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Community Event: Honeybees hosts contest for local nonprofits

The Minot Honeybees will host their inaugural 701 Community Night during the team's final home game against The Grad Forks Spitfires. Six local nonprofit leaders will compete head to head in challenges between the innings for the chance to earn thousands of dollars for their organizations. The final competitor left standing will have the chance to win up to $5,000 in cash. “701 Community Night is about using our final Honeybees game of the season to celebrate and give back to the organizations that make Minot a better place to live,” said Monica Blake, General Manager and Managing ...

Prairie Fare: The power of proper hydration

“What temperature is it in North Dakota right now?” my colleagues from around the U.S. ask. In the depths of winter, my reply might vary from 0 to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. They gasp, as many of my colleagues live in warmer states. Lately, North Dakota temperatures have rivaled or ...

Dakota Gardener: Woes of the American elm – It’s complicated…

It’s tough on trees in North Dakota. Bitter winter cold. Scorching summer heat. Floods. Droughts. Wind. And that’s just an average year! Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit. But there’s some truth in there. We do experience many of these environmental extremes regularly. Our native ...

Veteran receives Quilt of Honor

Artists selected for regional art display

BISMARCK – Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota has announced Shayna Grandbois and Derek Poitra as the selected artist team for Arts Across the Prairie in Region 3, themed “Heart of the Land, Spirit of Unity.” The selection committee was drawn to Grandbois’s and Poitra’s proposal for its invitation to gather and rest and its incorporation of key themes related to “Heart of the Land, Spirit of Unity,” which stakeholders outlined and shared in a guiding narrative. The artwork will feature two large-scale arches bending towards the middle, creating a ...

Bakken Rocks Cookfest delights many