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This past weekend, North Dakota Democrats met at Bismarck State College for their biannual nominating convention.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Episode 61 features Canadian country musician Allen Dobb, North Carolina instrumental band Setting, poems set to music from JT Woodhouse & The Leaves of Grass, and storytelling singer-songwriter Greg Boyer. Plus, Tom previews his summer residency in Medora, North Dakota.
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  • Alexander Griggs was a trader who used flatboats to transport goods to Canada. In the fall of 1870, he set out too late and became stuck at a French trading post when the river froze. He spent the winter in a cabin he built and began to realize he had found an excellent location for a new settlement.
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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Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever.