TIOGA -- A student-run Pirate Branch of The Bank of Tioga opened at Central Elementary in Tioga Oct. 29. The student bank is designed to introduce the economic concept of saving money at an early age and reinforce this idea throughout the elementary, middle, and high school curriculum, ...
Dr. Jaime Haaland; Tina Elzea, Gate City Bank; Kacey Cope, Spicy Pie; Skylynn Saari, Perkins Restaurant; Virginia Pope, Walmart Supercenter; Gus Kruse, Trinity Health. The Eagle program is sponsored by the Chamber to recognize workers in Minot who exhibit superior customer service.
Shareholders have approved a merger proposal bringing together two Farm Credit organizations serving Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. AgCountry Farm Credit Services and Farm Credit Services of North Dakota will merge under the name AgCountry Farm Credit Services, beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The merged organization will operate in 82 counties throughout parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin with 46 branch offices. Headquartered in Fargo, the association will serve over 25,000 member-owners, and have over $10 billion in assets. “We want to first thank our ...
The Staff of Life Lifted by Shrinking Supplies December wheat futures shot up to a new contract high on Thursday at $8.43 per bushel. Among the reasons were Australian and Canadian weather issues, including a washout of rail service to Vancouver and general inflationary concerns. In addition, record low world exporter stockpiles led to higher prices in Russia, and Egypt faced shortages just as the International Grains Council cut their forecast for global wheat production. The United States is a major wheat-producing country, exceeded only by China, the European Union, and ...
If you skipped holiday travel last year (or haven’t traveled at all during the pandemic), your travel skills might be rusty. Plus, some travel etiquette has changed. Recent history indicates that this holiday travel season will be challenging, as evidenced by chaos seen over this year’s holiday and summer weekends. More than 2,800 Spirit Airlines flights were canceled during a busy travel weekend this summer. Over separate October weekends, American Airlines canceled hundreds of flights, and Southwest canceled more than 1,800. All those events were attributed in part to staffing ...
Trinity Health and Trinity Health Foundation recently appointed two new members to the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Brian Boppre and Claude Sem were both appointed to fill three-year terms on the board. Boppre is a licensed attorney and the founder/owner of the Boppre Law Firm in Minot. Sem is a retired banking executive from the Minot area, most recently serving as the CEO of Farm Credit Services of North Dakota. Both new members have a wealth of experience serving on numerous community and regional boards throughout their careers. “The next few years will be ...
