A proposal to move Minot’s municipal court into the Ward County Courthouse is running into the same district court concerns over space that stalled efforts in the past. The City of Minot has been looking at alternatives for municipal court since at least 2022. The city and municipal court ...
Magic City Lions Club will be installing more traffic signal cabinet art at five additional intersections, possibly as early as this fall. The Minot City Council approved the art wraps at its meeting Monday, Oct. 5. The signalized intersections where cabinets will be wrapped are South ...
Getting foreclosed properties back on the tax rolls was the goal of discussion between the Ward County Commission and Minot City Council at a joint meeting Monday, Oct. 5. Special assessments and property taxes, along with accruing interest and penalties, have priced the vacant Stony Ridge Condos properties beyond their market values, making it difficult for the county to sell the land. With a recent zoning change, condos can no longer be built on the properties. The city and county have been considering what to do with the 25 parcels in southwest Minot as well as a similar property in ...
Having heard from concerned citizens, Minot Mayor Mark Jantzer announced on Monday, Oct. 5, that compliance with the city’s public comment rules will be strictly enforced going forward. There have been questions about whether certain comments have been germane to city business and concerns ...
A new proposal in North Dakota would give public schoolteachers an annual bonus in an effort to keep more educators in the classroom. The Support Teachers and Youth Succeed stipend would initially give eligible teachers about $3,400 a year. Landen Schmeichel, a social studies teacher at ...
The North Dakota Library Association Conference is scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 7-9, at The Grand Oasis in Minot. The conference is the premier annual event for North Dakota’s library community, offering professional development, collaborative workshops and networking opportunities for academic, public, school and specialized libraries. The conference’s keynote speakers are Mona Susan Power on Thursday and Faye Seidler on Friday. Power, an author from Minnesota, is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Siedler, a North Dakota native, is an award-winning ...
