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THE NEW FORTYThe train always wins...
A couple of weeks ago I saw a young man in his vehicle hurry to beat the train that crosses 18th Street North at 12th Avenue North. The train wasn't moving too quickly, but it still was plenty dangero...
5/14/13 at 9:51 PM
2 WHEELERSpring?
The weather was supposed to warm up Wednesday. It did -- but only technically. As I pedaled away from home shortly after 9 a.m. that day, the National Weather Service Willmar webpage, reported it wa...
4/6/13 at 12:03 AM
UND NEWSTrain wreck: UND professor makes new waves with book about rail disasters
University of North Dakota Professor George Bibel has done it again--his latest popular book is about train crashes and follows his Beyond the Black Box, a well-received book about airplane crashes....
11/2/12 at 10:59 AM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINAUp the Mountain
I had a decision to make. After the small-town experiences in Henan province, was I going to travel north to sight-see the Longmen Caves? There, centuries ago, Buddhist monks decorated hundreds of cav...
8/11/12 at 8:36 AM A Little China Choo-Choo 7/21/12 at 9:42 AM
One Final Trek: Off to Beijing 6/23/12 at 10:38 AM
THE FARM BLEATChugga-chugga choo-choo
Do you have a bucket list? Is there something you really want to do before you kick the bucket? For me, Id probably say that traveling to the Outer Banks to view the lighthouses would top my list. ...
6/16/11 at 9:38 AM
THE FLENSBURGER FILESThanks for telling us how to drive, (....)!
It is a site that none of us wanted to see after 2008, the year of the economic collapse. At about this time last year, we were dealing with $4 a gallon gas in a time span between Easter and Labor Day...
4/21/11 at 5:36 PM German Christmas Market Holiday Pics 3: Nuremberg 12/17/10 at 6:31 PM
STAFF BLOGJUKEBOX HEROSoul Train
My apologies for being "sick" Monday and thus no post. So I am a day late on my usual Monday funk post. Today we are kicking it old school and throwing it back to a little Soul Train. My sister and...
1/25/11 at 1:14 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDN.D. holiday tourism events
BISMARCK -- The state Tourism Division suggests these family-friendly events this holiday season. 15th annual Medoras Old Fashioned Cowboy Christmas Medora Dec. 3-4 Cowboys and cowgirls of all age...
12/3/10 at 11:27 AM
DOING IT DOWNTOWNClick-clacks on the tracks
By Kelsie OKeefe Mass Comm. Major Photos by Sadie Jones Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. The incessant sound invokes eye rolls, head shakes, curse words and u-turns. Eighty trains pass th...
11/19/10 at 9:00 AM
STAFF BLOGWDAY STORM TRACKER WEATHERTrain Disaster
Before the devastating tornado that struck Fargo Moorhead in June, 1957, perhaps the most talked about severe weather event may have been the Empire Builder tornado that hit this area on May 27, 1931....
5/25/10 at 5:30 AM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTYThe New Car
Not exactly a car you can drive ..but an Automated Refrigerated Milk Car!! This is a train car from his childhood. He cleaned it up and got it working, then he blew out his transformer and had to ord...
5/3/10 at 5:32 AM Train Shows 4/25/10 at 5:36 AM
IT'S GOOD TO BE IN NORTH DAKOTAJust when you thought it all had melted
I believe the snow should be in Canada, where this crap belongs, but instead it's on my doorstep. Ah, well. I guess it's only a matter of time until we're back to this: ...
12/2/09 at 10:31 AM
PAW PRINTZAll Aboard!!!
COURTESY POST - This dog is not a 4 Luv of Dog Rescue dog Great Dane Mix - "Beni" Beni is a 6 month old, female pup who currently is being cared...
11/24/09 at 6:46 PM 21 SALUTE! 11/1/09 at 4:44 PM
DIRTY LAUNDRYMonday, Monday, can't trust that day
Remember the old song about Monday? Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day. Monday, Monday, sometimes it just works out that way…Oh, Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be...
11/3/09 at 3:34 AM
NDSU NEWSDisney Train
Disney's train promoting its upcoming holiday movie A Christmas Carol, is at NDSU today and open to the public from 9 am to 7 pm. This is a free event. The train is parked at the corner of 12th Ave. N...
7/15/09 at 6:04 AM Another train 7/8/09 at 8:55 AM
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