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Prairie fare: Will food prices continue to increase?

Julie Garden-robinson, Ph.d., R.d., L.r.d.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

As I placed my grocery bags in my car, I noticed something at the bottom of the cart and picked it up. It was someone else’s shopping list. The discarded shopping list was interesting.You can learn a lot from people’s shopping habits.

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Drayton Volunteer Ambulance Service fundraiser

Christine Jensen

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Volunteers are the backbone of any small community, without them essential services could not be provided. For the Drayton Volunteer Ambulance Service (EMS) holding fundraisers is a way to keep these services available to community members and the surrounding areas.

Whooping Cough cases have tripled

News Staff

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

As of Oct. 23, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported 73 cases of pertussis (also known as “whooping cough”) so far in 2024, compared to 17 cases in all of 2023. Cases have occurred in 11 counties, compared to two counties last year.

Prairie Doc Perspective

Andrew Ellsworth, Md

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

HPV causes cancer, and can be preventedWhat do warts, pap smears, cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, and a vaccine all have in common? Three letters: HPV Human papillomavirus ( HPV) is a common virus that can cause growths on skin and mucous membranes.

Good nesting weather and spring grasslands help maintain and grow pheasant numbers. Photo by NDGF-Ashely Peterson

Inside the numbers for North Dakota pheasants

Doug Leier

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

While the headlines get all the attention – “Pheasant Numbers are up 25%” – there’s so much more to the story and you don’t have to be a biologist or a hunter to understand the recipe for healthy upland game and pheasant populations. Weather and habitat.

Before winter is upon us, gardeners should consider protecting tender roses like this beautiful Campfire cultivar, named for its prolific yellow, red and pink flowers. (NDSU photo)

Dakota gardener:Winter protection for tender roses

Esther E. Mcginnis, Horticulturist

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

We have been blessed by an unusually lovely fall in the northern Great Plains. Unfortunately, the longrange weather forecast promises that all good things must come to an end.Before winter is upon us, gardeners should consider protecting tender roses.

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letter to the editor

News Staff

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

There are many worthy reasons to vote – millions of them. One of the most significant is that it honors American heroes.Harry Truman said, “Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.

From the pastor’s desk

Pastor Leroy Aufenkamp

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

“Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter.” “The Celts celebrated Samhain by lighting bonfires, wearing costumes, and dancing around the fires to ward off evil spirits.

Reverse snowbird

Duane H.h. Lyon

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Greetings Dakota friends and good neighbors. Of recent, newly bound yard leaves are in abundance along with a few raindrops. The seasons are in transition and has us living in two worlds at times.

Lillian Halfpenny, Class of 1904. Submitted photo

Prism of prose

Poured Out By Clint Van Camp

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

You can find her in Kenneth C. Gardner’s Echoes of Distant School Bells, Volume 1: 1879-1945 (Morgan Publishing, 1994) or the Drayton Methodist Centennial Book, 18781978. She graduated from Drayton High School in 1904. This girl went on to study at Hamline University.

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