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8/31/2010: Yesterday we brought you the story of Toyojiro Suzuki, a Japanese American interned at Fort Lincoln during WWII. At its peak population, Fort Lincoln housed 1200 Japanese and 500 German detainees.

9/1/2010: It was this date in 1881 that the Northern Pacific Railroad began major operations on the first million dollar project in North Dakota history. And that was when a million dollars could actually buy you something.

9/3/2010: Today, we recognize Jamestown as the home of the buffalo. The city is marked with the world's largest buffalo statue, recently named Dakota Thunder, by the two resident white buffalos, and by the National Buffalo Museum. But the city of Jamestown has more history than the cultural significance of bison.

9/6/2010: A press release issued on this date in 2005 announced the release of Thor's Favorites. Created by Liz Gjellstad, the DVD took an in-depth look at potato lefse, the traditional Norwegian dish popular to most North Dakota dinner tables.

9/8/2010: For better or for worse, a multitude of North Dakotans are faithful fans of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. In 2003, a Sports Illustrated poll revealed that forty-three percent of North Dakotans regard the Minnesota Vikings as their favorite NFL team. If we do the math, then about 275,000 of 636,677 North Dakotans are Vikings fans. That's almost half. (8% liked the Green Bay Packers best.)

11/12/2010: Yesterday we heard some of the experiences of Major Dana Wright at the end of World War I as he penned a letter from France to his brother in Mott.

11/11/2010: In 1918, the Great War was nearing an end, and the words of General Pershing echoed in the trenches: “Heaven, Hell or Hoboken by Christmas," was the phrase, but for many, Christmas would never come.

11/13/2010: On this date in 1924, a post-election drama occurred in Fessenden. Following that year’s vote, Con Sellie, an Independent, had been elected by a margin of two votes to the North Dakota House of Representatives over William R. Hartl, of the NPL.

11/15/2010: Chester Fritz was born in Buxton, in Traill County and on this date in 1956, it was reported that he set up one of several scholarship funds for students at UND.

11/18/2010: Today there is a lot in the news concerning border crossings and the illegal flow of drugs and immigration into the United States. This is not a new problem.