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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 […]
by Jonathan Starr
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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

Minot Public Schools Realignment Project

Bond election set for December 7 “It will be very serviceable and a very nice building,” said Mark Vollmer, Minot Public Schools Superintendent, in response to a citizen’s question about renovation plans for the Cognizant Building on Minot’s northwest edge. The building, which Vollmer called a $14 million structure, was gifted to Minot Public Schools […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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October 27, 2021

Heating Prices to Soar

Big increases coming for propane and natural gas This one hurts, standing out at a time when inflation is striking from all directions. Add this to the increased cost of gasoline, groceries, automobiles, and just about anything money can buy. A big hike in heating prices, natural gas and propane, will be vividly evident for […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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October 26, 2021

Transparency Concerns at North Prairie Regional Water District

MINOT—An unexpected rate increase in rural water prices last December has led one local business owner to start digging into the practices of the North Prairie Regional Water District (NPRWD). The deeper she digs, the more concerned she has gotten about what she perceives to be an extreme lack of transparency Crystal Hendrickson, a Nedrose […]
by Greg Demme
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October 26, 2021

Tioga Grassroots Event Enthralls Crowd

TIOGA - The Sons of Liberty based in Tioga sponsored a “Freedom Fest” at the Tioga Community Center on Saturday, October 23rd. Featured speakers were District 2 GOP Chairman, Justin LaBar, Rep. Sebastian Ertelt (R-Dis. 26), and Rep. Jeff Hoverson (R-Dis. 3). Despite skepticism about the need for such events expressed by the Tioga Tribune […]
by Nicole Skabo
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October 25, 2021

Troops opposed to the COVID-19 vax can get a waiver, but they're rare

The clock is ticking for service members to get their COVID-19 vaccines, as all of the services have set deadlines before the end of the year for active-duty and most reserve troops. Fewer than 10 percent of the active-duty force . . . [Read the rest of this article on Air Force Times]
by The Dakotan
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October 24, 2021

Fun in the Field

Hometown Heroes Outdoors With a broad and friendly smile on his face, the big Marine extended a long arm and, with a firm handshake, summed up what the morning was all about. “Semper fi, buddy,” said Don Rowell, Anoka, Minnesota, while shaking the hand of Larry Verraneault, Minot. The two Marines had never met before […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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October 24, 2021

Legislative Leader on Redistricting

Expectations for upcoming session MINOT – North Dakota’s 47 legislative districts are about to get a new look, a realignment made necessary following the latest census. The state’s districts are required to have reasonably equal populations to ensure that all state citizens are equally represented at the capitol. A special redistricting committee has come up […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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October 24, 2021

Vanishing Districts

Three voting districts in North Dakota are about to disappear. That is, if proposed redistricting that reconfigures voting alignments meets with the approval of legislators. The matter will be taken up when the state’s legislators return to Bismarck November 8 for a maximum four-day session. Can entire voting districts really disappear? How is that possible? […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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October 24, 2021
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