Five Inventors earn awards

We’ve all heard that famous quip about inventions being 99 percent perspiration and one percent genius – but a handful of area innovators recently honored by North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven can perhaps identify with Thomas Edison’s reasoning a little better than most.
On May 19, five people were named winners of the third annual Innovate [...]

Farm Briefs

Montana plants less wheat
BILLINGS, Mont. _ Montana farmers appear to be planting less wheat this year, partly because they need to recharge the soil after planting back-to-back wheat crops to take advantage of high commodity prices.
Interest is increasing in pulse crops that don’t need fertilizer and naturally put nitrogen back into the soil. Montana Farmers [...]

A day at the BEACH

Business booms in small-town North Dakota
By Tina Ding

Emanuel Culman sought a change of pace. An Englishman, he and his wife settled in Los Angeles for a number of years before committing to a lifestyle change. Enlisting an astrologer friend’s help, they discovered they were suited to live along the 48th parallel – which brought them [...]

Farm Briefs

Some corn still in the ground
About 10 percent of North Dakota’s corn crop was still in the field by the end of 2008 because of snow, corn growers say. Tom Lilja, the executive director of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association, said most of the unharvested corn is north of a line between Jamestown and [...]

Energy Updates

Oil production still high
Oil production hasn’t stopped in North Dakota, despite the dropping price of crude. Tom Rolfstad with the Williston Department of Economic Development says companies aren’t expanding right night, but they’re also not cutting back. The number of oil rigs in North Dakota was expected to climb to 100 by the end of [...]

A bright future for Harvey

By GWEN BRISTOL, For Business Watch
In January, the little town of Harvey looks like a greeting card. Sunlight dances across glittering fields of snow and tall golden prairie grass. Pheasants and farmsteads meander along its edges, casting cheery shadows under a bright blue sky.Part of Harvey’s charm is its location. The town of close to [...]