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Oedema management strategies include avoiding overwatering, increasing air movement and ventilation, spacing plants, and improving lighting. NDSU photo

Oedema management strategies include avoiding overwatering, increasing air movement and ventilation, spacing plants, and improving lighting. NDSU photo

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Dakota Gardener: Mystery solved — Intumescence of tomatoes

News Staff
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
If you live within a few blocks of my house, you may have heard me screaming in frustration recently. My tomato seedlings keep threatening to die.I followed all the recommended steps to grow healthy seedlings.
Food can bind families together and keep communities connected. Pixabay photo

Food can bind families together and keep communities connected. Pixabay photo

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Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

News Staff
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
“I can’t believe this is real!” my husband exclaimed. “They use DNA to solve crime all the time,” I replied.I was corresponding online with a distant cousin who had matched my DNA profile. No crimes were involved, by the way.“No one would know that!
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101 state employees take buyouts in North Dakota

Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
North Dakota’s state workforce will shrink by 101 employees after a round of buyouts is completed, though some of the jobs will be refilled.The state initiated an early separation program in February in the face of declining oil tax revenues, which accounts for about half of all state revenue.
Ryan Corrick, submitted photo

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Cavalier Thrift Store awards $8,000 in scholarships

News Staff
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
The Cavalier Thrift Store awarded eight $1,000 scholarships to area students that will be furthering their education in the fall of 2026.The Thrift Store awards scholarships to students that are enrolling in a two-year technical/trade school, or a vocational program of study.
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From the pastor’s desk

Leroy Aufenkamp
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
On May 17, 1776, the Continental Congress “called for a national day of fasting and prayer before signing the Declaration of Independence”.Two hundred and fifty years later on May 17, 2026 held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. was a “Rededicate 250” celebration.
Prism of prose: Image

Prism of prose: Image

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Prism of prose: Image

Clint Van Camp
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Image making is big business in the modern world. Image has been an issue since the beginning of time. In the creation story, God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26, NIV). It was a perfect image.Man’s fall came in the garden and the image collapsed on earth.
How is Jesus a King?

How is Jesus a King?

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How is Jesus a King?

Carey Kinsolving And Friends
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
“If Jesus is a king, where’s his crown and castle?” asked Henry, 8. “I’ve seen Disney movies.Kings are supposed to wear gold and sit on thrones.”When most people think of kings, they picture palaces, parades, armies, and riches. But in John 19:17–22, we see a very different kind of king.
Civic-minded community members

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Civic-minded community members: City Clerk, Sonia Misialek

Christine Jensen
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
This is the second in a series of stories on essential people who assist our communityThere are many facets to keeping a small town running smoothly and every person behind the scenes does their part to keep the community vibrant and thriving.
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Bell sentenced to maximum for DUI injury and death

Mike Alan Steinfeldt
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Travis Dean Bell was sentenced to the maximum for each count against him in Northeast Central District court in Grand Forks on Monday, for an accident that severely injured Nicole Louthain of Grand Forks and killed her six-year-old daughter, Katarina.
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