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Dakota Gardener: Unwelcome garden visitors

Dakota Gardener: Unwelcome garden visitors

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Dakota Gardener: Unwelcome garden visitors

News Staff
Friday, August 14, 2026
My potatoes probably won’t grow heart-shaped tubers for me this year. In fact, if they could talk, I am sure they would be yelling at me.
Nick Moser, left, and his nephew, Hunter Moser, both nationally certified fire instructors, work together during structural live-fire training Aug. 8 in Cavalier. Firefighters from seven North Dakota communities participated in the exercise.

Nick Moser, left, and his nephew, Hunter Moser, both nationally certified fire instructors, work together during structural live-fire training Aug. 8 in Cavalier. Firefighters from seven North Dakota communities participated in the exercise.

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Training prepares volunteers to face extreme heat, danger

Sarah Overby, Editor
Friday, August 14, 2026
When local volunteer firefighters enter a burning building, they face intense heat, limited visibility and conditions that can change without warning. Preparing for those moments requires realistic training, personal sacrifice and a willingness to accept risks most people will never encounter.
From left are sisters Mary Shea, Margaret Klein, Becky Ratzlaff and Judie Beadle. Submitted photo

From left are sisters Mary Shea, Margaret Klein, Becky Ratzlaff and Judie Beadle. Submitted photo

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How a love of doughnuts and thrift stores helped save a child

Judie Beadle
Friday, August 14, 2026
Our entire family was in Langdon for the July 16 burial of our beloved Bob Klein. My sisters — Margaret Klein, Mary Shea and Becky Ratzlaff — and I had decided to meet at the Langdon bakery at 9 a.m. the next morning.
Pembilier Nursing Center:

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Heather Duerre, Life Enrichment Director
Friday, August 14, 2026
Greetings from your friends at PNC! I have said many times how grateful we are at PNC for our supportive and generous community. This past week, we again experienced generosity from our community. Choice Bank in Walhalla held its annual Customer Appreciation Picnic lunch Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Letter from the Editor: Harvest in the air — and drones in the sky

Letter from the Editor: Harvest in the air — and drones in the sky

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Letter from the Editor: Harvest in the air — and drones in the sky

News Staff
Friday, August 14, 2026
It’s not often during the summer that I make many trips out to the farm. Last Sunday morning, my husband asked if I wanted to ride along to watch a drone sprayer work on one of the family farm’s fields along the Canadian border.
NORTH OF THE BORDER: In Manitoba, we take our beer very seriously

NORTH OF THE BORDER: In Manitoba, we take our beer very seriously

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NORTH OF THE BORDER: In Manitoba, we take our beer very seriously

Loryn Willcocks
Friday, August 14, 2026
There are some things Manitobans take very seriously - the weather, for one; road construction, obviously; and whether a pothole is still a pothole or has reached the size where it should be given a name, a street sign and its own snow-clearing budget.
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