ND League of Cities votes to oppose the property tax initiative
WEBSep 25, 2023 · ND League of Cities president Todd Feland. The North Dakota League of Cities is on record opposing the proposed initiated Constitutional measure to eliminate property taxes. The initiative is authored by former Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck). It would replace the property tax with state funding. "Property tax provides substantial funding for our ...
West Fargo Police identify individuals in church shooting incident
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Police in West Fargo have identified individuals involved in a weekend shooting at a local church that left one man dead. At 7:48am Saturday, officers responded to a report of an assault and shots fired in the parking lot of Prairie Heights Church on 32 nd Avenue in West Fargo. When they arrived on the scene police were informed that an altercation between three people had taken place, and ...
Prairie Wolves | Prairie Public - Prairie Public Broadcasting
WEBSep 14, 2019 · With agricultural settlement public sentiment redefined the prairie wolf from the status of nuisance to that of public menace. Organized wolf hunts, involving scores or hundreds of participants, covered many sections and even townships of country in pursuit of the perceived pests. In 1897 the annual wolf hunt at Rock Island, near Devils Lake ...
Book Burning in Drake | Prairie Public - Prairie Public Broadcasting
WEBMay 21, 2022 · 9/18/2009: When the janitor of Drake public school tossed a pile of books into the building's furnace in 1973, he did not do so as a symbolic act or a political statement. The school always burned its waste, and the thirty-two copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five were not being used by the students. But what the janitor did not realize was that those few insignificant books would ...
18 year old woman missing from Grand Forks Air Force Base
WEBJul 12, 2022 · A base-wide search is underway for a missing woman who left the family campground at the Grand Forks Air Force Base late Monday night. Lea Greene is Public Affairs Chief for the 319 th Reconnaissance Wing. "Last night, June 11th, the family went to bed as normal and they woke up this morning and realized that their 18 year old daughter Hailey was not at the campsite.
Wrigley sworn in as ND's new Attorney General | Prairie Public
WEBFeb 9, 2022 · Former US Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley has taken the oath of office as the state’s Attorney General. It was done in a private ceremony. North Dakota Chief Justice Jon Jensen administered the oath. North Dakota’s longest serving Attorney General, Wayne Stenehjem, passed away at the end …
Lakota father and daughter on working to revitalize their language
WEBJul 25, 2018 · But for one Lakota father and daughter, language has always been at the center of their lives, their bond and their purpose. Manny and Claudia Iron Hawk recently visited the StoryCorps MobileBooth in Bismarck to discuss family history and the Lakota language as a healing force. Prairie Public Broadcasting provides quality radio, television, and ...
Will Amtrak restore the 'North Coast Hiawatha' route?
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Dan Bilka. The president of an organization pushing to restore Amtrak service in southern North Dakota is optimistic that service will be restored. Dan Bilka is with “All Aboard Northwest.”. He said the Federal Railroad Administration has finished its Long Distance Service Study – and he said more than 47,000 comments were received, with ...
Blizzard of 1984 | Prairie Public - Prairie Public Broadcasting
WEBFeb 6, 2020 · One memorable storm is the blizzard of 1984 which swept across the Great Plains with 60 mile-per-hour winds. It hit Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and of course, North Dakota. The cold air even went as far south as Texas. A New York Times article from this date that year described the situation. In one 50 mile stretch, the storm had stranded about ...
Good Jobs Challenge grant awarded to FMWF Chamber Foundation
WEBAug 24, 2022 · The grant will help form the Ignite Initiative Regional Workforce Training System. As part of the American Rescue Plan, 32 training partnerships and systems across the country were awarded a collective $500 million as part of the Good Jobs Challenge. One of these partnerships is the Ignite Initiative Workforce Training Initiative, which ...