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Wednesday, June 21, 2022 - Carl Griffin and Greg Reed attended Moorhead State College in the 1960s and 70s as part of Project E-Quality, an affirmative action program developed to bring Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous students to the school. On this Juneteenth week, we visit with Carl and Greg. They’ll discuss their experience coming to Moorhead, and also their efforts around the Juneteenth holiday.

The National Statuary Hall is one of the most popular locations in the U.S Capitol Building, with tourists flocking year-’round to see the collection of statues from across the 50 states. The hall is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. The hall has the shape of an ancient amphitheater, with pilasters made of sandstone and columns made of Breccia marble quarried along the Potomac River. The Corinthian columns were carved from white marble in Carrara, Italy.

June is arguably the best month of summer for fishing and for “going to the lake.” Many North Dakotans flock to home-state lakes – Sakakawea, Lake Darling, Spiritwood, Stump, Metigoshe. Folks near the Red River often head into Minnesota. It was on this date, in 1889, that the Bismarck Tribune related some of the happenings on Big Detroit Lake, when North Dakotans were in a whirl of lakeshore fun, jam-packed with boating, relaxation, bathing and angling.

Monday, June 20 - Folks in the small town of Buxton are working to restore some of the town's beloved buildings. The effort is called Buxton in Bloom. Bobbi Hepper Olson visits with special contributor Brandi Malarkey. ~~~ A new book just released explores the jazz scene in Fargo. It’s called Fargo Jazz. Ashley Thornberg visits with musician Russ Peterson and photographer/writer W. Scott Olsen.

On this date in 1907 a puzzling crime investigation by the Devils Lake police department came to a satisfying ending. The crime was first considered unsolvable, but the police nabbed the culprit after some clever sleuthing.

Protest can take many forms. From a singular person starving on a doorstep to thousands flooding the streets, people have many ways of making their voices heard. One interesting North Dakota protest occurred on this date in 2006, involving three men dressed as clowns at the site of a nuclear missile silo near the Minot Airforce Base.

Summer is a good time to do a little star gazing, and we are heading toward a new moon on the 29th, so if the skies are clear, stargazing should be quite good for the next couple weeks.

George Armstrong Custer is not a source I ordinarily would cite as to geographical terminology, but let me draw attention to a hopeful distinction he makes early in his memoir, My Life on the Plains. He remarks how schoolchildren were being taught to refer to the midsection of the country as “the Great American Desert.”

Friday, June 17, 2022 - Dakota Spotlight is a true-crime podcast brings light to stories from the Upper Midwest. The new episode is about an unsolved missing persons case out of the Wishek/Napoleon area. Joining us are the producers, Jeremy Fugleberg and James Wolner. ~~~ Dave Thompson is here for this week’s news chat. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Jurassic World Dominion.”

Monday, June 13, 2022 - We start today by acknowledging June as Pride Month by sharing another episode of Breaking Barriers: Harvesting LGBTQ Stories on the Northern Plains. It’s part of the Red River Rainbow Seniors oral history project. In this excerpt, Lyle Halvorson interviews Kevin Tengesdal, a graphic designer and activist from Bismarck. ~~~ The State Historical Society of North Dakota is looking for stories about the 1997 floods. It’s part of the historical society’s oral history project called “Flicker Tales of North Dakota.” Joining us is Sarah Walker, the head of reference services at the North Dakota State Archives. ~~~ Peggy Lee Day is coming up in Valley City. We visit with Bonnie and Myron Sommerfeld about the famous North Dakota vocalist.