Dave Mills is author of “Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains.” Mills is the first person ever to receive a PhD in history from NDSU, and his book derives from his dissertation. Also joining the conversation is Tom Isern, distinguished professor of history at NDSU. ~~~ Karen Babine, assistant professor of English at Concordia College, is John Harris’s guest on tonight’s Prairie Pulse television show. In this clip, she reads from her new book, “Water and What We Know, Following the Roots of a Northern Life.” ~~~ News director Dave Thompson recaps the news of the week. ~~~ A movie review from Matt Olien, “The Age of Adaline.”