Marisa Jackels

Walk into the Nerd Nook gift shop in Moorhead, and you won’t find anything specifically for boys or girls. There are puzzles, shark tooth jewelry, meteorites, fossils, brainiac games. Carrie…

Alayna Holkesvig just wanted to take a nap in a pretty place. She had a headache after a long drive to Minneapolis, she and her friend were arguing, and they…

How could a month go wrong when you kick it off by announcing John Machacek running for mayor in 2030? Of course, April 1 always brings many laughs; the rest…

The first ever comprehensive survey on startups* in Fargo-Moorhead came to a close last weekend, with an end total of 45 participants answering extensive questions on their companies. The results,…

David Batcheller, CEO of Appareo Systems, was sitting in a mildly interesting and exceedingly long conference when he recognized a call to action. The attendees – representatives from all the…

James Bastian has been an inventor for as long as he can remember. Considering he’s 89 years old, that’s quite a long time – and quite lot of inventions. This…

Summer is coming up, and that means warmth, lakes… and interns. We sure do love our interns. In fact, the North Dakota Department of Commerce is once again offering their…

The weekend starts off tentative, expectant. Members of the Women’s Startup Weekend team greet participants and direct them to the taco bar (every good Startup Weekend begins with tacos, it…

We interact with petrol-based polymers with nearly everything we do. Dr. Bret Chisholm, a Senior Research Scientist at NDSU and co-founder of Renuvix, walked the audience through an average morning…

Local UAS startup Botlink has come a long way since they first announced their drone-tracking application at 1 Million Cups – they officially announced a 500k seed investment that they…