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Dakota Gardener: How to ripen tomatoes quickly

The clock is ticking! Will the green tomatoes in our gardens ripen before frost? Some factors we cannot control — starting with the weather. The first killing frost can strike anytime from mid-September to mid-October. Let’s hope for a late frost. Let’s focus on the factors we can ...

Outdoor Connections: Why we are drawn back to the prairie

Certain places remain with you long after you've left. For me, it is northwest North Dakota that I return to each September. The country around Stanley and north toward the Lostwood area is some of the prairie country I remember most clearly. Rolling grasslands, open fields and wide skies ...

Local Outdoors

Youth deer season Sept. 18 at noon CDT signals the start of a nine-and-a-half-day deer hunting season for licensed youth hunters. The youth license is valid during the youth deer season that closes Sept. 27, and the regular deer gun season running from Nov. 6-22. After opening day, hunting hours are a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset. Orange clothing is required for youth hunters and mentors. Each young deer hunter must be under direct supervision of an adult. The adult is prohibited from carrying a firearm or bow while accompanying the youth hunter in the ...

Artists, shared experiences at heart of NOTSTOCK

Minot State University’s annual NOTSTOCK arts festival returns Sept. 24-26, inviting students, faculty, staff, families,and community members to explore the arts through hands-on activities, artist demonstrations, exhibitions, presentations, music, poetry, storytelling, theatre and ...