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On this date in 1824, the St. Louis Enquirer reported the latest news about Arikara refugees from the previous year's conflict.

Wild rice, bison, cheddar cheese infused...North Dakota has its own take on sausage. For this week's Prairie Plates, Rick Gion shares what makes it special and how to cook up specialty sausage.

Matt Olien is Prairie Public's movie critic. Today he reviews Woody Allen's Coup de Chance.

Matt Olien is Prairie Public's movie critic. Today he reviews "Songs of Earth."

PBS’s "Becoming Thurgood," Plains Folk on Z’dena Trinka, why local produce costs more, and a National Geographic photo camp on the Wind River Reservation.

On this date in 1918, the Spanish Flu had reached North Dakota. The state’s first confirmed case was a U.S. Marine on leave in New Rockford. Within a week, 100 local cases were reported, along with two deaths.

Following the Dakota Conflict of 1862 in Minnesota, the U.S. military launched a punitive campaign known as the Sibley and Sully Expeditions. By mid-1863, troops had entered present-day North Dakota in a two-pronged effort to crush the Sioux between the two generals’ forces.

On this date in 1936, the Bismarck Tribune reported the passing of William Zahn at Fort Yates. Zahn was a colorful character in North Dakota history, a Native trader, interpreter, and former Army scout who accompanied Custer's expedition to the Black Hills in 1874. After returning, he quit the Army to marry Pretty Woman, sister of Chief John Grass. They had three sons. Pretty Woman died in 1886.

It's not a straight up David vs. Goliath story- it's more complicated than that- but a project that could be breaking ground very soon, just outside of Fargo, has unleashed strong opinions and tensions between neighboring communities. That's the focus of our news podcast this week, Prairie Beat.

Dr. Victor Montori calls for kind care, Prairie Plates spotlights Tee’s Tacos’ Indigenous roots, and Harwood plans a $3B AI data center campus.