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Dr. Marshall Stewart named NDSU's 16th President
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A tribe in western Minnesota fights to keep money-saving solar array, which generates electricity for its economic engine, Prairie's Edge Casino.
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It has been a dry season for snowpack.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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This time of year, there is not a lot of color on the landscape. But there is a red stemmed shrub that may catch your attention. If so, it is probably red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ).
Main Street
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What does war demand of all of us? Jack Russell Weinstein explores just war, duty, dissent, and how conflict reshapes patriotism, truth, and civic responsibility.
Dakota Datebook
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In 1981, Pope John Paul II announced that every Catholic seminary in the United States would undergo a formal evaluation by the Congregation for Catholic Education. Over the next nine years, Bishop John Marshall of Vermont visited all 501 American seminaries. On this date in 1990, The Fargo Forum reported on the glowing review for Cardinal Muench Seminary in Fargo.
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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The K-pop group has officially returned from its four-year hiatus bigger than ever. Based solely on first-week sales, there's only one artist who has done any better.
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The Homeland Security Department has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications, a pause that affected millions of cases. The pause remains in effect for about 40 countries.
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National security has never been used to call a meeting of the "God Squad." But other federal agencies have been citing the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect endangered animals.