Williston Wire's Top Ten Stories For 2013

But before we get to those top stories, wow, this is good (sent in by a reader).

This may be weird but I immediately thought of Tennessee Ernie Ford while listening without the video. (One certainly doesn't think of TEF while watching the video -- LOL.)

Who Will Comfort Me, Melody Gardot
Now, Williston Wire's Top Ten for 2013 -- 

• Williston named fastest growing micropolitan. Again.
• Glut of job openings; more than 700 in Williams County
• Williston experienced a baby boom (not predicted five years ago)
• New restaurants poured into Williston: Buffalo Wild Wings, Famous Dave's BBQ, Fuddruckers, Doc Hollidays, The Williston Brewing Company, Basil Sushi Bar & Asian Fusion just to name a few
• Williston City Commission approved an unprecedented annexation of 4,888 acres, increasing the geographical size of Williston to 20.3 square miles
• Apartment construction boomed in 2013 (despite moratorium on new building permits)
• Sloulin Field continued to break enplanement records
• Babe Ruth World Series drew large crowds and praise
• Williston State College won the National Junior College Hockey Championship
• Williston State College saw major transformation

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Global Warming

Minot Temperatures For 2013

The Minot Daily News is reporting:

"This past month of December we had a monthly average temp of 4.3 degrees, which was 6.7 degrees below last year's average temps for the same month," he said. He said it was 9.1 degrees below the 107-year long-term average of 13.4 degrees.

The coldest day of the year was -27 degrees on Dec. 23 and the warmest day of the summer was 93 degrees set on Aug. 19, Tarasenko said.

On another note, the Minnesota governor closed all schools because of the frigid weather. But looking at the forecasts at Weather Underground, and even looking at the temperatures in the linked story, I can't get too excited about the temperatures. I remember much colder temperatures when growing up in Williston, North Dakota. Not only did they not cancel school, we still went outside and played.