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Participation and Enthusiasm

She's Not from Around Here amy.allender@mydakotan.com MINOT— On Monday, I went to the Soggy Doggy Pool Paw-ty at Roosevelt Park Pool. My sons and I found seats on the bleachers to watch dogs jump from diving boards and wade in the kiddie pool. As I sat there, reveling in the wonderous thing it is to […]

by Amy Allender

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September 8, 2022

Voting booth (Photo: Charlene Nelson/The Dakotan)

Court Orders Term Limits on Ballot

ND high court orders term-limits measure on November ballot BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a ballot measure asking whether voters want term limits on the governor and legislators should be placed on the November ballot.Supporters of the measure asked the high court to compel a vote after Secretary of […]

by AP - The Dakotan

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September 7, 2022

What’s With All The Wallering?

Facts of Law In the Appalachian Mountains, where I grew up, to “waller” meant to lay around lazily and do nothing, like a pig in the mud. It’s a slang term for “wallow,” with a Southern twang. In North Dakota, “Waller” has taken a whole new meaning. The U.S. Supreme Court case of Waller v. […]

by Andrew Schultz

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September 7, 2022

King Kohlrabi

Provident Home Companion Charlene.nelson@mydakotan.com Three or four years ago, my husband's co-worker gave him two kohlrabi, two giant kohlrabi. Normally kohlrabi is about the size of an apple or orange, weighing about 6-10 ounces each. But these were huge, each one weighing twenty pounds! I would have expected them to be woody and not very […]

by Charlene Nelson

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September 5, 2022

Terrific explosion revisited…

Upside Down Under Marvin.baker@mydakotan.com Some locals in the Carpio area still talk about an explosion on a nearby farm that happened 100 years ago on Aug. 31. This was no ordinary explosion like you would think. It wasn’t gasoline and it wasn’t spontaneous combustion. This bomb went boom when 500 pounds of steam in a […]

by Marvin Baker

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September 4, 2022

When the uncommon occurs

Northern Celebrations It doesn’t seem possible but fall hunting seasons have arrived – too soon for those who haven’t been conditioning and training their four-legged hunting maniac in the cool hours of the day. Get out there in the short time before more hunting officially kicks off, especially considering early Canada goose and dove seasons […]

by Jonathan Starr

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September 3, 2022

Supreme Court Hears Petition Dispute

Deadline Approaches to Allow Terms Limits Measure on Ballot kim.fundingsland@mydakotan.com BISMARCK – The North Dakota Supreme Court heard the case Friday morning involving the rejection of thousands of signatures on petitions submitted to the Secretary of State. The petitions were to allow a term limits measure to be placed on the November general election ballot. […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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September 2, 2022

The Alphabet Chain - is it “M” for Monster???

Northern Celebrations Our family – my husband, myself, a brother-in-law, and nephew - have an alphabet chain of dog names for our Hunting Maniac Brittanys we’ve been blessed with over the years. We started the tradition innocently enough, naming our first dog Britt. It was a great call name in the field. And what else […]

by Jonathan Starr

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August 27, 2022

Prison for Murder Assistant

Whitney Racine Sentenced in Emotional Courtroom MINOT – Whitney Racine, 35, Minot, was sentenced to 18 months in the State Penitentiary during an appearance in a Minot courtroom Friday, August 26. Racine was arrested and charged with Facilitation of Murder-Extreme Indifference-Adult victim, on February 25, 2022. The charge is a level C felony, punishable by […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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August 26, 2022

ND Abortion Plan Halted

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion By DAVE KOLPACK Associated PressFARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge on Thursday again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs arguments from the state's lone abortion clinic that the law violates the state constitution.Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick granted […]