North Dakota
North Dakota Has One Of The Most Romantic Restaurants In USA
Some people’s hearts are reached through their stomachs.
Something about a glass of wine, an appetizer, and fine dining makes the sparks fly. Pick the right restaurant, and you could be in for a night romance. I mean after all, who can resist a cozy room and a candlelit booth? Add the smell of a broiled steak prepared to perfection and look out.
That’s exactly what you get with the lone restaurant that was chosen in North Dakota. That’s right, North Dakota only had one restaurant that made this prestigious list while other states had several.
OpenTable has come out with its annual list of the top 100 most romantic restaurants in each state.
OpenTable by the way, is a real-time online booking network for fine dining.
Their data was based on 12 million dinner reviews that had its patrons raving about their experiences. I mean, after all, food can be its own love language, right?
Before we get to North Dakota’s “Best of the Best”, when it comes to combining fine dining and romance let’s look at the restaurants that made the list from our surrounding states.
Surprisingly, not a single restaurant made the list in South Dakota or Montana. I would’ve thought someplace in Deadwood or perhaps Rapid City would’ve made the cut.
Same with the Big Sky state. I’m surprised some joint in Yellowstone country wouldn’t have cracked the top 100.
Minnesota had three restaurants. Baldamar in Roseville, Murray’s Restaurant in Minneapolis (a celebrity favorite), and the Porterhouse Steakhouse and Seafood in Lakeville.
That brings us to the restaurant that has put North Dakota on the map for romance and fine dining. It’s none other than Harry’s Steakhouse in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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Harry’s Steakhouse is located in downtown Grand Forks and is a favorite for couples on a big date night or before a UND sporting event. Harry’s address is 421 Demers Avenue.
If you like steak, seafood, chops, and cocktails, this is the place for you. Next time you’re on the east side of the state it might be just the place to impress your date.
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North Dakota
Hoeven, Armstrong, Traynor speak on OBBB Rural Health Transformation Fund updates in ND
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – On Friday, North Dakota U.S. Senator John Hoeven, Governor Kelly Armstrong and Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor explained how the state plans to use millions of dollars from the Big Beautiful Bill’s Rural Health Transformation Fund to transform healthcare across the state.
They spoke extensively about the special session to allocate the funds, and confirmed that it is still tentatively set for Jan. 21.
The Big Beautiful Bill allocated $25 billion for rural healthcare nationwide. North Dakota received $500 million for five years and $200 million for the first year. There is still another $25 billion left to be spent, and North Dakota is hoping to receive an extra $500 million.
“I truly believe that with the plan we’re putting in place and the things we built that line up with that, we’ll get a billion dollars over five years,” said Hoeven.
Federal rules require the state to lock in contracts for the money by October first— a deadline officials say is driving the need for a special session.
In the first year, North Dakota will focus on retention grants to keep existing staff, technical assistance and consultants for rural hospitals, as well as telehealth equipment and home patient monitoring.
Governor Armstrong says the special session will include policy bills tied to how much federal rural health funding the state can earn.
“We’re going to have a physical fitness test for physical education courses, nutrition education, continuing education requirement for physicians, physician assistant licensure compact—which North Dakota has been doing, dealing with that since the heart of the oil boom and moving forward—and then an expanded scope of practice for pharmacists,” said Armstrong.
Hundreds of millions of dollars could reshape healthcare in rural North Dakota, and state leaders say the next few weeks are key to receiving and spending that money wisely.
The governor says he only wants to focus on bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program during the special session and doesn’t intend to deal with other state issues during that time.
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North Dakota
North Dakota officials celebrate being among big winners in federal rural health funding
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tony Osburn scored 27 points as Omaha beat North Dakota 90-79 on Thursday.
Osburn shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 9 from the line for the Mavericks (8-10, 1-2 Summit League). Paul Djobet scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds. Ja’Sean Glover finished with 10 points.
The Fightin’ Hawks (8-11, 2-1) were led by Eli King, who posted 21 points and two steals. Greyson Uelmen added 19 points for North Dakota. Garrett Anderson had 15 points and two steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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