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Pride of Dakota releases 40th Anniversary Showcase attendance numbers

News Staff
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
By Valley News and Views Staff During the 2025 showcase season, Pride of Dakota vendors experienced their second-highest attendance on record with 47,272 attendees. Showcases were held in Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Minot and Dickinson. Fargo and Dickinson set attendance records.
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Pursuit on I-29 ends in suspect’s death

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
By Valley News and Views Staff A vehicle pursuit in Grand Forks County on Jan. 2 ended with the driver’s death from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
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Jury trial dates set for Bell in Grand Forks County crash

Mike Alan Steinfeldt
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
After nearly two years, a jury trial has finally been scheduled for a Fordville man accused of Class C felony criminal vehicular injury and Class A felony criminal vehicular homicide that caused the death of a six-year-old girl and seriously injured her 26-year-old mother.
Pheasants are released each year prior to the Youth Pheasant Opener.

Pheasants are released each year prior to the Youth Pheasant Opener.

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Pembina County Sportsman’s Club to host annual wildlife feed

Rebecca Davis
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
The Pembina County and Area Sportsman’s Club has announced its annual Wildlife Feed will take place Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Cavalier American Legion. Tickets are available for purchase at the door or from Jonasson Rental in advance.
The James H. Shannon Building (Building One), on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Lydia Polimeni,/National Institutes of Health)

The James H. Shannon Building (Building One), on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Lydia Polimeni,/National Institutes of Health)

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Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants

Jacob Fischler/north Dakota Monitor
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research.In a settlement agreement filed in Massachusetts federal court on Dec.
On average, the student loan debt of primary care physician graduates is about $213,000 and graduates with a bachelor’s degree in nursing have an average debt of about $30,000.

On average, the student loan debt of primary care physician graduates is about $213,000 and graduates with a bachelor’s degree in nursing have an average debt of about $30,000.

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Student loan repayment programs for health professions

News Staff
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Nearly 75% of rural counties in North Dakota are designated primary care shortage areas. One key strategy to become the healthiest state in the nation involves increasing access to health care by building a strong health care workforce – especially in rural areas.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Farmer Bridge Assistance payment rates now known – In the final hours of 2025, USDA announced the payment rates for the new Farmer Bridge Assistance program. Those rates include soybeans at $30.88 per acre, corn at $44.36, wheat at $39.35 and barley at $20.51. The per-acre rate for canola is $23.
A roadside ditch along Highway 2, about 5 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, full of topsoil from the adjoining field that was tilled in the fall. (NDSU photo)

A roadside ditch along Highway 2, about 5 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, full of topsoil from the adjoining field that was tilled in the fall. (NDSU photo)

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Study reveals $6,600 the cost of losing six inches of topsoil

Ndsu Extension
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Losing six inches of topsoil could cost farmers more than $6,600 in nutrients and organic matter, according to a new analysis by North Dakota State University researchers. Topsoil is the most fertile layer of a soil, rich in microbial activity and essential for crop production.
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