BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded 15 grants totaling over $2.5 million to promote the development, cultivation, production and sales of specialty crops in North Dakota. “North Dakota is already a leading producer of several specialty crops, such as dry[...]
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How Google’s Rapid Innovation Team uses AI to quickly solve governments’ problems
Governments are often criticized for moving too slowly, but a new approach is changing that. Google Public Sector’s Rapid Innovation Team is working with agencies to design custom AI prototypes in weeks, not years — tackling everything from subway safety in New[...]
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The art of asking questions
Kids are natural question-askers — but somewhere between preschool and adulthood, that instinct fades. In the workplace especially, curiosity often gets mistaken for weakness or defiance, leaving leaders reluctant to ask or entertain questions. Author Warren Berger argues the opposite: that good[...]
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The Ward County Commission Election Process is Broken. Let’s Fix It!
It’s time to do away with the County Commission primary process completely. Because, what’s the point? What does it accomplish besides making it more expensive to run for office and confusing voters? [...]Read More... from The Ward County Commission Election Process is[...]
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Minot’s School Budget Crunch Not Unique
In the wake of Minot Public Schools grappling with potential closures of two elementary schools due to budget constraints, a similar scenario is unfolding in Iowa City. The school district there is deliberating on how to cut costs by $7.5 million over[...]
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Road Trip Reflections & Minot’s Path to Progress
A couple of years ago I brought a car back from Florida. I used the trip as an opportunity to see how Minot measured up. I wanted to see how we compared to other places. I didn’t have a lot of time,[...]
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ND Game & Fish Releases New Outdoor Mobile App
Need a last-minute fishing license? Want to double-check the law while you’re out in the field? North Dakota Game and Fish has developed a mobile to make both and a whole lot more easier. Check out the video below to get the[...]
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With Gardening Decisions on the Horizon, One Variety Peas Outperforms the Others
There is nothing better than eating fresh peas in the garden. You pop open a pea pod and the green pearls inside are as sweet as candy. At North Dakota State University, we have worked with hundreds of families to identify the[...]
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10 things to know about how social media affects teens’ brains
Kids today are among the first generation of humans to grow up with social media as a dominant factor in their lives. After hundreds of thousands of years of evolving and adapting to the natural world, we’re now dealing with the challenges[...]
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Minot City Council Agenda, February 21, 2023
Minot’s City Council will meet Tuesday, February 21, at 5:30 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The following agenda will be considered. Minot City Council meetings are live-streamed through the City’s Youtube Channel found here. The meeting will consider the agenda[...]
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Architecture Firm plans to revitalize oft-ignored corner of downtown Fargo
What does it take to turn a blighted empty building into a productive space again? In Fargo, an architecture firm is answering the questions with a simple answer — vision. Craftwell Architecture and Construction is a Fargo firm in the process of[...]
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City Presents Comprehensive Plan at Open House
The City of Minot has been working on its 2040 Comprehensive Plan for the past year. It’s a significant document that will inform decisions and the direction of the community for many years. And on Wednesday, the public got a chance to[...]
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State Legislature a step closer to Stripping Fargo of Local Control Over Voting
For the past several election cycles, Fargo has had a unique challenge — lots of candidates. It resulted in elections being won with small percentages of votes. To address the issue, the City switched to ‘approval voting’; it’s a system whereby voters[...]
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Minnesota company is finding success building apartment homes on an assembly line
There are a lot of ways to deliver more affordable housing into our communities, and one Minnesota company, Rise Modular, is doing it through efficiency of design and construction. They build modular apartment buildings that are built in a factory, shipped to[...]
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These 4 Communities Are Leading the Way in Making Their Places Stronger
When it comes to places, the Bismarcks, and Minots of the world are more alike than they are different. We struggle in the same ways, we copy each others ideas, and the results we get leave little to get excited about. It’s[...]
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Fargo scraps curbside glass recycling
What does it make sense to recycle? That’s not an answer under control of municipalities with recycling programs, because it depends on what the MRFs (material recovery facilities) will accept. And the Minneapolis-based MRF Fargo sends their recycling to is no longer[...]