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Seasonal Weather Through Fall 

El Nino Influence to Follow  All signs point to warmer winter, with less than usual snowfall, for the Minot area and all of North Dakota. That the prognostication of the forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center.  Once a month the CPC issues their latest seasonal weather outlooks. While long-range weather predictions are not absolute, they […]
by Kim Fundingsland
July 27, 2023

Warm Start to Week 

Storms Possible Tuesday  The National Weather service says North Dakota, particularly the western half of the state, can expect temperatures Monday ranging from the upper 80s to upper 90s. The warm temperatures are expected to continue through mid-week.  With the heat comes an increased chance of thunderstorms, with the greatest possibility Tuesday afternoon through the […]
by The Dakotan
July 24, 2023

Pronghorn Licenses Cut, Season Set

ND Game and Fish Apply Online North Dakota’s 2023 pronghorn hunting season is set, with 420 licenses available in eight units. Bruce Stillings, big game management supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said license numbers are down significantly from last year, when the department allocated 1,970 licenses in 17 units. “A limited […]
by The Dakotan
July 24, 2023

Drought Creep in State 

Forecast Heating Up  MINOT – Drought conditions worsened slightly across much of North Dakota from a week ago. That’s according to thye weekly release of the U.S. Drought Monitor.  While increasingly dry conditions in the state are not unusual at this time of year, it is an indicator closely watched by farming and livestock interests […]
by Kim Fundingsland
July 20, 2023

El Nino Expected 

Advisory Issued  The Climate Prediction Center concludes that “El Nino conditions are present and expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24.”  El Nino is, basically, a warming of equatorial sea surface temperatures across the east-central and eastern Pacific Ocean for an extended period of time. With those conditions having been met, and […]
by Kim Fundingsland
July 7, 2023

Favorable Holiday Weather  

Hot Weekend, Pleasant 4th of July  BISMARCK – The weather should be more than agreeable this weekend and through the Fourth of July holiday, especially for the northern half of the state.  Ken Simosko, National Weather Service meteorologist in Bismarck, summed up the weekend and holiday weather outlook for the Minot area.  “It’ll be a […]
by Kim Fundingsland
June 30, 2023

New Opportunities at New High School  

CDL, Childcare Learning, Community Facility  MINOT – The “other building” at the city’s new Sentinel High School will offer some unique learning opportunities for students and the community.  Construction continues on the former Cognizant building, which was gifted to Minot Public Schools and, following a bond issue approved by voters, is being renovated to be […]
by Kim Fundingsland
June 26, 2023

Pheasant Crowing Counts Up

ND Game and Fish Department The number of roosters heard crowing during the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2023 spring pheasant crowing count survey was up 30% statewide from last year. “We documented increased production for most of the state during 2022 brood routes compared to the last couple years, and we also confirmed […]
by The Dakotan
June 22, 2023

Forecast Favors Normal Weather for ND 

July Through September Outlook  Long-range weather forecasters are in the business of generalizing weather trends, not the day-to-day temperature, wind, or rainfall forecasts. But darn if they aren’t fairly reliable overall.  The latest 3-month weather outlook issued by the Climate Prediction Center, for July through September, calls for a greater than normal chance of above-normal […]
by Kim Fundingsland
June 22, 2023

Minot State names Brekhus as director of alumni engagement

MINOT, N.D. – Minot State University is pleased to announce 2012 graduate Courtenay Brekhus has been named the University’s director of alumni engagement. Brekhus, who earned degrees in athletic training and corporate fitness, has served as a wellness specialist and assistant director for the Minot State Wellness Center for the past 11 years. She will […]
by The Dakotan
June 19, 2023
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