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Thursday, November 17, 2022 - There are 55 National Heritage Areas in the United States, and one of the newest is the Northern Plains National Heritage Area. It strives to connect visitors to heritage stories and deepen the sense of place involving Federal, state, county, city and non-profit sites along the Missouri River in central North Dakota. Aaron Barth is the executive director, and he visits with John Harris in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a musical Plains Folk essay, “Bargains and Ballads.” ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats. Her topic this week is clean eating.

It was a cool, clear, crisp autumn day on this date at the University of North Dakota. The high temperature reached 44 degrees. It was a normal autumn day, but there were warning signs of possible trouble head.

Sue Balcom joins Main Street to talk about "clean eating," which she defines as eating as close to the source as possible — including nutrient-dense foods and healthy proteins. Hear her conversation with Main Street's Ashley Thornberg.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - "Fort Lincoln Internment Camps" is the subject of a free presentation coming up on Thursday at the Former Governors’ Mansion in Bismarck. The presenter is Perry Hornbacher, professor of history at Bismarck State College, and he joins us for a discussion about the camp’s use as a detention center for Japanese-Americans. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, “The Grizzly of the Plains.” ~~~ It can be hard to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. In some religious traditions, there's a rest after Christmas...it's called the 12 days of Christmas, but the return to work gets its own celebration. We learn about St. Distaff Day.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - Dr. Vijay Gaba joins us to discuss the role stress can play in hindering recovery from illness and surgery, and how meditation practices can make quite a difference. To that end, Dr. Gaba has helped implement a program at Sanford called Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. ~~~ Reporter Kristi Eaton has covered a number of issues affecting rural America for “The Daily Yonder.” She joins us to discuss some of those topics, and a career that has taken her around the globe.

On this chilly week in Bismarck 1910, the offense of drinking alcohol was hot page news in The Fargo Forum. The police were on the lookout for the owner of an establishment selling booze. Those establishments were called blind pigs during those days when alcohol was illegal.

J. P. Reeve first came to North Dakota in 1905 and settled near Beach. He believed in “mixed farming," and reportedly raised the largest crop in the county in 1906. He also had a large number of pigs and livestock. In December 1913, Reeve started up a sausage business. His J. P. Brand, also known as “Just Pig” Sausage, caught North Dakota by storm.

Most North Dakotans know that the Red River forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota. But other aspects, such as knowledge of the source of the river, and where it goes after flowing into Manitoba are perhaps less well known.

In 1928, a literal bang welcomed in the new year in Bismarck, albeit a little more than a week late. A sharp early morning explosion at the Bismarck Fur Company was followed by a fire. The business on 5th Street was on the ground floor of the Annex Hotel building. While the fire was not expected to spread beyond the store, more than 50 people were forced to flee to the streets in the wee hours hours due to the heavy smoke filling their rooms.

On this date in 2000 the Bismarck Tribune announced that some of the best Appaloosa horses in the world could be found in North Dakota. One of the premier horse magazines, Western Horseman, had just published a profile on the Sheldak Ranch, where prize winning Appaloosas were bred. This was the first time the famous magazine had profiled an Appaloosa ranch. The breed was developed by the Nez Perce Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, and is distinctive for its spots, usually just on the rump.