Heavy rain on Thursday morning, Sept. 3, caused a flash flooding warning for west central McHenry and southeast Ward counties. As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, no damage was reported in the counties of Ward, McHenry, Renville, Bottineau, Pierce or McLean, according to the sheriffs' offices. Minor ...
In attempt to whittle away at a large property tax hike in a proposed 2027 budget, Minot City Council members worked their way through a number of cuts and financial transfers in a marathon session Thursday, Sept. 3. They trimmed spending across various departments, shifted sales tax money ...
City of Minot crews responded to a water main break in the 1900 block of Third Street Northwest during the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 2. About 11 houses were affected by the water outage. Service was restored early Wednesday afternoon.
Minot native Derek Olson’s creative career has taken him from working in journalism to photography and producing films in Los Angeles. Recently, Olson has brought his experience back to Minot, started the production company Grain and Thunder and won a Telly Award for his work. The Telly ...
A former Minot mayoral candidate is appealing the dismissal of one of two cases he filed against the city in 2025. Josiah Roise, who is self represented, has two active lawsuits, both filed in April 2025, against the City of Minot related to April 2019 incidents involving the Minot Police Department. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland dismissed one lawsuit in July for failing to follow federal court procedures, and Roise filed an appeal to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 19. The complaint involves treatment deemed harassing by police, related to a traffic stop and to a police ...
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is alerting residents in Bismarck that since Aug. 20, two bats have tested positive for rabies within city limits and urges residents to take precautions and report unusual bat activity. Both bats were collected after dogs had contact with them, and no human exposures were reported. In the past five years, no bats have tested positive in Burleigh County. Most animal rabies cases reported to HHS are sporadic and occur across the state, and having two positive rabies cases from one area in a short period of time ...
