A bit of prevention goes a long way in minimizing insect and disease problems in the garden. Enlist a holistic approach known as Plant Health Care to manage your ornamental and edible gardens. It starts with proper plant selection and care and ends with using the most eco-friendly controls ...
Moving Day By RUSSELL FORD-DUNKER May 29 — Great Plains dwellers have been moving great big things from one place to another for a long time -- things like teepees, claim shanties, railroad depots, barns, and even grain elevators. At times whole towns were moved to new locations when ...
Science is a funny thing. All through school I was taught that science was something to be challenged, tested, and questioned. Maybe that’s why I always seemed to be drawn to the sciences whether it was chemistry, physics, or biology. Today, some want to make science an absolute and beyond ...
The Food and Fun festival at the Spot in Minot is set for the first three days of June and will be teaming up with the Rescue Games to raise funds for local spay and neuter procedures for local rescues. The festival will feature pool, cornhole and dart tournaments, axe throwing, along with ...
For several weeks, your maroon-colored cap and gown has hung in the spare bedroom. I brush by it every day when retrieving a book, checking on the plants or hunting for a certain color necktie. There’s nothing like a cap and gown to get you thinking about the future. For me, seeing it has me ...
Enjoy your garden throughout the growing season and beyond. Preserve its beauty, fragranc and flavor in artwork, craft, and food. Cell phones with cameras make it easy to capture the seasonal changes in our gardens and environment. Use a favorite photo as the wallpaper on your computer or ...
Lack of reliable child care in Minot has left countless single parents, like Amee Mitchell, and others in a desolate situation. As a result, Mitchell proposes a Community Seed Library to be accessible to everyone. “I realized, well, I’ve been a gardener for 10 years. I could probably feed ...
res across much of the country took a toll on gardens and landscapes. Once again, above-normal summer temperatures are in the forecast for many regions of the country. Adjusting how you manage your gardens and landscape can help plants thrive as temperatures rise. Water plants thoroughly to ...
No angler or recreational boater wants to get a citation for any violation. In the same line of thinking, game wardens would much rather see compliance with rules and regulations than issue a citation. And remember, “ignorance is not an excuse.” While you may not knowingly violate a ...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department offers a simple message to the well-intentioned who want to pick up and rescue what appear to be orphaned baby animals this time of year: don’t touch them. Whether it is a young fawn, duckling, cottontail rabbit or a songbird, it is better to leave ...
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North Dakota residents who want to give fishing a try can fish for free June 3-4. That is the state’s free fishing weekend, when all residents 16 and older can fish any North Dakota water without a license. Residents 15 and younger do not need a fishing license at any time of year. The ...
When I was in college, I was involved in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a non-denominational ministry available on many college campuses. The goal of this organization is to provide opportunities for college students to learn about Christ. During the late ‘60s, while attending Moorhead ...
I’ve been reading through a lot of my past devotionals as I prepare for the publication of my second book. While reading, I became aware of the fact that quite frequently I address how to handle the challenges of life. We do have challenges and we do need to know how to approach them in a ...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Founder and minister of Heartland Ministry, Mary Lingelbach, will be presenting, “Rise Above the Pits of the Past,” a free interactive discussion where she will talk about her own journey through the aftermath of hardships due to incest, abortion and ...
When there is a life-altering decision to be made, or an event so full of unknowns that it feels like we’re walking through a jungle being stalked by wild animals, we need to know that someone understands. When there is an ocean of fear and sorrow that feels like quicksand, we need to know ...
In the realm of estate, it's very rare that any property quickly changes hands. Before the time comes to sign the heaps of paper for purchase agreements, promissory notes and mortgage documents, the parties must first establish who actually owns what and ensure there aren’t any additional ...
TIOGA -- Jenny Gaaskjolen has been named assistant vice president of Ag and Business Banking for Bank of Tioga, based in the Tioga location. Gaaskjolen is a native of Spearfish, South Dakota, and resides in Stanley. She graduated from Black Hills State University with a bachelor’s degree ...
Crude blasts up as OPEC cuts The opening excitement of last week’s commodity and financial markets was a $5 per barrel explosion in crude oil prices. The blast came in response to a pledge from the OPEC nations plus Russia to cut production by 70,000 barrels per day. Iraq’s blocking ...
Four years ago, when Olivia Kimberlin and her family moved to Minot, it was in the middle of a brutally cold polar vortex. While they endured the education that only an upper Midwest winter can deliver, Kimberlin knew one way she could while away the hours cooped up indoors. “We moved up ...
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Editor’s Note: On April 7, 2023, The Minot Daily News published a story about Korean War veteran Pfc. John “Shorty” Irwin Jr., a Korean War veteran from Fort Berthold Reservation, after one of his sisters and nephew, Doreen Mavis Irwin of Bismarck and Glenn Brunsell of New Town, ...
Mark Jantzer has served in the Air and Space Force Civic Leader Program for 12 years. He’s been an active member of the program and is now transitioning to an emeritus status. On Thursday, Jantzer was honored for “exceptionally distinguished public service” to the U.S. Air Force when ...
A Minot childcare committee is acknowledging a need to start putting solutions in place even as it continues to research childcare issues in the community. Minot Air Force Base was unable to have an official representative at Wednesday’s committee meeting as scheduled, but the committee ...