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A very frozen Red River of the North, which defines the border between #NorthDakota and #Minnesota. Looking north-ish.

ICE activity in the Fargo #NorthDakota area.
"confirmation of federal immigration agents in the Fargo-#Moorhead (#Minnesota) metro area came from a local law enforcement agency."

Front page of the Fargo-Moorhead Forum newspaper from 50 years ago, 1976.
Patty Hearst, George Bush goes to CIA, local #NorthDakota spring weather, a robber that nabbed $30 to $40, Gov Wendy Anderson signs #Minnesota bill to raise drinking age to 19.

"Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer"
story out of Bismarck, #NorthDakota
https://apnews.com/article/iran-wa…

Iran war leaves US farmers worried about essential fertilizer
Farmers are bracing for effects of the Iran war on fertilizer prices and availability as the spring planting season nears. Farmers have complained about costly fertilizer for years, but prices have soared even higher since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The war prompted Iran to largely block shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas. Besides increasing the price of fuel, which is key in the production of fertilizer, the shipp…

A very frozen and snow covered Red River of the North, from January; looking south-ish from Grand Forks, #NorthDakota. Rail bridge in the distance. The plume in the far distance is from the Crystal Sugar beet processing plant on the #Minnesota side.

Native leaders in #NorthDakota urge use of tribal IDs, denounce ICE tactics | North Dakota Monitor
"At least five tribal citizens were reportedly detained by ICE last week in #Minneapolis, reported ICT, an Indigenous news organization. Four are citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and the…

Sampling Precambrian core of eastern #NorthDakota basement, for geochemistry, petrology, and isotope age dating studies! At #NDGS core library in Grand Forks.

"Lithium Harvest" and others to potentially extract Li from oil field brine in the Williston Basin #NorthDakota ✔️🧪
https://northdakotamonitor.com/…

🚨Call for artists🚨 for the non-juried exhibition "Limited Time Only" at the North Dakota Museum of Art.
"If you are a serious artist from #NorthDakota, Southern #Manitoba, neighboring #Minnesota

Limited Time Only | 2026
Limited Time Only | 2026

Post by @justinmikulka.bsky.social "Lessons from the Bakken" shale #oil in the Williston Basin #NorthDakota; also Texas Permian, and on Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm #petroleum ⚒️
powering…

#NorthDakota "likely topped 800,000 residents for the first time in history, state demographer Nigel Haarstad said. Births continue to exceed deaths, and the amount of people moving into the state outpaces people moving out"

North Dakota has likely surpassed 800,000 residents, state demographer says
The state continues to set record population numbers year over year, according to U.S. Census estimates.

2026 #NorthDakota Reclamation Conference, March 3 - 4, Watford City. Topics include:
#Soil Health and Conservation,
Satellite Spill Detection,
Mine Reclamation,
Delineation Technologies,
Microbial Response in Remediation,
Soil Responses to Pipeline Reclamation, etc. 🧪⚒️

NDAWN, the #NorthDakota mesonet, shows temperatures from Minnesota across North Dakota into Montana from -29 F (-33 C) to relatively warm -10 F (-23 C) tonight.