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Arts and Entertainment

ND State Fair announces first two acts for 2024

Lainey Wilson, a multi-award winning singer-songwriter, and the Turnpike Troubadours band will perform at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot in July 2024. State Fair officials announced on Friday the first two acts scheduled for the event. The fair will be held July 19-27, 2024. “We are ...

Zoo News: Reflecting on 2023 to prepare for New Year

With the New Year just around the corner it is often a time to look back and reflect on the past year to see what went right, what went wrong, and how we can do better. 2023 was the beginning of changes that will impact the zoo for the year ahead and beyond. With much of the change ahead ...

Include gardening in New Year’s resolution

The New Year is filled with resolutions that usually involve dieting and exercise. Gardening is a great way to help accomplish those two resolutions, while also improving your mood, reducing blood pressure, managing anger, maintaining flexibility, and more. Start the new year with a plan to ...

Zoo News: Christmas near, but not all families are

Christmas is less than a week away and there is still plenty of work before this year comes to an end. Many businesses are preparing to slow or even shut down during the holiday season, but you can be sure that the zoo will be open. With the warmer than normal temperatures still dominating ...

Hint of History: Equity Exchange’s selling agency helped ND stockmen

One of the biggest steps forward ever recorded in the livestock history of the United States was taken Aug. 1, 1918, when the Equity Co-operative Exchange was established as a selling agency at Chicago, Illinois. The July 11, 1918, edition of the Bottineau Courant, told the story of the ...

Zoo News: Preparation is key

Life at the zoo is slowing in some respects as the holidays approach. We recently transferred the tiger cubs, Luka and Dmitri, to their new home in Portland, Oregon, making it easier for Finn to relax in his new home without two other males in the building. Christmas at the Zoo is behind us ...