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  • Back-to-school season is here and whether you're a parent juggling drop-offs or just feeling the shift in the air, Main Street has something to brighten your day. Host Eric Deatherage kicks things off with a fresh look at STEM, not just for kids, but for curious adults too. Then, get inspired by Fargo’s own Nicole Henson, whose sweet treats have earned a loyal following. Now, she’s cooking up an exciting expansion that’s sure to delight diners across the region.
  • Craig Blumenshine speaks with Holly Pedersen and Katherine Terras about Project Pipeline, an initiative focused on addressing educator shortages. Later in the show, Erik Deatherage sits down with the bluegrass band Kohlrabi Soup for a lively interview and the band treats us to a few live performances.
  • Nichole Hensen, owner of Nichole's Fine Pastry in Fargo, talks about renovations, new additions to the menu, and the fresh changes that will delight both longtime and new customers.
  • Cattle drives were a major economic activity during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas and Nebraska to be shipped to eastern stockyards. When big Texas ranchers took note of the good grazing in Dakota Territory, cattle began arriving in 1876.
  • 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.
  • You can experience a taste of Native American powwows in downtown Fargo! Tee's Tacos is a little eatery featuring Native art on the walls and delicious frybread tacos, soups, chilis and desserts.
  • 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.
  • I used to occasionally hear one of my college professors call out the names of some plants as he drove down the highway at 60 miles per hour. “That is a 60 mile-an-hour plant,” he would declare. One of those plants was curly dock, also known as curled dock, sour dock, or yellow dock.
  • There is a word out of fashion in this era of specialization, referring to a notable type of individual, the “polymath.” A polymath is a person of multifarious talents and expertise who walks in several intellectual or artistic worlds and blends them with imaginative results.
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