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Brandon Polzin joins X-Golf Minot as PGA Golf Pro

X-Golf Minot has hired Brandon Polzin, PGA Golf Pro as Director of Lessons and Training. Polzin brings 10 years of experience as a golf professional to Minot. His previous experience includes X-Golf and club courses. X-Golf, a state-of-the-art golf simulator company plans to open its first North Dakota location in Minot this fall. X-Golf will be located in the lower level of the Blu on Broadway, a new five story multi-use building in Minot. “With a PGA Golf Pro on staff, we are able to offer lessons year-round and an experience far beyond any golf simulator in North Dakota. ...

July airline boardings bring ND closer to pre-pandemic level

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted 92,922 airline passenger boardings during the month of July, the highest level of passenger traffic that the state has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. Statewide, July boardings at the state’s eight commercial airports continued to narrow the gap in running 16% behind July 2019 boarding levels. Hector International Airport in Fargo provided service for 42,871 passenger boardings, which is only 1% lower than its July passenger record of 43,437 that was ...

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Climate crisis worsens faster than predicted The “average” American chose to ignore the magnitude and urgency of climate change, while some even dared to deny it. Until this year’s droughts, fires, and floods, that is. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is comprised of 195 nations, released a new report last Monday that paints a dire picture for our planet. It says we will likely have ocean-level rising that’s irreversible for millennia. Acidification of our seas and land temperature increases might be reversible, but only if wide-scale policy and ...

Steinberger named president of North Dakota Nutrition Council

Desiree Steinberger has been named president of the North Dakota Nutrition Council. Steinberger, who serves as Nutrition Services Director at Trinity Hospital, was selected at the group’s annual conference after serving as president-elect this past year. A Kenmare native, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from the University of North Dakota and worked several years as a dietitian and nutrition services director in public and private healthcare settings in Williston and New Salem. She joined Trinity Health in 2020. Organized in 1978, NDNC is a professional ...

Gillihan promoted at First International

First International Bank & Trust has promoted Heather Gillihan to Director of Risk Management. Heather currently oversees the Compliance and Audit Departments, which will now include the BSA/Fraud and Appraisal teams. Gillihan started working at FIBT in June of 1996. She has held numerous positions such as Personal Banker, Loan Associate, Loan Officer, Credit Reviewer, Compliance Officer, and most recently the Director of Audit and Compliance. Heather is located at the Minot Broadway office. Gillihan graduated from Minot High School in 1991 and Minot State University in 1996 with ...

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African swine fever presses pigs lower So far, North American pig farms have been free of African Swine Fever (ASF). No longer. It has been found in the Dominican Republic. Some think it’s not a matter of “if” ASF comes to the U.S. but “when” because the virus is highly contagious. It doesn’t infect people, but people can unknowingly spread it. Ticks, infected feed, and other contact with the virus are how it’s transmitted. The U.S. banned pork from the Dominican Republic in the early 1980s in response to a different swine fever strain. That ban remains in place. ...