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ND Christmas tree farmers see demand rise

The price of artificial Christmas trees is climbing this year—tariffs have pushed many stores to raise prices—and that shift is sending more families back to tree farms. For Mary Podoll, one of North Dakota’s few Christmas tree growers, the uptick in demand[...]

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On This Day | A Norman Rockwell Christmas

Great interest is being taken in the Community Christmas tree which will be shown at the corner of Main street and Third avenue South, for one week beginning Friday night, Xmas eve. A joint chorus from the city will sing the Christmas[...]

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In Verse: In the Wind

-- From December, 1990's A Ballad -- In honor of The Good Lovies—Under The Mistletoe“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” Big moon hanging in the skyBig and white in the black nightScattered snow is blowing roundAnd the earth hums with the sound Just[...]

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Ministering to the Oil Boomers

Over the last month all the news about the oil boom has centered around the price of oil, but it's easy to forget that what's happening in North Dakota right now is just as much a human story. Here's a nice piece[...]

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Bishop Ryan Embraces the Spirit of the Season

Students at Bishop Ryan High have figured out what this Christmas thing is all about and both students and staffed teamed up and competed to raise money for the Minot Area Homeless Coalition.