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May is National Historic Preservation Month. Today, we celebrate North Dakota’s history by highlighting a preservation example.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, it has been normal for people from kindergarten through college to take their classes online. However, North Dakota has a long history of providing internet education. On this date in 1999, the Bismarck Tribune announced the news that Bismarck State College had over 300 students taking classes online. This was incredible considering the college had only had a website for four years.

Under the familiar bold headline of “News of the North,” readers of the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican in February of 1910 saw quite a variety of content. An advertisement recommended “Give your stomach a vacation with Stewarts Dyspepsia Tablets.” There was also a lengthy column titled “The Sunday School Lesson.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 – Today is the birthday of the late director John Schlesinger who directed Midnight Cowboy. We reair a conversation with writer Glenn Frankel about his book “Shooting Midnight Cowboy.” He visits with Prairie Public movie critic Matt Olien.

The Olympics are underway. Fargo Curling Club’s Shawn Olesen is part of the three-person team managing the ice for Olympic curling.

Near the end of 1909, Republican US Senator Martin Johnson of North Dakota suddenly passed away. Governor Burke, a Democrat, soon appointed state senator Fountain L. Thompson as interim senator, pending a special election.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - KayCote hosts the Fargo Fit Friend podcast. We visit about navigating the world of women's health and wellness and how to brand yourself. ~~~ Chuck Lura has a Natural North Dakota essay on moose. ~~~ The Olympics are underway. Fargo Curling Club’s Shawn Olesen is part of the three-person team managing the ice for Olympic curling.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - Tomorrow is Giving Hearts Day. We share a Prairie Pulse excerpt with Pat Traynor, executive director of the Impact Foundation. ~~~ Hope Inc focuses on adaptive sports and recreation for people with mobility issues. They joined forces with Theatre B for an adaptation of Alice and Wonderland. We visit with Hope Inc’s Kelly Buhr and Theatre B’s Scott Ecker. ~~~ We share a reading of the poem, An American Sunrise, from US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. ~~~ The Olympics are underway and ski fans have Sondre Norheim to thank for the sport as we know it today. The Norwegian immigrant came to the US, living in Minnesota and North Dakota, bringing with him a culture of nordic skiing. We visit with Ryan Rodgers the author of Winter’s Children: A Celebration of Nordic Skiing.

On this date in 1925, the 1926 Dacotah yearbook of the University of North Dakota was dedicated to Dr. Orin Grant Libby. UND's student newspaper, the Dakota Student, called him “one of the prominent Indian authorities of the Northwest."

Monday, February 14, 2022 - It’s yet another accolade for UND’s Sydney Menne. They junior, who’s double majoring in mathematics and physics, is joining the class of 2022 Brooke Owens fellows. The fellowship helps undergraduate women pursuing careers in aeronautics. ~~~ From Weekend Edition Sunday, we share an interview with NPR's Michel Martin speaking with 11-year-old Jazlyn Guerra, host of "Jazzy's World TV," and her dad, Luis DeHoyos. ~~~ We share a reading from the recent Joy Harjo event in Fargo, “Red Bird Love.” ~~~ Audubon Dakota’s Marshall Johnson was recently promoted to Chief Conservation Officer of the National Audubon Society. We visit about his plans.