For the Farmer: Honor Memorial Day

This spring has farmers frustrated to no end. If the spring planting conditions have you down, take this time to focus on a pleasant and worthwhile distraction. Think about those who served and gave all for their country. I want to use this opportunity, with Memorial Day less than one week away, to share with […]
by Charlie Adams
May 24, 2022
In the Opinion of Michael Connelly

Letter to the Editor

TIF for 8 years was voted on [May 20] in a 4-1 vote. I have received several phone calls since yesterday. One caller indicated that one of the commissioners asked a question or made a statement not even pertaining to the Big M Building. Another caller said I have never participated in politics, but I […]
by Jonathan Starr
May 23, 2022

Burgum, GOP Party Leaders Weigh in on Races

North Dakota has had a significant population increase in the last 10 years, leading to the 2021 legislature drawing new boundaries for legislative districts. This redistricting created a sort of musical chairs as several legislators found themselves residing in a new district or saw significant changes to their old district boundaries. State law directs the […]
by Charlene Nelson
May 23, 2022

NODAK Speedway Kicks Off 2022 Season

MINOT — It only took three weeks, but mother nature decided to play along and let the NODAK Speedway kick off the 2022 dirt racing season Sunday. All five of the speedways regular car classes and drivers took to the track. The April blizzard and recent rain made track preparation extremely difficult for track volunteers. […]
by Tayton Hjelmstad
May 23, 2022

Game and Fish Briefs

Scholarships Available for Students The North Dakota Game Wardens Association, Ray Goetz Memorial Fund, and Report All Poachers are sponsoring two $600 scholarships for graduating high school seniors or current higher education students interested in majoring in wildlife law enforcement or a related field. Applicants must be North Dakota residents, be in good academic standing […]
by The Dakotan
May 23, 2022

Time to Store Water

In times of emergency, water is an essential concern. Water is not only essential to good health and hygiene, it is quite often the first thing to be affected by natural disaster. The water supply may be interrupted because of tornado, flooding, extreme weather or a power outage that affects water delivery. Or water may […]
by Charlene Nelson
May 23, 2022

Hometown Heroes

Dueling Derbies in the Wind COLEHARBOR — Oh my did the wind blow! Gusty and nasty, but not so harsh to keep stout veterans from venturing onto the water. Fortunately, they were rewarded for their perseverance. Hometown Heroes staged a fishing event on Lake Audubon on May 14. The wind was blowing hard at sunrise […]
by Kim Fundingsland
May 22, 2022

Upside Down Under: Five years in the making…

It was recently announced that the North Dakota Department of Transportation has OK’d a major road construction project that will turn U.S. Highway 52, from the Canadian border at Portal, all the way to Carrington, into a “super 2,” which means strategic passing lanes will be added. Since April of 2008, there’s been a push […]
by Marvin Baker
May 22, 2022

Fatal Crash Near Drayton

***Updated at 9:45 p.m. to include names of victims in crash*** The North Dakota Highway Patrol said that a man died in a head on collision near Drayton on Friday evening. According to the NDHP, Gregory Emanuelson, 65, was driving an Expedition westbound on Highway 66, and in entering the eastbound lane, hit a Jeep, […]
by Lydia Hoverson
May 21, 2022

Northern Celebrations: They’re back – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service welcomes visitors with two special upcoming events

Only a 2011 historic flood and two-year pandemic kept Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) from hosting Special Needs Fishing Day each June. While that same pandemic halted Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery’s annual Memorial Day weekend Hatchery Fun Day for two years, both activities are back and hosts are welcoming people once again. Hatchery […]
by Jonathan Starr
May 21, 2022

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