The Gilby (North Dakota) Community Center, since opening in August 2021, has been host to dozens of volunteer-run public events throughout the year, not just on holidays, but also during the week.
A South Dakota farmer lost about $500 worth of diesel fuel when his truck was vandalized, an indication of the value of the commodity. Demand for diesel, which typically rises in the fall, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are part of why diesel is commanding a premium to gasoline.
Cass-Clay Creamery recently delivered more than 24,000 units of Giving Cow, a shelf-stabilized milk, to the Great Plains Food Bank part of an announced donation of 82,000 units.
Multiple colleges in North Dakota and Minnesota are starting up meat cutting programs to try to help meet a demand for workers. Some of the first North Dakota State College of Science students are interning with a small-town meat locker as part of that program.
Johnson, who farms near Breckenridge in the southern Red River Valley of Minnesota, said a lack of late season rains hurt his corn, soybeans and sugarbeets.