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In 1938, Dr. George Foster and his wife Irene founded the Fargo Winter Club to boost interest in winter sports and athletics. That year, the group partnered with the WPA to build the Fargo Arena, an arena for local residents to participate in skating and other winter sports in more sheltered conditions.

Dave Thompson and Josh Boschee discuss child care, workforce needs, how minority democrats can influence legislation, and more.

North Dakota Native American Essential Understanding number seven is about native identity. It states, "Individual and communal identity is defined and supported by shared native languages, kinship systems, Tiospaye, clan structures, traditional teachings, values, sacred laws, and ceremonies. A continuum of tribal identity, unique to each individual, ranges from assimilated to traditional lifestyle. There is no generic American Indian."

Arctic explorer and environmentalist Lonnie Dupre will be speaking about climate change and his polar explorations in Moorhead on Saturday. ~~~ Poetry from studio 47 comes to us from Patrick Hicks, a writer in residence and a member of the English faculty at Augustana University. Today he profiles poet and North Dakota native, Debra Marquart. ~~~ Sue Balcom is talking about those expensive eggs on Main Street Eats.

On this date in 1983 a B-52 Stratofortress bomber exploded at the Grand Forks Air Force Base with the loss of 5 personnel. Fortunately, it did not have nuclear weapons on board. That was not the case less than 3 years earlier when on September 15th, 1980, a B-52 on alert status caught fire. Fanned by strong winds, the fire became a giant flamethrower. The crew jumped clear and ran.

Friday, January 27, 2023 - Our monthly Journalists Roundtable will hone-in on the news from the state legislature. Along with our own Dave Thompson, we welcome special guest Joel Crane of KFYR. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Empire of Light,” and discusses the Academy Award nominations.

Monday, January 30, 2023 - Bill Chaves serves as director of athletics at the University of North Dakota, a position he has held since March, 2018. A two-time recipient of national Athletic Director of the Year honors, Chaves came to Grand Forks after having spent the previous decade as director of athletics at Eastern Washington University. ~~~ Brenton Nesemeier, field epidemiologist and director of field services for the North Dakota Department of Health and Jenny Galbraith, North Dakota’s adult vaccine manager, discuss current issues relative to COVID-19.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - Veterans Story Preservation Day will be Monday, February 6th at the Fargo Air Museum. Every veteran has a story worth being told and the Museum will preserve history by conducting a 30 minute audio and/or visual recorded video of Veterans from all service branches. We visit with Ryan Thayer, executive director/CEO of the Fargo Air Museum, and Max Sabin, collections manager. ~~~ Veterans’ oral histories can sometimes involve trauma. There’s even an effort to name an overpass in Jamestown "Hidden Wounds Veterans Overpass." At the suggestion of a listener, we explore the problem of PTSD as we visit with Amanda McMahon, executive director of the Prairie Recovery Center in Raleigh, North Dakota. In addition to PTSD, we’ll also learn about the other services they provide.

It’s not every day that one can turn back time, but it happened on this date in 1931. Two years before, in 1929, Senator William E. Martin of Morton County introduced a bill that would put all of North Dakota in the central time zone.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - We kick off our popular Short and Sweet membership drive (which always features those great chocolate truffles from Nichole's Fine Pastry) by visiting with NDSU professor Ross Collins, the author of “Chocolate, a Cultural Encyclopedia.” ~~~ What does our Short and Sweet membership drive have to do with the Japanese poetry form of haiku? We’ll explain as we learn about haiku from ShaunAnne Tangney, retired professor of English at Minot State University.