WARROAD SUMMER THEATER BEGAN SHOWS LAST NIGHT FOR THEIR FALL DINNER THEATER. RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE BY PHONE OR EMAIL. SHOWS AT SEVEN CLANS CASINO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, THEN RUN AT ROCK HARBOR LODGE OCTOBER 11-14.
YESTERDAY WE MENTIONED THAT THE AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION HAS VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT ATTACKS COMMODITY CHECKOFF PROGRAMS. THE AMENDMENT IS INTRODUCED BY REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE VICTORIA SPARTZ OF INDIANA. NOW, TODAY IT’S BEING ANNOUNCED THAT THE US HOUSE HAS VOTED DOWN THAT AMENDMENT.
AS THE MEDORA MUSICAL PREPARES TO CELEBRATE IT’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY, THEY’LL BE GETTING A NEW PRODUCTION COMPANY. THEY’VE SELECTED RWS GLOBAL, WHO ALREADY PRODUCES BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS AND HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISNEY. LEADERSHIP BEHIND THE DECISION SAYS “RWS PRESENTED A CLEAR VISION FOR TAKING THE MEDORA MUSICAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND ENSURING THE GREAT NORTH DAKOTA TRADITION WILL BE AROUND FOR DECADES TO COME.”
THE NATIVE AMERICAN GUARDIANS ASSOCIATION BASED IN DEVIL’S LAKE IS SUEING THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS FOOTBALL TEAM, AFTER THEIR SALE’S MANAGER CALL THEM “FAKE”, CLAIMING THAT DOING SO HURTS THEIR REPUTATION. THEY ARE SEEKING $1.6 MILLION. IT COMES IN THE FACE OF A PETITION FROM THE GROUP THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WANT THE OLD REDSKINS NICKNAME RE-INSTATED. THEY SAY THE NICKNAME “CARRIES DEEP CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND EMOTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, HONORING THE BRAVERY, RESILIENCE AND WARRIOR SPIRIT OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.” THEY CITED A 2016 WASHINGTON POST POLL THAT SHOWED MORE THAN 90% OF NATIVE AMERICANS DIDN’T FIND THE NAME OFFENSIVE.
GOVERNOR WALZ VISITED THE IRON RANGE YESTERDAY WITH STOPS IN HIBBING AND CHISHOLM. HE HIGHLIGHTED INVESTMENTS IN THE WORK FORCE WITH A COUPLE OF GROWING BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH A NEW CITY CENTER BEING BUILT IN CHISHOLM.
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