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While the population of North Dakota has always been too small to support a major league baseball team, the state has a long and rich history when it comes to the sport.

Writer, photographer and historian Bill Shemorry passed away on this date in 2004. He was 89 and was described as “one of a kind.” He was a newspaperman in Williston for more than 70 years and was witness to a great deal of the city’s history.

While traveling down the roads this time of year, the road ditch looks rather dull with the snow gone and the brown grass. But occasionally one may see what looks to be long, sinuous, and perhaps branching clippings of grass or something, roughly two inches or so wide, and several feet long. They can be quite abundant and conspicuous in spots. What is going on here?

Heated moments and hostile politics have often gripped North Dakota’s Legislature. In 1890, the state’s first legislative session included the censure of two senators for insults. One of them was replaced as president pro tempore.

North Dakota entered the United States as a dry state in 1889, several decades before the 18th Amendment was fully ratified in 1919, making prohibition country-wide. Tales of bootleggers, rum runners, and blind pigs populate the history of the country during these years, including in North Dakota. Yet on this date in 1931, a survey out of Washington D.C. stated that the prohibition situation in North Dakota was "encouraging." The Bismarck Tribune reported that the survey described North Dakota rather blandly as making "wonderful progress under the state and federal prohibition."

Friday, Feb 18 – Scholar and author Dr. David Treuer is speaking at the Gamechanger event from Humanities ND on Sunday. We share a conversation with Treuer from 2019 about his book, “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.” ~~~ Harvest Public Media reports on vertical farming. ~~~ News Director Dave Thompson is here for his weekly news debrief. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews Don’t Look Up.

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - Just in time for another week of bone-chilling temps, it’s National Sauna Week. We visit with Ellen Liddle, president of Red River Finns about the staple cold-weather activity. There’s a SaunaFest coming up this weekend in Fargo. ~~~ We have a Natural North Dakota essay from biologist Chuck Lura and the emerald ash borer. ~~~ Starkweather Phy Ed and Business teacher Jodi Erickstad got a ND Teacher Innovation Grant. She’s using the money to buy snowshoe kits to get kids outdoors during the winter.

On this date in 1921, readers of the Hope Pioneer learned that North Dakota teachers were being encouraged to use new, cutting edge technology – phonographs and records.

Thursday, February 17, 2022 - We think of plastic as petroleum based. We hear from Dr. Graeme Wyllie on creating bioplastics using lobster shells and seaweed. ~~~ We share a Natural North Dakota essay on the winter bird count. ~~~ Tom Isern has a Plains Folk essay, “The Devil’s Lane.” ~~~ Sue Balcom helps us prep for the upcoming gardening season in this week’s Main Street Eats.