In 835 A.D., upon insistence from Pope Gregory III, Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, established November 1st as a day to honor saints. On Hallowtide (as the night before All Saints Day was known then) folks gathered around bonfires wearing costumes to ward off ghosts. Some stopped at homes ...

Case of Mondays hits cattle February live cattle futures were limit down (-$6.75/hwt) on Monday, closing at $180.975/hwt. This move was a reaction to a bearish Cattle on Feed report the previous Friday afternoon that surprised analysts and traders with placements shown to be 106% of last ...

Winter kind of snuck up on us this week and right now looks like it is here to stay for a while. Unfortunately, that does not slow things down across the Zoo’s campus and if anything makes it even busier. The admissions will slow down, but the animal care team begins to step it up as we ...

The Minot Symphony Orchestra conducted by Efraín Amaya will present “Halloween Spooktacular,” on Saturday, with musicology (the study of music) at 6 p.m. and music at 7 p.m. in Minot State University’s Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. The concert will feature the world premiere of “Images of ...

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Fall is a time where cool temperatures set in, and North Dakotans enjoy the fall colors as they are in the thick of harvesting crops or gearing up for the various hunting seasons for which our state is so well known. North Dakota has a fall fire season, and the North Dakota Forest Service just ...