taylor, an electrical engineering student at NDSU with a vision for Fargo’s streets. Alongside his team at Strong Towns Fargo, Zachary advocates for a city where streets aren’t just for cars but for people—pedestrians, cyclists, and families seeking connection. In[...]
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On This Day | Monday, December 30th
On this day in 1853, the Gadsden Purchase was finalized, in which the United States acquired approximately 29,670 square miles of land from Mexico, facilitating the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad and resolving border disputes. On this day in 1953, RCA[...]
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On This Day | The Old-Fashioned Home
We may safely rejoice that material welfare has thus advanced. Man's attitude toward, and action in life has not gone wrong -- it is but changing to meet new conditions. Attractions outside the home [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | New Fire Truck Ordered
The purchase of this equipment, together with the contemplated addition to members of the fire department will have a tendency to reduce the city's insurance rates, thus paying for the truck several times over [...]Read More... from On This Day | New[...]
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On This Day | Looking Forward, Too Good To Be True, Hygge, and the 51st State
There is something cozy about a North Dakota snowstorm and every North Dakotan know it. The fire crackles more cheerfully, the warmth of the home is more appreciated. The degrees of the storm, whether [...]Read More... from On This Day | Looking[...]
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On This Day | Too Good To Be True
The swindle, in general, takes the form of letters from unknown correspondents in Spain, claiming kinship, and asking for help for a young and beautiful daughter, whose father writes from prison. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Too Good To Be[...]
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On This Day | Goals for Minot in 1927!
Nature did so much to make Minot a beautiful city. Man's efforts to build a city will accomplish more by cooperating with and supplementing what nature has done. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Goals for Minot in 1927!
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A Matter of Business and Tradition | Monday, December 30th
Let me tell you something about respect. I was walking down North Broadway today, thinking about how a man builds his reputation in a city like this. The Blue Rider – now there’s an establishment that understands the old ways. They make[...]
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In Verse: These Ladies Bring The King
(a bit of a Gospel tune) According to St Luke Norah Jones–The Last Month of The Year Tamar what are you doing with the family jewels?old Judah, no lion, Judah,save us from these old sad fools these Ladies bring the King and so I[...]