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Jonathan Starr

Serving His Country

By helping veterans WASHBURN -- With the passing of another Veterans Day honoring past and present military service members across America, people like Todd Schreiner make assisting veterans their life’s work. Schreiner is McLean County’s Veterans Service Officer (VSO). He and others in his position across North Dakota and the country are the link between […]
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November 12, 2021

Small Town Traditions

Veterans Day People in large cities and small towns alike paused on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month once again in 2021 to honor military veterans. It’s a special time when many Americans pay tribute to those who sacrificed – and those who continue to do so – for our […]
by Jonathan Starr
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November 12, 2021

"An Idea Guy"

Dick Messerly Nearly 30 years ago, Dick Messerly stood at Fort Stevenson State Park’s de Trobriand Bay Marina and looked out at a vast expanse of heavy vegetation.   It should have been a vast expanse of water with boats moored along dock slips. However, it was 1992 in the midst of a multi-year drought hammering […]
by Jonathan Starr
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November 9, 2021

Mask Protest Outside Fargo Cass Public Health

FARGO--On Wednesday, Nov. 3, approximately 50 parents and 7 children spent their lunch hour standing outside Fargo Cass Public Health (FCPH) to protest its direction to the Fargo Public School (FPS) to mask all children. FPS parents Cassie Schmidt, Allie Ollenburger, and Brooke Voight organized the protest. The event focused on FCPH’s use of federal […]
by Jonathan Starr
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November 7, 2021

Numbers Don't Add Up In Fargo Masking Policy

As of Nov. 1, West Fargo Public Schools (WFPS) has 12,208 students and a 0.75% Active Positive Student COVID Case Rate. Fargo Public Schools (FPS) has 11,105 students and a 0.9% Active Positive Student COVID Case Rate. Yet, the two schools have drastically different policies. FPS is masking children, but WFPS is not.  FPS’s website […]
by Jonathan Starr
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November 1, 2021

Gate Greet Reminds MAFB Personnel Not To Drink & Drive

Got Halloween party plans? If you plan on consuming alcoholic beverages, then your plan should include a designated driver. Volunteers from the Minot AFB chapter of AADD (Airmen Against Drunk Driving) were at the front gates of the base this morning at 6 a.m. with signs and candy to remind drivers passing through the gates […]
by Jonathan Starr
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October 29, 2021

Minot Job Corps Employee Fired for Declining COVID Injection

Jewell Hamilton, Minot resident, had her writ of mandamus against Governor Doug Burgum denied by the North Dakota Supreme Court (NDSC) earlier this month. According to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, a writ of mandamus is “an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their […]
by Jonathan Starr
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October 28, 2021
In the Opinion of Michael Connelly

It's Time to Stand Up for Our Kids

I walk by the picture probably 50 times a day. It’s framed on my kitchen wall—an aproned mother hen, hands on hips, looking down at the small yellow chicks gathered at her feet. The group is flanked by five words, all caps: “I’M THE MOMMY, THAT’S WHY!” Parents, it’s time we reclaim this truth.  Over […]
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October 27, 2021

Funeral Home Helps Honor Guard

“It just really gives them an advantage of what they are going to see out there when they perform a service,” according to Mark Roth, one of the owners of Thomas Family Funeral Home. Roth and Memorial Monuments, a monument company serving 10 states in the northern and northwestern U.S., were able to help the […]
by Jonathan Starr
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October 27, 2021

The Dakotan - We Bring You the Truth

In a world filled with news organizations, why would we need one more? Because the news that you are receiving every day is polarized. News organizations used to pride themselves on bringing you the truth, which included researching both sides of an issue. But the obvious polarization of even our largest, and once dependable, news […]
by Jonathan Starr
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October 24, 2021
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