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Woman 1st in line for polio vaccine embraces COVID-19 shot JACK DURA, The Bismarck Tribune April 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Nora Unruh felt a sense of relief when she was vaccinated for COVID-19. But it didn’t bring back memories about getting her polio shot at the first vaccine clinic in Bismarck six decades ago. “That’s probably a good thing,” the 72-year-old Basin Electric retiree and grandmother of two said, laughing. The front page of The Bismarck Tribune from June 9, 1955, recounts her shot that day at the World War Memorial Building: “Six-year-old Nora Jeanne Bohrer . was a somewhat reluctant first youngster through the line, but she soon wiped her tears away.” (“Oh, for cute,” she said after hearing the story.) ....
Missouri River managers turn attention from flood to drought RANDY DOCKENDORF, Yankton Press and Dakotan April 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail YANKTON, S.D. (AP) With anticipated continued drought, flooding likely won’t be an issue this year in the upper Missouri River basin, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal officials. Despite recent rainfall, the Yankton region remains a combination of abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A similar situation is found in much of the upper basin. Reservoir inflows in the basin above Sioux City, Iowa, were well-below average in March. The updated 2021 upper basin runoff forecast is 21.3 million acre-feet (MAF), 83% of average. ....
Several contentious measures await Gov. Burgum s review JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Gov. Doug Burgum will be faced with some politically tricky legislation once North Dakota lawmakers finish their work on several unsettled measures and budget bills as the Legislature enters its final weeks. Conference committees rule at the state Capitol this week, as legislators work to reconcile differing versions of bills endorsed in both chambers. Some of the more contentious issues still in play include bills that appeal to North Dakota’s ultra-conservative base, such as a measure to allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in schools and legislation that would prevent the Republican governor from mandating face coverings. And then there’s the proposed record spending, something Burgum had promised to reign in since taking office but hasn’t. ....