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This massive railroad project solved a big problem in Minnesota, but it cost men their lives and limbs
A webcast talk on Tuesday evening, March 16, will explore the story of the Stockwood Fill, a project to elevate track on the Northern Pacific Railway between Glyndon and Hawley in Minnesota, that proved an engineering challenge. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
A solitary figure stands near the almost-completed trestle for the Stockwood Fill in the fall of 1906. The upright timbers are called bents. There are 1,600 of them. Each features four standing pilings, built from 6,400 Douglas fir trees. Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County / Special to The Forum
A webcast talk on Tuesday evening, March 16, will explore the story of the Stockwood Fill, a project to elevate track on the Northern Pacific Railway between Glyndon and Hawley in Minnesota, that proved an engineering challenge.
25 Years Ago â 1996
Four Morton County and Mandan students have won the right to compete in the State Spelling Bee to be held April 1 at the Radisson Inn, Bismarck. Representing the county are Aaron Meberg, an eighth-grader from Hebron Public School, and Janet Stanton, a seventh-grader from New Salem Public School. Representing the city of Mandan are Lindsay Leingang, sixth-grader at St. Joseph School, and Jason Keller, a fifth-grader; at Christ the King School. The four were chosen from 82 students and 14 schools who competed March 2 in Mandan.
University of Mary sophomore Cindy Leingang set three school records en route to winning the pentathlon at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes indoor track and field national championships held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Leingang, of Mandan, racked up a school record of 3,461 points and also set school records in the 55 hurdles (8.57) and high jump (5-8 ½). Leingangâs win gives her four All-American honors.
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It began with Kelly Yang’s three children, who started fielding questions about whether they had COVID-19 because they’re Chinese. Coronavirus tag ensued, and her son was somehow always “it.”
Then Yang, an author who moved to the U.S. from China at age 6, taught a free online writing class for teens. One student called her a Chinese virus in the middle of the session.
But the most upsetting incident occurred last spring, at a grassy park near her former East Bay home. A woman charged toward her, angry that Yang’s labradoodle wasn’t on a leash. “There are signs everywhere. Can you read?” the woman said, and used a racial slur.