2018-11-14

Holly Would

Make room for something new

First, I would like to apologize to those of you who regularly read this column. I’m sorry that I keep repeating myself. I know you know the places I used to live. I know you know I live in a tiny house. But I feel the need to say these things for those who don’t regularly read this column. For […]

Political Cartoon

Whines & Roses

Altered tapes or altered states?

It’s hard to stay abreast of who is winning the war between President Donald Trump and the “enemy of the people” — you know, the press. The latest salvos were launched last week in a White House press conference — one hour and 26 minutes of pure venom spewed from either side of the room. Journalists were asking tough questions, […]

Passing Dreams

Yearning for old-fashioned media days?

Last weekend a rare foray onto Facebook revealed a post harkening back to Walter Cronkite. “Younger Americans will have trouble believing this, but there was once this guy named Walter Cronkite who would read the news on television every weekday night. He didn’t seem to have an agenda, or try to make anybody look bad or good. He would just […]

Date set for Wildrose special election


Wildrose residents will elect a new Mayor on Thursday, Feb. 21. That announcement came at last week’s city council meeting after discussion between council members and City Attorney Amber Feisel. State law requires a 30 day period for interested parties to pick up their petitions to run, gather the required number of signatures, and get them turned in. Petitions are […]

Vets Day gathering

San Antonio,” said Jensen. “We have somebody watching it all the time. Before, we didn’t have any leak detection.” Future policy changes While Jensen has seen state policy regulating oil spills head in the right direction, there is still work to be done. The first step, Jensen said, is educating state legislators. “I think they kind of put side blinders […]

Jensens look to future following conclusion of five-year cleanup


Steve and Patty Jensen were devastated by the Tesoro pipeline that leaked 865,200 gallons of oil onto their property. Patty Jensen is determined to reduce the chance such a disaster will happen to other landowners in the state. “My big deal now is what is the state doing,” she said. “We have a tendency to think they will take care […]

Alleged heroin overdose leads police to investigate Tioga bar


A fatality believed to have been caused by a drug overdose in Tioga is alleged to have been connected with the Skol Bar, resulting in the city considering revocation of the bar’s liquor license. Aside from that incident, said Tioga Police Chief Corey Murphy, other violations have been documented at the bar, which has been the subject of an investigation […]

Bakken briefs

Tioga spill site finally clean The largest onshore oil spill in United States history occurred five years ago, nine miles north and east of Tioga. Restoring the land ruined by the spill is now complete, after a five-year process filled with hardships for the landowners. Steve and Patty Jensen first discovered the oil spill on their property on Sept. 29, […]

Father and son die in WWI



World War I began in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, on June 28, 1914. The actual causes of the war are more complicated and are still debated by historians today. Patriotism was at an all time high amongst North Dakotans and thousands volunteered for the draft and […]