SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 27, 2012
1. OIL PATCH Production records fell nearly every month. ND became the No. 4 oil production state in 2011 expecting to bump California and become No. 3 in 2012…...
Schmid: Looking Back From the Left Coast
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 20, 2012
“Arrive a guest. Leave a Legend” -- This puzzling phrase is the new slogan of ND’s tourism department, which doubled down by placing the slogan on Facebook along with a…...
Monday, January 16, 2012
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 16, 2012
The Three Affiliated Tribes at Ft. Berthold have a cozy, symbiotic relationship with Eloise Ogden, Regional Editor for the Minot Daily News. The tribes grant her interviews -- she writes…...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JANUARY 12, 2012
Grassy Butte is a wide spot on U.S. 85 near the northern Badlands. A resident sent a letter to ND newspapers. The letter included selective emotions and perceptions about the…...
Monday, January 02, 2012
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JANUARY 2, 2012
Has any Minnesota Viking ever had so many nicknames? Saucer, Sausage, Kleinsausage, Cup ‘N Saucer, Klanksauser, Big Jim K, Jimmy K and on it goes. Carrington and UND standout, Jim…...
Monday, December 26, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: NOVEMBER 23, 2011
It's a very merry Christmas for the parents of 11-year-old Cierra McMahen of Bismarck. She passed out and was choking to death from a piece of hard candy stuck in…...
Monday, December 19, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: DECEMBER 18, 2011
Pretend, for just a moment, you are crossing the snow-covered ND prairie on a dark, cold and silent December night. As you approach a Canadian Pacific railroad crossing, you hear…...
Monday, December 12, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: DECEMBER 12, 2011
How do you know when Nodaks are no longer suffering the rigors of prairie pioneer life? When they obsess whether they have the “winter blues” or “SAD” (seasonal affective…...
Monday, December 05, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: DECEMBER 5, 2011
The Jamestown economy has taken a blow and Minnesota’s second-largest electric utility is sitting on a $437 million problem. Great River Energy is a wholesale cooperative owned by 28 electric…...
Saturday, November 26, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: NOVEMBER 25, 2011
“Jerry, Are you crying?” is the punch line in a State Farm Insurance commercial. The speaker is a perky agent named Jessica. Jerry is a hapless driver standing by his…...
Friday, November 11, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: NOVEMBER 11, 2011
“I think it’s good we continue to out-perform the nation.” This was Paula Iler, NAEP coordinator for ND, crowing about the 2011 performance of state fourth and eighth-graders on standard…...
Friday, October 28, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: OCTOBER 28, 2011
Quote without comment: “This is the most exposure the World’s Largest Buffalo has received since it was renovated by Hampton Hotels.” Jamestown was thrilled when a national television crew filmed…...
Friday, October 21, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: OCTOBER 21, 2011
ND is the No. 4 state in oil production. Lynn Helms, the director of ND’s Department of Mineral Resources, says ND production will pass that of California in the second…...
Monday, October 17, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: OCTOBER 17, 2011
A 310-acre cornfield, six combines and grain-hauling semis -- a typical ND harvest scene. Not this time. SWAT teams were riding the combines. The equipment was there to harvest an…...
Friday, October 07, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: OCTOBER 1, 2011
“The show must go on” -- Norsk Hstfest Association president Chester Reiten. The show will go on, but one senses it will be significantly diminished. Reiten, who is the founder…...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
“But there is no such way” -- according to Tom Dennis of the GF Herald the Fighting Sioux name can’t be redeemed. That was after saying that a supermajority of…...
Monday, September 05, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
Devils Lake officials described everyday life in a flood zone. The superintendent of schools blamed an enrollment drop on the rising lake and the resulting lack of economic growth. He…...
Monday, August 29, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: AUGUST 28, 2011
The Fighting Sioux image is called one of the most attractive logos in American sports. Bennett Brien, a member of the Turtle Mt. Chippewa and creator of the emblem, said,…...
Monday, August 22, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: AUGUST 22, 2011
Minot leaders are very concerned that winter will arrive before housing is available for displaced residents. The president of the Minot Area Community Foundation estimates $300 million of flood damage…...
Friday, August 12, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: AUGUST 12, 2011
Just a few months ago, Minot was one of the most optimistic small cities in the country. It was a success by almost every indicator: employment, real estate values, business…...
Friday, August 05, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: AUGUST 4, 2011
You’ve heard the phrase “whistling past the graveyard” -- acting brave, despite fears. Organizers of the Norsk Hstfest in Minot say the game is on -- North America’s largest Scandinavian…...
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: AUGUST 1, 2011
The tragedies in Oslo, Norway are followed with special interest in ND. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, himself of Norwegian ancestry, said, “A third of North Dakotans claim Norwegian heritage, and…...
Monday, July 25, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JULY 24, 2011
Despite floods, ND continues to be the economically least stressed state. The AP calculates a stress index for each county in the nation. In May, ND counties accounted for five…...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JULY 16, 2011
What does it take to become head of emergency services and flood recovery in ND? Answer: you should be a Major General and your last name must be almost unpronounceable. …...
Friday, July 08, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JULY 8, 2011
Just as you think (or hope) the Fighting Sioux matter has calmed -- the controversy lurches in a new direction. At the end of June, 15 former presidents of the…...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JULY 5, 2011
“The city of Minot will never be the same. It can't be. The residents will return, whether it be in days, weeks or months. They will return to destroyed homes…...
Friday, June 24, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JUNE 24, 2011
Minot’s June flooding was the worst in its history. Over 11,000 people fled the Souris River for the second time, an event covered by hourly state and national news coverage. …...
Friday, June 17, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JUNE 18, 2018
The national Republican weekly radio address on Saturday, June 17th will have a slight Norwegian accent. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven will deliver the talk and discuss the importance of Senate…...
Monday, June 13, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: JUNE 13, 2011
GF Herald Editor Mike Jacobs looked around the state and saw water everywhere. From Medora on the Little Missouri River to the Red River Valley there has been serious flooding. …...
Friday, May 20, 2011
SCHMID - LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST: MAY 20, 2011
The dust from the 2011 Legislature is still settling, but western ND is waking up to an unprecedented level of state largesse. Roads are the big one -- oil country…...
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