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Minnesota Provides Funds to Expand Biofuel Availability
(KNOX) - Minnesota has new funding to expand biofuel availability across Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is currently seeking grant applications from gas stations looki...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

High Winds Derail Train in North Dakota
(AP) - Strong winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas. BNSF Railway spokesperson...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

Tribal Communities in North Dakota Left Without Staple Foods
(Photo credit/ Don Hamilton for USDA vis the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -Amid a monthlong food shortage affecting tribal food assistance programs, U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

North Dakota Meets Iowa State
Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht (3) looks to throw a pass during the first half of the Liberty Bowl NCAA college football game against Memphis, Dec. 29, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Wal...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

Task Force Adopts Recommendations to Better Recruit and Retain Teachers
Abby DuBord, left, a Bismarck teacher, speaks next to Sherry Tandeski, principal of St. John Elementary, during a meeting of the North Dakota Teacher Retention and Recruitment Task Force on Aug. 28, 2...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

A Mammoth May be Hiding Below a North Dakota Garage
Grid lines were laid out for a potential fossil dig at a home in northwest North Dakota. Mammoth teeth were found 1988 while preparing the site for the construction of the garage at the right. (Photo ...
Bill Dubensky Aug 29, 2024

SCOTUS rebuffs Biden student loan plan
(AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make the...
Jim Johnson Aug 28, 2024

Wrigley responds to pore space statute challenge
(KNOX) - Attorney General Drew Wrigley has announced that his office won dismissal of legal challenges brought against the state by multiple organizations opposed to laws permitting the State to regul...
Jim Johnson Aug 28, 2024

Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell enters not guilty plea
(MPR) - Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, has entered a not guilty plea in a felony burglary case in Becker County. Mitchell was charged with illegally entering a residence in Detroi...
Jim Johnson Aug 28, 2024

Agricultural reimbursement available for organic certification costs
(KNOX) - Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said that applications are now being accepted for reimbursement of organic certification costs through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program for ...
Jim Johnson Aug 28, 2024