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NDIT, MHA Nation partner to increase cybersecurity

BISMARCK -- North Dakota Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley announced this past week a memorandum of understanding between the State of North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) department and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation to provide managed security services for the purpose of protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of tribal information systems and data. The partnership was made possible by House Bill 1417, which was approved last year by the 67th Legislative Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Doug Burgum. The new law allows NDIT to enter ...

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Wildest week for wheat market Most of the world is becoming aware of our dependence on Ukrainian wheat. The price of wheat has encountered record volatility this past week. Severe drought problems, along with the Russian invasion, have many grain analysts predicting Ukraine will be unable to harvest their winter crop and then unable to plant their spring crop. A rumor China might be asking Russia to enable wheat farming to continue caused a temporary dip, reflecting some of the market’s sensitivity. Friday’s announcement from President Biden the U.S. would join other G7 nations ...

Ackerman-Estvold hires environmental specialist

Zeb Pulkinen has joined the Ackerman-Estvold Minot office as an environmental specialist. Pulkinen graduated from Minot State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in geology. Pulkinen is also trained as a civil engineering technician, with an understanding of construction plans and inspection. He will have a focus on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and will provide environmental expertise on a variety of projects throughout the region.

First Western announces staff changes

First Western Bank & Trust has announced recent position changes among staff. Melanie Hogue has accepted the position of mortgage loan originator in the Minot Region. She has been with First Western since 2017, most recently serving as a consumer lender II. Mark Medalen has accepted the position of mortgage loan originator in Minot. He started at First Western in January 2021 as a Trust Department intern. Medalen graduated from Minot State University in the spring of 2021 with a degree in finance. In June 2021, he accepted a full-time position as a consumer lender. Mike Elm, ...

New director named for Carrington Research Extension Center

CARRINGTON — Mike Ostlie has been appointed director of North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center. Ostlie has been a research agronomist at CREC since 2012. His research program focused on novel approaches to improving crop management in the Great Plains for increased productivity in the region. “I look forward to serving in this new role to foster innovative programming and research, build new relationships in the ag sector and increase our efforts to support our rural communities,” Ostlie said. The CREC is one of seven RECs that are part of the ...

New providers join Behavioral Health Services team

Trinity Health has added two providers to its Behavioral Health Services team. Bobbie Buseth, PMHNP-BC, is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a member of Trinity’s outpatient behavioral health staff at Trinity Health Riverside. A graduate of the Dakota College at Bottineau and Williston State College nursing programs, she earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Mary, Bismarck. She worked as an RN in long term care, pediatric, primary care, and inpatient psychiatry settings before completing her Master of Science in mental health nursing from ...