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Hop to Hoople for Tater Town Days

Rebecca Davis
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
This Saturday, Oct. 11, Hoople will host its fourth annual Tater Town Days, a community celebration promising something for everyone.Organizers say this year’s event will feature a wider variety of vendors than ever before.Tater Town Days kicks off at 1 p.m.
Some area farmers opted to plant pasture grass and cover crops in June, 2023. Photo provided by Josh Anderson.

Some area farmers opted to plant pasture grass and cover crops in June, 2023. Photo provided by Josh Anderson.

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Expiration of tax credits could mean larger health insurance bills for ND farmers

Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Frustrations grow about fate of soybean crop, storage and long-term impactsFarmers heavily reliant on coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are likely to see out-of-pocket health insurance premium payments rise more than 75% on average in 2026.
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News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Great Plains Food Bank plans to adapt and overcomeNorth Dakota’s Great Plains Food Bank (GPFB) has responded to the USDA’s recent decision to end its Household Food Security Report. The GPFB said the report was an important part of how they determined local food insecurity.
Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt of Grafton with their record-setting pumpkin. Photo by Robert Ripple.

Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt of Grafton with their record-setting pumpkin. Photo by Robert Ripple.

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Child car seats are often misused; local resources can help caregivers keep kids safe

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Following National Child Passenger Safety Week, which was observed Sept. 21–27, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with Vision Zero, reminds caregivers with young children to safely buckle children in vehicles.
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Grafton couple sets new North Dakota record with giant pumpkin

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
On Saturday, Sept. 27, a couple from Grafton carved their names into the North Dakota record books in a big way. Roy Line and Danielle Schmidt brought a massive pumpkin weighing 2,027 pounds to Walhalla’s 21st Annual Giant Pumpkinfest, setting a new state record.
An Air Force firefighter repels down a training missile silo during a training exercise at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming on Oct. 26, 2024. Photo by Hunter C. Kirkland/U.S. Air Force

An Air Force firefighter repels down a training missile silo during a training exercise at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming on Oct. 26, 2024. Photo by Hunter C. Kirkland/U.S. Air Force

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Nuclear missile workers are contracting cancer

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
They blame the basesBy Patricia Kime, KFF Health News/North Dakota Monitor At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Update released concerning body found in Red River

Nick Vorlage
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Grand Forks police have provided an update on the deceased female located on the banks of the Red River on Monday, Sept. 22. The deceased was found by a passerby about 200 yards north of the Riverside Dam. Officials considered the discovery “suspicious” but would not go into further details.
North Dakota outdoors: Waterfowl hunting safety column

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North Dakota outdoors: Waterfowl hunting safety column

Doug Leier
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
I’m reminded that some of the most memorable duck hunts often involve more than just decoys and camouflage. They include early mornings pushing off from shore, a dog pacing at the bow, and the quiet thrill of hunting from a boat.
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North Dakota growers should consider planting a cover crop this fall

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
With favorable soil moisture conditions this year, growers across North Dakota have an excellent opportunity to establish a fallseeded cover crop, according to Victor Gomes, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at NDSU’s Dickinson Research Extension Center (DREC).
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