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Oil Boom

A Man and a Marathon Mission

Prairie Public | By Todd McDonald

Published June 13, 2014 at 4:30 PM CDT

Caleb Kobalinsky is getting some rest after undertaking an extreme venture to deliver a message of support to those in North Dakota's oil patch. Prairie Public reporter Todd McDonald has details...

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