Minot State University opened a recently modernized classroom dedicated to Gary Hovdestad to guests, family, students and faculty on Monday, Sept. 21. Hovdestad and his wife, Carol, graduated from Minot State in 1963. The classroom updates will provide MSU students with updated technology, ...
Roosevelt Park Zoo staff in Minot recently gave farewell to its 10-month-old giraffe Khari as he begins his new journey that will support the long-term survival of his endangered species. According to zoo information, Khari was born at the Minot zoo in November 2025. He joins a herd of ...
Worries about whether a proposed Voluntary Separation Incentive Program will hit its employment reduction target led the Minot City Council on Monday, Sept. 21, to scale back the program, raising property taxes in the 2027 budget by $765,250 in the process. The council voted 4-3 to approve ...
WASHINGTON – Funding to extend the northbound left-turn lane on U.S. Highway 83 at Minot Air Force Base has been awarded to the North Dakota Department of Transportation, according to the North Dakota congressional delegation. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak on Monday, Sept. 21, announced the award of $1.04 million through the Defense Community Infrastructure Program to support transportation improvements at Minot Air Force Base. The funding will support the $1.3 million project to improve access to the base. In May, the delegation sent a ...
WILLISTON – Two individuals were injured in a motorcycle-van crash in Williston Sunday, Sept. 20. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at approximately 8:27 p.m., a 2025 Kawasaki EX500 sport bike was traveling north on Second Avenue West in Williston at a high rate of speed. A 2013 Chrysler Town & Country minivan was stopped for a red light at the intersection of Second Avenue West and 42nd Street West. The sport bike struck the rear of the van. The sport bike driver, a 16-year-old male from Alamo, sustained serious, life-threatening injuries and was later flown to a Fargo ...
