North Dakota
Carwash competition in Grand Forks brings out the best, latest
GRAND FORKS — Perhaps it’s not a tidal wave, however there’s a wave of latest and improved automobile washes in Grand Forks.
The newest main participant is Tidal Wave Auto Spa. The Georgia-based enterprise opened Sept. 28 on the nook of seventeenth Avenue South and South Columbia Street.
Web site chief AJ Nagy says the enterprise is as near full service as potential. As an alternative of cleansing the inside and vacuuming autos, Tidal Wave gives towels, cleansing spray and vacuums.
When a patron enters the Tidal Wave wash, an worker is able to spray off the bumper and sides of the automobile to take away bugs and dirt. As soon as prospects undergo the wash, it’s off to the towels, spray bottles and vacuums.
The one full-service automobile wash in Grand Forks closed in June.
“Since we don’t give them full service, we give all of them the instruments to have the ability to do it themselves,” Nagy stated.
He says Grand Forks was chosen as a Tidal Wave location as a result of the corporate is increasing west. Tidal Wave has greater than 150 places nationwide.
“We’re slowly making our manner throughout the nation,” he stated. “We get a variety of help from the house workplace. It’s not that they threw us out right here in the course of North Dakota and anticipated us to determine it out.”
Nagy says the Grand Forks location is right.
“We’re smack dab in the course of town,” he stated.
Tidal Wave has some severe competitors with two Rydell automobile wash places and a Simonson automobile wash on the town, not counting quite a few automobile washes at native fuel stations and C-stores.
Rydell constructed a brand new north-end automobile wash practically three years in the past on Gateway Drive. The power enhances the south-end location positioned subsequent to Rydell Chevrolet on South Washington.
“We had lots of people who had been coming from (north) aspect of city,” stated Toni Ryan, one of many managers of the Rydell automobile washes. “We had been attempting to separate up the site visitors that was coming into the south-end door.”
Ryan stated the south-end location witnessed a discount in enterprise when it opened the shop on Gateway Drive. Quickly after the South Washington location opened, it was one of many busiest automobile washes in the USA.
Rydell’s would do 40,000 to 50,000 autos a month on the south finish.
Ryan stated he doesn’t see a situation the place one other main automobile wash would transfer into the Grand Forks market. He stated among the washes would battle.
Within the meantime, native automobile washes are holding their very own.
“Having (prospects) depart the automobile wash and be ok with it, that’s how I measure success,” he stated.
Dane Simonson has additionally performed upgrades on the Simonson website. The corporate has put in new gear and video screens. Simonson’s gives spray bottles, towels and free vacuums, too.
“I believe they make you push on and get higher,” Simonson stated of competitors. “There have been some automobile washes on the town that used to possibly be the one sport on the town and now they’re closed. I believe driving round now it’s form of a pleasant reminder that it’s essential to compete.”
Simonson gives a Quick Move promotion that permits patrons who’ve paid a month-to-month charge the flexibility to obtain a wash at any one among its places in North Dakota and Minnesota. Tidal Wave has an identical promotion by which passes can be utilized at any of its places nationwide.
MINOT, N.D. (Valley News Live) – The 2024 North Dakota State Fair opens on Friday, July 19, and runs through July 27 with a lineup packed full of entertainment, rides, and family fun.
Fair organizers say the Grandstand Showpass is your ticket to some hot acts in the country music scene, such as Lainey Wilson, Sawyer Brown, Turnpike Troubadours, and Thomas Rhett, along with a demolition derby and the MHA Indian Horse Relay. You can catch all of the acts with the Showpass for $130.
Single ticket shows are also available, including Mötley Crüe with special guest White Reaper, Machine Gun Kelly with Shaboozey opening the show, and hip-hop icon Lil Wayne.
Tickets are available for $85 for Mötley Crüe, $75 for Machine Gun Kelly, and $65 for Lil Wayne, with both standing room and reserved seating options available.
A season gate pass for all nine days at the fair costs $25. You get tickets online by using the “TICKETS” link at www.ndstatefair.com
It’s the 59th year of the North Dakota State Fair tradition in Minot. Fair officials say they drawing over 300,000 visitors annually.
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MILWAUKEE (KFYR/KMOT) – The Republican National Convention wrapped up on Thursday with former President Donald Trump accepting the Republican nomination for president.
We got the chance Thursday night to speak with members of the North Dakota delegation. When we spoke to the delegates, they talked about the enthusiasm that former President Trump brought onto the stage just a week after that assassination attempt on his life.
“Well, it was exciting. He told his story in a very frank way. And it sounds like a very unique way he’s done. It’s not like he’s going to tell it that way again,” said Ben Koppelman, delegate.
“His message was amazing is we just got to make this country great again and get back to what we’re good at working hard drilling for oil, just making America great again,” said Mary Graner, delegate.
“Well, it was longer than I thought it was going to be for sure. But, you know, he gets portrayed as the guy that sows division, and he did just the opposite,” said Scott Louser, delegate.
“Amazing. I mean, breathtaking. It was so awesome. You just felt full of hope and gratitude and promise for our country,” said Wendi Baggaley, delegate.
We spoke with more of our delegates about a whole range of topics, and we will have more follow-ups in the coming days.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – For the last ten years, the North Dakota American Indian Summit has provided information and resources about Native American culture and history for the classroom.
It has also discussed ways to help Native American students work on healing any trauma or improving their mental health to aid their academic success.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the Native American graduation rate ten years ago was 60 percent. That year, the North Dakota American Indian Summit was organized by the Department of Public Instruction. The event’s purpose was to educate teachers on how to lead their Native American students to success in school.
”It became obvious that it was critical, for the success of our state, and for the ability for us to fully thrive to our fullest potential as a state, we needed to make sure that every single student in our school system was meeting their fullest potential,” said Kirsten Baesler, state superintendent.
This year Derrick Boles, a motivational speaker, was invited to be one of the keynote speakers at the summit. Boles’ message was about mental health and taking charge of your life. He said he sees similarities between challenges in the Black community to the ones the Native American community faces.
”There’s so much growth that can happen if we can connect people together, from multiple backgrounds,” said Boles. “So having different experiences, different perspectives and just having everybody thinking the same thing is the issue.”
Over the last 10 years, the Native American student graduation rates have increased, from 60 percent in 2014 to 77 percent in 2023.
”Right before the pandemic, our Native American students were graduating at the same rate as all of our overall graduation rate, and so they were in the upper eighties, lower nineties graduation rate,” said Baesler.
The rates decreased again during the COVID-19 lockdown, but Baesler said they have been on the rise.
This year’s summit was focused on strengthening Native American education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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