Did you know 2,000 recreational vehicles will roll into the North Dakota State Fairgrounds today for a four-day motorhome convention – which will include (in part) presentations on mildew and odor removal, genealogy, microwave cooking, and a keynote by Chesley Sullenberger, who landed an airplane on the Hudson River after a bird strike?

And did you know today’s news is about ribs, hearts, and motocross?  Read on.

This is an in-person look at the deliciousness that it Watford City’s Best of the West Ribfest. (Beautiful Badlands)

Kristi’s Heart Hugs is only three years old, and it has already helped take some of the burden off of 53 families with children born with congenital heart defects. (KX Net)

I didn’t realize what a big deal motocross is (and was) in North Dakota until I started North Dakota Nice. (Bismarck Tribune)