Hot, dry weather brings grasshopper concerns

Melanie Thornberg and her grandson, Parker, visit the elk sculpture created by Walhalla artist Kenny Tetrault at the Masonic Scenic Overlook in Walhalla. Tetrault also created the moose in Walhalla and the Blue Moose in East Grand Forks. Photo courtesy of Melanie Thornberg

2024. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary event on Oct. 28,

The Still Creek area in the Mt. Hood National Forest is part of 2 million acres of Oregon land protected by the federal Roadless Rule. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service)

Jessica Van Winkle, a special education teacher at Horizon Middle School in Bismarck, sets up a monitor on her desk on Aug. 19, 2026, before the first day of school next to a pile of laptops that will be distributed to students. Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor

Bohdyn Hope displays homemade baked goods, jams and jellies from his business, Hope in Every Bite, at a local farmers market.

Antique farm machinery will be among the many attractions at the 33rd annual Pioneer Machinery Show on Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Pembina County Museum Grounds west of Cavalier.

Cyanobacteria blooms can be exacerbated by prolonged high temperatures and stagnant water. (NDSU photo)