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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Love to drive? Come to North Dakota
I hate to do this, but here’s a story on Forbes.com about how awesome the driving experience is in North Dakota. This online magazine has been pretty kind to our state, putting us in the national rankings now and again … Continue reading
Tagged North Dakota, outside perception
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Ban-schman, some teens say they’ll still text and drive
The City Beat usually doesn’t have the time to attend the Grand Forks Youth Commission, but I probably should’ve gone this week. There was an interesting survey done by some Central High School students in DECAÂ that shows some interesting, though … Continue reading
Much ado about a few dollars
The City Beat was mildly annoyed by the grilling that Grand Forks city staff got from the City Council’s finance committee about two weeks ago over some proposed fee increases. Staff members got so flustered they couldn’t explain what the hell … Continue reading
Follow-up: Sex offender registry goes political
That story I did about North Dakota not complying with national sex offender laws a while back is now a political issue: Democratic-NPL candidate Jeanette Boechler said Wednesday that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem “falsely claimed†North Dakota was, for the … Continue reading
Tagged North Dakota, public safety
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GF city law: If you don’t pay, they don’t spray
The City Beat saw this story on ABC News last night and wondered if this could happen in Grand Forks, by this I mean: South Fulton, Tenn., firefighters stood on the sidelines, watching as flames engulfed Gene Cranick‘s Obion County … Continue reading
Tagged GF and EGF, GF City Hall, public safety
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Science club: Some kind of lesson about flood control
There was a big meeting of scientists and engineers in Grand Forks the other day and the big speaker was a guy named Robert Twilley. He’s a Louisiana State University ecologist and research chief involved in restoration of his state’s … Continue reading
Tagged EERC, higher education, science, UND
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UND enrollment growth no longer a big worry
The City Beat hesitated a little while writing the lede in yesterday’s story about UND President Robert Kelley’s State of the University address because how do you say enrollment of 14,200 is about as big as the university really wants to … Continue reading
Tagged enrollment, higher education, ndus, UND
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