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Eating apples may decrease our risk for heart disease and certain types of cancer, and it may help improve lung function.

Eating apples may decrease our risk for heart disease and certain types of cancer, and it may help improve lung function.

Prairie Fare: Crunch on some apples to promote good health

News Staff
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
By Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D. “Fall is my favorite season,” my husband commented as we drove home one sunny afternoon.I agreed. I especially enjoy the colors of autumn.
Wean-to-finish farms raise pigs from weaning for about six months until the animal reaches market weight. (NDSU photo)

Wean-to-finish farms raise pigs from weaning for about six months until the animal reaches market weight. (NDSU photo)

Optimism about the future of swine production in North Dakota

News Staff
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
While the North Dakota swine industry is small compared to the rest of the Midwest, opportunities exist for future expansion. Taw Scaff, a new swine specialist for North Dakota State University Extension, sees a promising future for the swine industry in the state.
North Dakota is fortunate to have a small sage grouse population. Photo by North Dakota Game and Fish’s Ashley Peterson

North Dakota is fortunate to have a small sage grouse population. Photo by North Dakota Game and Fish’s Ashley Peterson

The situation with sage grouse

Doug Leier
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
I keep three North Dakota OUTDOORS calendars on the wall in my office. When I glance up and see a dark shaded day I know it’s pretty significant. A season opener or application deadline is reason for a second look.
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Do you remember Curtis?

Andrea Johnston
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
I was lucky enough to recently hear from one of our readers and former Drayton resident Curtis Engelbrektson. He submitted this piece with a request to print it: I was born in August of 1940 with a blood poisoning disease (incurable at the time).
Bill Patrie

Bill Patrie

Useful thinking- Honest wealth

News Staff
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
By Bill Patrie The FFA Creed proclaims belief “in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so-for others as well as myself.”A sentence later, “in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends upon me.
From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

Pastor Leroy Aufenkamp
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Over the past few weeks we have spoken of daily needs such as food, etc., physical conditioning, and financial concerns, and that while these have their place in our daily life they should not become our primary focus.
Reverse snowbird

Reverse snowbird

Reverse snowbird

Duane H.h. Lyon
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Hello Dakota friends and neighbors, hope all is well in your neck of the woods. I met a homeless couple over the weekend and discovered they had walked over 10 miles in a single day. I shared some food and drink with them and found out she was pregnant.
The Collingsworth family portrait as can be found on the back of the thick concert pamphlet that each attendee received.

The Collingsworth family portrait as can be found on the back of the thick concert pamphlet that each attendee received.

Prism of prose

Clint Van Camp
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The GospelTeien Covenant and friends from Drayton went to Calvary Church in Fargo for an outstanding concert put on by the Collingsworth family. When they say family they mean it.
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Dakota Gardener: Notable

News Staff
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
By Joe Zeleznik, Forester My meteorologist friends tell me that the word “normal” has very little meaning, as no year is ever really normal.Does that mean that every year is “abnormal?” I fear that the answer would take a long time and involve a deep dive into statistics.
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