Prairie Beat
Weekly on Wednesdays
You care about your community and want to know what's going on. But between kids and work, who has time?
If you've got ten minutes, let Prairie Public catch you up on the North Dakota news you need to know. From the regional economy, to education, agriculture, the environment and rapidly-changing political news, Prairie Public anchor and reporter Danielle Webster and Erik Deatherage are on the beat... the Prairie Beat.
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For this week's news podcast Prairie Beat, we revisit a nuisance species. -
People in the northeast corner of North Dakota are facing more cases of a disease once thought to be eradicated in this country.
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This week on Prairie Beat, we remember Fargo Police Officer Jason Moszer, who was killed 11 years ago while responding to a domestic incident. The Fargo Police Department pauses to mark the anniversary, honoring his service and sacrifice. We take a look back at that tragic day and reflect on the risks law enforcement officers face every time they answer a call.
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The invasive, beetle-like Emerald Ash Borer was recently discovered in Fargo. This week, we'll zoom out and talk about what this means for North Dakota and its 90 million ash trees.
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We talk to Minneapolis resident who grew up in North Dakota about how his community has responded to the enforcement campaign by ICE and Border Patrol.
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What's on everybody's minds in North Dakota? Of course it's the weather. And with a pretty frightening temperature forecast over the next few days, our Prairie Beat podcast team will dive right into it, or take the polar bear plunge, as the case might be.
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This week, hosts Erik Deatherage and Danielle Webster examine a deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis, the surge in federal enforcement across the region, and growing concerns closer to home in North Dakota.
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This past Monday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention made a move that had leading public health experts fearful that previously preventable childhood diseases could make comebacks.
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This week on Prairie Beat, hosts Erik Deatherage and Danielle Webster unpack how recent HUD funding decisions are impacting domestic violence shelters and supportive housing across North Dakota.
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The one common thread we all think about here in this part of the world, probably more intensely than many other places, is the weather. It jumps to the top of the news we're watching on this week's Prairie Beat.
