Minot Education Association members overwhelmingly rejected the last contract proposal presented to them by the Minot school board and negotiators want to return to the negotiating table. However, the school board president said Friday he thinks the time for negotiations are past and the board ...
GARRISON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offered two alternatives at a public meeting held here Wednesday evening. The first was to take no action. The second was to accept their water control plan modification. At issue is the difference in water levels in Lake Audubon on the east side ...
A judge continued a trial originally scheduled to start next week for a man accused of firing shots at a car driving away from the Sports on Tap bar in Minot on July 30, 2017. Denzel Ray-Shawn Lawson, 25, is charged with two counts of Class C felony reckless endangerment. In an order ...
Active-duty and retired military members and their families enjoyed a free picnic meal during the annual Military Day at the Zoo on Friday in Roosevelt Park in Minot. The event is sponsored by the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee along with the Minot Park District, ...
Submitted Photo Martha Elliott, a member of Thor Lodge in Minot, was elected as the District IV cultural/publicity director at the recent District IV Convention held in Bismarck. District IV consists of North Dakota, Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Her duties will include helping the ...
Brandon Chandler sentenced for intent to deal meth and heroin Brandon Lamont Chandler, 31, will serve about three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised probation, for intent to deal meth and heroin in Minot on April 3. He pleaded guilty to the two Class B felony charges in ...
Dr. Ira Paul Michaelson is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Health Center-Medical Arts. A lifelong Boston area resident, Michaelson earned his medical degree at the University of Florence in Italy. He completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; ...
WASHBURN – Dakota Goodhouse, a Yanktonai and Hunkpapa Lakota will present “Winter Counts: A Pictographic Narrative of the American West” on Sunday, June 24, at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Visitors will learn about the Plains Indians recordkeeping tradition that transcends ...
WASHINGTON– Congressman Kevin Cramer called the passage Thursday of a farm bill in the U.S. House a significant step for producers.” “The Farm Bill is a marathon, but today’s success is a significant step towards long term certainty for our producers,” said Cramer. “Our ...
Minot residents took a look at plans for two future phases of flood protection Wednesday at a meeting hosted by the Souris River Joint Board. Engineers provided explanations of the work proposed with the Maple Diversion and Northeast Tieback Levee. Design of the diversion is 20 percent ...
Replacing Minot’s landfill with a regionally run waste facility is the best solution to the city’s need for more disposal space, says Bob Hale, who offered the idea to a focus group Wednesday. Facing opposition from landfill neighbors, the City of Minot halted its landfill expansion plan ...
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – An investigation is continuing into a Minot Air Force Base machine gun that Air Force Office of Special Investigations’ special agents recovered from an airman’s off-base residence this week. Special agents from Detachment 813 of the Air Force Office of Special ...
If you would like to feed a giraffe or just learn more about giraffes, it will be possible during World Giraffe Day at Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All proceeds from the activities that day will go toward the zoo’s Change 4 Change Conservation Fund to directly ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones. The justices’ 5-4 decision Friday is a victory for privacy in the digital age. Police ...
VIENNA (AP) — The OPEC oil countries agreed Friday to increase their combined production by almost 1 million barrels a day, though questions remain over some members’ ability to do so amid domestic trouble and sanctions. After a meeting in Vienna, Emirati Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Despite its name, hippie reputation and liberal spirit, Vermont hasn’t always been kind to pot smokers. Now, as the state moves to legalize weed beyond medical use, those punished in the past for marijuana misdemeanors are seeking forgiveness. On July 1, Vermont will ...
District 1 of the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame is bringing the Old West back to life with a wagon train planned for this Saturday and again in July. “This is to get people involved,” said John Woodbury of Ross, chairman of District 1 NDCHF and president of the White Earth Saddle ...
BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that online retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they lack a physical presence, calling it a win for Main Street that levels the playing field between remote sellers and ...
Melissa Ohden was just 14 when she learned she was a survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. Oh-den will share her remarkable story at the fundraising banquet for Dakota Hope Clinic, Minot, on Sept. 17 in the State Fair Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served ...