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Pedaling, pulling her way to international title

January 15, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

There’s a national champion living in the Osakis community. Averie Mounsdon, 9, is the top puller in the National Pedal Pull competition.
In September, the Osakis third grader pulled 190 pounds of weight 29-feet, 9-inches to earn the national championship. Continue Reading

ND oil regulator: Fed rules may threaten industry

January 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK – The possibility of tighter federal regulations is one of the challenges that lies ahead for North Dakota oil production and the Department of Mineral Resources, as the state agency seeks more funding from the Legislature. Continue Reading

Bringing home the gold

August 29, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

WHS senior scores at FCCLA national competition
WORTHINGTON Worthington High School (WHS) senior Maggie Malathip had a fruitful trip to Orlando, Fla., in early July. Continue Reading

International juggling contest comes to Sioux Falls

August 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) Objects will be flying through the air as some of the best jugglers in the world descend on Sioux Falls this week for the World Juggling Federation International Championships. Continue Reading

Inches from victory, UAV team fails to snag prize

August 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

At the International Aerial Robotics Competition held at UND Thursday, the University of Michigan aircraft flew into the four-room bunker undetected and found a small flash drive it was programmed to retrieve. Then the retrieval magnet got caught on a chair. Continue Reading

The challenge of (indoor) flight comes to UND

July 29, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Nearly 100 university students in 15 teams from around the world will be competing next week at UND to see who has the best spy drone. The challenge: design an unmanned aircraft that can fly undetected into a simulated enemy compound, and find and retrieve a small flash drive within five minutes. Continue Reading

200 pilots to compete in landing contest at Grand Forks International Airport

July 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

An estimated 200 pilots will take a shot at winning $10,000 today as they compete to land on, or close to, a white line drawn on the runway at Grand Forks International Airport. Continue Reading

Dr. Noah Chelliah, Grand Forks, column: Bottom line is that Altru squelched competition

April 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Altru administrators insult our intelligence by claiming that all of a sudden, they realized they needed the exact same space that Doctors Hospital had been preparing to use as a competing hospital, then they decided to buy the space a day or two before it was to open. Continue Reading

Dr. William McKinnon, Grand Forks, column: Altru strives to be employer, provider of choice

April 24, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Altru Health System welcomes competition; in fact, we are surrounded by it. ‘Greediness,’ ‘uncaring,’ ‘disinterest’ and ‘monopolize’ are not part of our vocabulary, and we do not mistreat or intimidate our employees.
To the contrary, we constantly strive to improve on the care delivered by our system and to be an employer of choice. Continue Reading

Brain power

February 14, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press

All Minnesota high school students were given the opportunity to study the Brain Facts (a primer on the brain and nervous system) and answer 90 multiple choice items in 60 minutes.
Students scoring in the top 30 advanced to the state semi-final and final round of competition. Continue Reading