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Daryl Ritchison becomes ND state climatologist. Forum reporter April Baumgarten on Sen. Holmberg's plea deal. Chuck Lura and the International Peace Garden.

The townsite of Beach was established when the Northern Pacific Railroad built a section house there in 1881. However, it wasn’t until 1900 when settlement really started to happen.

Moorhead Friends Writing Group's workshop on June 22, Stenson discusses his book Sins of the Mother. Dave Thompson reviews news and Matt Olien reviews I Saw the TV Glow.

A preview Thursday's Presidential Debate with Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane. A farewell to Zandbroz Variety in Fargo and a festive 4th of July spread on Prairie Plates.

The Homestead Act of 1862 opened the American West to settlement. Newcomers could claim 160 acres after living on it for five years, paying only a small fee for the land. Along with attracting settlers, the promise of nearly free land attracted speculators who gobbled up large tracts of land and then sold it at an inflated price.

Historian Frederick Jackson Turner came to Chicago not for the World’s Fair like thousands of other people, but for the annual conference of the American Historical Association. On this date in 1893, Turner put the finishing touches on his Frontier Thesis, a speech he would give to the conference the following evening. Turner argued that the settlement of the American frontier was the foundation of a uniquely American culture.

On this date in 1919, a front-page article in the Bismarck Tribune explained how the newspaper scored a scoop and obtained a photograph of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, calling it “the most remarkable achievement of modern journalism.”

Scott Olsen's Fargo Street captures Fargo's life. Prairie Plates explores coffee shops w/ Rick Gion. Harvest Public Media investigates Midwest farm runoff's 'dead zone.'

"I think my favorite part of any coffee shop is the good smell," said Rick Gion when describing this episode of Prairie Plates.

Matt Olien reviews "Kinds of Kindness" and finds it less than impressive.