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An invasion of ants and autocrats Gadfly | June 24th, 2025 By Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.com We need Paul Revere on a Harley: “ants and autocrats are coming!” The Asian needle ant has been nesting ...

Thompson Honors Legend Stone in ‘Sly Lives!’ Cinema | June 24th, 2025 By Greg Carlson gregcarlson1@gmail.com The June 9 death of musician Sylvester Stewart, known much better by stage name Sly Stone, ...

Magic — or the portrait of a skinny Dorian Gray? Wellness | June 19th, 2025 The drug that keeps re-purposing itself By Ellie Liverani eli.liverani.ra@gmail.com There is a drug that is getting a lot of ...

Vern’s view from the road: science and medicine save lives Last Word | June 19th, 2025 By Vern Thompson vern.thompson@rocketmail.com Working in the Bakken oil fields of the Williston Basin is so ...

Mirror Lake Last Word | June 19th, 2025 By Jim Fuglie jimfuglie920@gmail.com I’ll never get used to spending the night in a motel room in Hettinger, North Dakota. After all, it’s my hometown. For more ...

We are landowners and township residents directly affected by the proposed 345kV transmission line from Jamestown to Ellendale.

There is a drug that is getting a lot of attention. It has various commercial names (Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus) but the scientific name is semaglutide.