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A Fargo-based company may soon use lithium from extracted Bakken wastewater to make their batteries, relying less on foreign sources like China.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Episode 62 features alt-folk duo Sweet Petunia, Canadian folk singer Julian Taylor, Grammy Award-winning songwriter Thomm Jutz, and singer Connor Daly. Plus, Tom interviews his former high school English teacher, Mrs. Heisler, about The Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.
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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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A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains.