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Minot symphony musicians to tour northwest part of state

The Minot Symphony Orchestra, with the support of the Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation and the John and Elaine Andrist Family Trust, has announced its first ever outreach tour to northwest North Dakota. The organization will be represented by the SubZero Winds, a woodwind quintet ...

Voices of Note to present fall concert

Voices of Note will hold its annual fall concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Minot. The program will consist of traditional, secular and modern music. The choir is directed by Roberta Johnson, Sharon Strube and Nadine Holmly and is accompanied by Lori Wonnenberg on piano. ...

Woodcuts, poetry tour exhibited at Minot State’s Walter Piehl Gallery

The Northwest Arts Center, located on Minot State University’s campus, is hosting a woodcut exhibit titled “Artist + Muse” in the Walter Piehl Gallery through Nov. 25. It features woodcuts by Charles Beck from the Timothy Murphy Collection. This exhibit was organized by the Rourke Art ...

ZOO NEWS: No time for hibernating

Despite the incursion of this early winter weather, work throughout the zoo only seems to get busier. This is not because of the extreme cold, the layers of snow, or the time invested in training new staff, but in spite of it. Animal care takes on a whole new meaning when the windchill drops to ...

Dad remembering Halloween 1937

In 835 A.D., upon insistence from Pope Gregory III, Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, established November 1st as a day to honor saints. On Hallowtide (as the night before All Saints Day was known then) folks gathered around bonfires wearing costumes to ward off ghosts. Some stopped at homes ...

Futures File

Case of Mondays hits cattle February live cattle futures were limit down (-$6.75/hwt) on Monday, closing at $180.975/hwt. This move was a reaction to a bearish Cattle on Feed report the previous Friday afternoon that surprised analysts and traders with placements shown to be 106% of last ...