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Credit union milestones celebrated at summit

Aspire Community Federal Credit Union, Minot, was among several Dakota credit unions recognized for significant milestones marking years of service to their communities during the Dakota Credit Union Association’s annual meeting and conference May 10-11 in Rapid City, South Dakota. In 1937, Aspire Community Federal Credit Union was issued its original charter by NCUA as the Great Northern Employees Minot Credit Union. The name was changed to Tran Em Federal Credit Union in 1970. In 1986, the credit union became known as Prairie Federal Credit Union, moving to its current location at ...

Bank of Tioga celebrates 70th anniversary

TIOGA -- The Bank of Tioga is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two upcoming community meals on Friday, June 3, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in Crosby and Saturday, July 2, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Tioga. For more information, visit the bank’s Facebook page. The Bank of Tioga was chartered in December of 1951 and opened for business in July 1952. The Tioga Bank Holding Company, a one-bank holding company, formed in 1975 and previously owned the bank. The Bank of Tioga was acquired by TS Banking Group in 2014 and then The Bank of Tioga acquired Farmers State Bank of Crosby in 2015. ...

Physician assistant joins Trinity orthopedics

Jessica O’Neal, PA-C, a certified physician assistant, has joined Trinity Health’s orthopedic team. She assists orthopedic surgeons in various aspects of patient care, including pre-, intra- and postoperative care, patient assessment and care planning. She also provides nonsurgical care such as joint injections and osteoporosis management. Originally from Ocean Springs, Michigan, O’Neal earned her Bachelor of Science in kinesiology with minors in biology and Spanish from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and received her master’s in physician assistant studies from Red ...

NDSU Extension leaders attend national conference

Shana Forster, director of the North Central Research Extension Center and Extension district director, attended the Extension Public Issues Leadership Development conference held in Washington, D.C., recently. Also attending were Naeem Kalwar, Extension soil health specialist at the Langdon Research Extension Center, and Acacia Stuckle, 4-H youth development, and family and community wellness agent in Emmons County. Kalwar and Stuckle were nominated by their state Extension professional organizations to represent North Dakota at the conference, and Forster was selected by NDSU ...

Futures Files

Learning to Ride the Bear Our lungs, tides, and markets cannot endure by moving in one direction only. Our bodies would perish, continents would flood, and economies would self-destruct were it not for corrections and cycles creating sustainability or relative stability. A massive move in a single direction is eventually followed by a correction, which can be equally significant. For example, stock market speculators in 1928, 1987, and 2008 discovered an overbought market can become a house of cards and vanish overnight if liquidation begins. Economists, advisors, and IRA ...

Broadway Bean & Bagel hurdles inflation

As the nation finds itself in the grips of the creeping effects of inflation, the first to feel it in a community often are small business owners. With supply chain issues and ever rising fuel prices, local businesses have had to get creative and find ways to persist as society adjusts to the ...