Ashby, ND News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/ Ashby, ND News Otters could call Neb's Republican River home http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/6e4c81c1c8d310f7b765c59e30bc5953.html LINCOLN Neb One of wildlife's most playful critters could be coming back to Nebraska's Republican River after a centurylong absence UMARY FOOTBALL: Defense stands tall http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/80dcee507c669f3422f2b127ed901b61.html Bismarck Tribune By CINDY PETERSBy CINDY PETERSON Pierre Atkinson and the University of Mary defense made big stops against the Minnesota StateMoorhead Dragons all afternoon The Weeklies: At 87 Lehr man works on B52 Bombers http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/09308243a0fb7a26256c9edc750f8302.html Compiled by LAURENDONOVAN Bismarck Tribune Everett Hoard 87 of Lehr still has the capacity to be of service to the US Air Force Pheasant HuntingSnow http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/6096fa9488ed0f1b35452905fdf0006c.html Another big season opener today pheasant huntingDespite a call for snow hunting areas in the southwestern part of the state were still saturated with men and women in orange vestsShonna Perkins owns the Mott Motel with her husband Pat She say Weather shouldn't dampen hunter's spirits http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/f54a4ab4e702709ef1da3c49ca3b17b5.html By BRIAN GEHRING Bismarck Tribune While the weekend's forecast is not very conducive for yard work and gardening it likely won't put much of a damper on North Dakota's pheasant season opener today Hunting in Mott http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/f87cfdeb65aff1e087d4a07e3fd70c1a.html Tomorrow is the pheasant hunting openerThat means people from far and near are going to be hitting the fields One very popular hunting site is Mott We caught up with some hunters from Minnesota They first came to Mott seven years ag General success story http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/889d1e6f7c277607e5146ff4c678d410.html Coworkers Don Shilling and Jerry Kern decided in 1984 to launch a heavyequipment business in FargoAdvertisement: ROAD WOLF MOTORCYCLE SPECS65 Oil Change Road Wolf MotorcyclesText this to your phone and bring it in to Road Wolf Motorcycles and receive an oil change for only 65 add 15 for Synthetic oil A very unwoodpeckerlike woodpecker; Northern flicker anteater http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/north-dakota/ashby/content/35e7fec285ff120780888a45c07dfd56.html Put down this paper for a moment and picture a time when you witnessed large flocks of migratory birds Maybe it's snow geese sandhill cranes Franklin's gulls or even cedar waxwings Now try and insert woodpeckers into that image Somehow it just doesn't register for most of us You see nearly all of the woodpeckers in North America there are 22 species north of Mexico are considered nonmigratory That is the birds are content to sit out winters in place foraging in trees for the necessary sustenance keeping them alive There is one bold exception however and large flocks of them are currently in our area numbering easily in the thousands That bird is the northern flicker Colaptes auratus