The Pride of North Dakota rolled through the streets on Saturday, as this year's State Parade turned out to be a smashing success.

Ground squirrels have proliferated in Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city, where they're burrowing everywhere from vacant lots to the middle of town, and growing more plentiful over the past two decades.

Richardson’s ground squirrels are native to North Dakota’s prairie lands, but they’ve thrived in the urban environment where fewer predators can check their growing numbers.