Main Street
Monday-Thursday at 3pm and 7pm CT
Main Street brings the people, stories, and issues shaping Prairie Public’s broadcast region into focus.
Studio line: 888-755-6377
Email us: mainstreet@prairiepublic.org
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George Peck shares bookmark-worthy websites. Plus, the Monitor examines a candidate lawsuit, a major Cass County data center and its 2026 voter guide.
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Drekker's Oktoberfest, UND's Title IX sexual violence support and investigation procedures, and key 2027 Medicare plan updates to review.
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Explore North Dakota’s Carnegie library legacy, the roots of Great Plains identity and why drought-tolerant sorghum could be a crop for a hotter future.
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AARP’s John Hishta examines older voters’ concerns ahead of the midterms, while Shane Mendez shares his journey through trauma, addiction, recovery and teaching at UND.
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North Dakota court politics and a development fund audit, smart TV privacy, and Tom Isern on chokecherry-picking traditions across the northern Plains.
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Explore fall color at Icelandic and Pembina Gorge, visit Fargo’s Growing Together gardens, and hear how a super El Niño could shape North Dakota’s winter.
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THC beverage rules reshape plans for N.D. brewers, plus prairie berry traditions, uncertainty over a USDA research lab and ways to enjoy fall outdoors.
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An Indiana University researcher explores GLP-1 costs and health policy, while Patriot Assistance Dogs shows how rescued dogs are trained to support veterans at no cost.
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A Closer Look with the Monitor examines tribal police training, rising diesel costs for farmers, plus hands-on fall science, AI doomsday warnings and regional news.
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Heartview’s Monster Mile supports recovery, Prairie Plates visits an organic Red River Valley farm, and Prairie Beat looks at respiratory virus season.