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Prairie doc: Oral health is a gateway to general wellness”

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

For much of modern healthcare, dentistry has existed apart from the broader medical system.Patients commonly have separate providers for medical and dental care, and this division is reflected in insurance models, education, and even cultural perception.

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VA processes more than 2M disability claims in record time

News Staff

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that it processed more than 2 million disability benefits claims for Veterans in fiscal year 2025, faster than ever before.VA achieved this milestone more than a month faster than the all-time record reached in FY 2024.

Almost all cucumber, melon, pumpkin and squash flowers require pollination by bees to produce fruit. (Flickr photo by Swallowtail Garden Seeds)

Dakota Gardener: Attract bees to your vegetable garden

Tom Kalb, Horticulturist

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

We need bees to grow a productive vegetable garden. Almost all cucumber, melon, pumpkin and squash flowers require pollination by bees to produce fruit. Without bees, there would be a worldwide shortage of zucchini.A very sad thought, indeed.

Greg Power Fisheries Division Chief Photo by Ashley Peterson, NDGF

North Dakota outdoors: The lure of big fish stories

Doug Leier

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

I’m comfortable considering myself “old.” I remember when North Dakota had a closed fishing season, I bought my fishing license at a gas station, with a trout stamp, and signed my name on the side so as not to mark the stamp’s beautiful artwork.

Kids Talk About God

News Staff

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

“Jesus is the Word because through Him all things are made,” says Jonathan, 8. “What He said became. Through the words of Jesus, the Earth and man were made. So, He is the Word.

From the pastor’s desk

Pastor Leroy Aufenkamp

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

As we grow older we tend to look back at our lives and in retrospect consider what was really important and what we should have avoided. With that in mind I want to look briefly at four men in the Bible and what, as older men, they thought was important.

Clint with some of the crew members aboard the Pacific Escort in February 1985. The tugboat was berthed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo CA. Submitted photo

Prism of prose

Clint Van Camp

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

In 1971 I went overseas to serve on a U. S. Naval cruiser for the better part of two years. I retired from the Telecommunications industry in 2011. Over those four decades I did not have a typical career plan.

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Classic cars, accordion music, and burgers

News Staff

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

A night of fun at the Pembina County MuseumJoin the Pembina County Historical Society Thursday, July 3, for an evening of vintage cars, lively music, and great food at the Pembina County Museum Grounds, 13572 Highway 5, Cavalier. The celebration kicks off at 5:00 p.m. and runs through 7:30 p.m.

Loki Sylskar, the first student featured in a new series about local students doing unique and exceptional things. Submitted photo

Success and salutation

Christine Jensen

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Local student enjoys learning and prepares for the futureThis is the first in a series of stories about students doing unique and exceptional things.Experience is an outstanding learning tool, it gives you more than any text book can supply.

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Red Cross responds to devastating storms

News Staff

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Overnight, Friday, June 20, devastating tornadoes and high winds tore through eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota, leaving behind fatal destruction in communities such as Enderlin, ND, and widespread damage in Bemidji, MN.

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