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The individual was an unvaccinated adult from Pembina County.
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The state’s Office of Management and Budget has rolled out a voluntary separation incentive program (VSIP) for state agencies “to provide financial savings to the state by decreasing staffing levels or costs.”
Each Friday on A Closer Look with the Monitor, Prairie Public's Craig Blumenshine speaks with North Dakota Monitor journalists about their reporting, giving listeners a closer look at major topics in the news, from education and state policy to energy and agriculture topics.
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Episode 60 features Minneapolis band Pert Near Sandstone, a poem from Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg, an unreleased song from singer-songwriter Jim White, and Denver band The Hip Snacks. Plus, we pay tribute to the late comedian Catherine O’Hara.
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ICE detention cases reach ND courts, TV vs. projector buying advice, and how Gateway to Science brings hands-on STEM to schools statewide.
Dakota Datebook
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North Dakota winters have been described as “consistently very cold,” with January and February being the coldest months. This comes as no great surprise to North Dakotans, who tend to take a certain amount of state pride for thriving in such a severe environment. Daytime temperatures tend to hover between the teens and mid-20s. Nighttime temperatures to dip into the -10 to -20-degree range, sometimes falling to -40.
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Fast skiers require fast skis. They rely on a team of technicians to wax and prep them for each day's conditions. The U.S. cross-country team has a mobile ski shop that is an unsung hero of their success: Yolanda the wax truck.
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The two top speedskating sprinters in the world are a cut above the competition. They battle fiercely on the ice, but refuse to trash talk -
Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.
