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As kids, our hearing was tested often, but as adults, we rarely think about it. We visit with Dr. Kelcey Cushman from Heartland Hearing Professionals about the advancements in hearing aid technology.

On this date in 1879, in a Bismarck Tribune ad, the Custer Hotel boasted first class accommodations for reasonable prices. The hotel targeted river men, railroad men, miners, and army people, based on a convenient location.

John Harris interviews WDAY meteorologist John Wheeler; FM Symphony Orchestra's last 23-24 Concert; news with Dave Thompson and Matt Olien reviews "Civil War."

The art of poetry - North Dakota's young poets in Poetry Out Loud. And, prepare for the FM Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks 4: The Four Seasons of Vietnam and Tchaikovsky

In 1880, Heber Creel was a Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry stationed at Fort Totten at Devils Lake. There, he created detailed maps of the lake and the adjacent reservation. A year later, he was building a telegraph line to the railhead at Larimore when he was drawn in by increasing speculation about where the railroad was next headed. As interest in the land around Devils Lake increased, the 27-year-old got land fever, resigned his post and bet on the lake’s northern edge.

Today is Earth Day and, in this Main Street, we hear "The Catch: Of Cod and Country" about how one of the Arctic’s most valuable fisheries—cod—is being impacted.

Matt reviews "Civil War, " a movie that emerges as a stark, harrowing portrayal of a fractured America.

Yesterday, we told you about Heber Creel’s efforts to gain control of the land on the north shore of Devils Lake as the railway headed in that direction. Creel and his cronies used every tactic, legal or not, to make sure they would make a tidy profit if the railroad bought their claims.

A petticoat is an article of clothing worn under a skirt. It helps to smooth out wrinkles in the skirt. In the days when very full skirts were in fashion, a petticoat of several layers helped the skirt stand out. The petticoat has long been a symbol of modesty and proper feminine behavior. It has also been used as an insult towards women who were deemed to be venturing out of proper feminine behavior. For example, Mary Wollstonecraft, an early advocate for women’s rights, was called “a hyena in petticoats.”

Fargo and Moorhead were first settled in 1871, and by 1874, the area’s first newspaper debuted: the Fargo Weekly Express. Over the following decades a plethora of newspapers went in and out of publication.