In April, Bob Finken, of Douglas, was elected to District III and will serve his first term on the ND Dry Pea & Lentil Council representing pulse producers in north central North Dakota. Finken took over the family farm right out of high school due to his father’s illness and ...

Candace Brekke has assumed role of director of marketing. She has been with Ackerman-Estvold since 2014. She earned a bachelor of arts in graphic design from Minot State University and an associate of arts in graphic communications from Bismarck State College. Brekke has spent over 24 years ...

Sabrina Herrmann has joined the Ackerman-Estvold Minot office as Director of Communications. She is a Minot native and earned a bachelor of science degree in accountancy and a master of science degree in business administration from Minot State University. Herrmann previously served in a ...

Inflation fears drive speculation News from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this past week elevated concerns our buying power may in trouble. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose more year-over-year than it has since 2008, a financial moment most remember as volatile. The reported 5% jump in ...

Cattle hacked by Russians Last week’s ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company caused a substantial loss of weight and profitability. Nearby ranchers watched as truckloads of cattle arrived at huge Brazilian-owned JBS meatpacking plants, made U-turns, and had to head back ...

CROSBY — The trustees of the John & Elaine Andrist Charitable Trust have awarded 14 grants totaling $178,000 to organizations seeking to improve the quality of life in western North Dakota. These grants mark the first funding cycle of community investments to come from the trust in ...