The car used was forty feet long, ten feet wide and thirteen feet high. It is said that such a car can easily travel 100 miles an hour in comparative safety. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Monorail Monorail Monorail!
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On This Day | Alarmed by Outmigration
Sweden is becoming greatly alarmed over the emigration of her sons and an effort is being made to make conditions such they they will not want to leave the old country. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Alarmed by Outmigration
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On This Day | Local Spending Comes Back Again
... had always gotten satisfactory work at satisfactory princes in Minot and desire to continue to give the local pinteries their work, realizing that a dollar spent here for printing would more than likely [...]Read More... from On This Day | Local[...]
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On This Day | Female Skaters Beware!
According to the Scientific American, roller skating has a serious effect on our young people, noticeably upon girls. It has been demonstrated that one of the effects of roller skates is to make flat [...]Read More... from On This Day | Female[...]
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On This Day | Minot’s First Church Turns 25!
Perhaps Erik R. Ramstad's house on the present site of the Great Northern Round house and Peter Ramstad's house just east of present city limits were the one most frequently used as meeting places. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Minot’s[...]
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The best science images of 2024!
Take a moment to explore a wonderous world exposed through moments of photographic brilliance. The full story is freely accessible through Nature.com at the link below. [...]Read More... from The best science images of 2024!
‘It’s Hell for the Fish’: The US Has a Billion-Dollar Plan to Halt a Carp Invasion
Standing on a breezy bridge in Joliet, Illinois, Scott Whitney isn’t just testing the wind; he’s unveiling a fortress of aquatic defense. Meet the “gauntlet,” a strategically engineered, half-mile-long underwater obstacle course designed to thwart invasive carp from breaching further into Lake[...]
Outside Perspective: What guides the City of Regina’s snow-clearing budget and storm response?
As winter grips Regina, the city has boosted its snow-clearing budget to $10.6 million. But what happens when a snowstorm blankets streets with that familiar, frosty cover? The City’s strategy for plowing roads is a carefully choreographed dance. Major routes are prioritized,[...]
Watch: Fighting the Flames: North Dakota’s historic October wildfires, a mini-documentary
October brought more than changing leaves to North Dakota—it unleashed unprecedented wildfires that tore through the western part of the state, reshaping landscapes and lives. Ferocious winds, drought, and dry air conspired in a rare, devastating symphony, igniting over 110,000 acres and[...]
NDNA leader says USPS still having delivery issues for newspapers
When the lifeline connecting North Dakota’s newspapers and their readers falters, it’s more than just paper and ink caught in the middle. According to Cecile Wehrman, president of the North Dakota Newspaper Association, the U.S. Postal Service’s ongoing delivery woes have left[...]
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Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu
On the fringes of California’s dairy country, where copper-hued mountains frame sprawling farms, a silent threat looms: bird flu. Already devastating the state’s poultry and dairy industries, this highly pathogenic virus has jumped from wild birds to cows, with alarming implications for[...]
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Today in Minot | Dec 15, 2024
Today is Sunday, December 15th. The sun will rise on the 85th day of fall, and the 350th day of the year at 8:30 AM. We will see 8 hours 21 minutes of daylight before it sets at 4:51 PM. See What's[...]
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On This Day | December 15
On this day, we got our rights. They later led to a movie that that isn't "Gone" at all. It was a good day for towers. In Minot, we were proud of helping new citizens, we were instructed on how to run[...]
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On This Day | Pride in Educating New Citizens
The night schools everywhere are doing great good. Foreigners are given an opportunity to learn to read and write. With night schools held about the state, it will be but a short time until [...]Read More... from On This Day | Pride[...]
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On This Day | A Prescient Position On Many Levels
Our own state has carried on extensive experiments and the government has carried out the work of experimentation to a considerable extent. The Independent believes that the government should bear the cost of these [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | How to Run Whiskey
Frequently they trade stolen cars for whiskey, sometimes that turn over American money and frequently issue bad checks. Joe's partners lost $20,000.00 worth of whiskey through poor checks. [...]Read More... from On This Day | How to Run Whiskey