Governor Doug Burgum will be asked to use his executive powers later today (Friday) and approve pardons for a couple of turkeys during a meeting with representatives of the North Dakota Turkey Federation.
The group will bring two live birds to the governor and Ag Commissioner Doug Goehring at the capitol in a traditional Thanksgiving celebration. In addition to the pardoning ceremony the Turkey Federation will donate 15 frozen birds to the Heaven’s Helpers Soup Café and Abused Resource Center in Bismarck.
North Dakota has nine farms that produce around one-million turkeys annually.
Major Projects are in the Works for Grand Forks
(KNOX) -City Administrator Todd Feland gave the Grand Forks City Council an update on some major projects that his office is occupied on securing. "The Forty-second, Demers, again we worked hard, and we finally got this federal grant, and it is ...
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Funds awarded for Project Tundra
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Finalists Named for Dickinson State University Interim President
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North Dakota Among States With Lowest Rates of Cost-Burdened Renters
An apartment maintenance man changes the lock of an apartment after constables posted an eviction order in Phoenix. In Arizona, low wages, a housing shortage, and short-term rental and vacation homes are eating away at the stock of affordable housing...
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