Zeb Pulkinen has joined the Ackerman-Estvold Minot office as an environmental specialist. Pulkinen graduated from Minot State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in geology. Pulkinen is also trained as a civil engineering technician, with an understanding of construction plans ...

First Western Bank & Trust has announced recent position changes among staff. Melanie Hogue has accepted the position of mortgage loan originator in the Minot Region. She has been with First Western since 2017, most recently serving as a consumer lender II. Mark Medalen has accepted ...

CARRINGTON — Mike Ostlie has been appointed director of North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center. Ostlie has been a research agronomist at CREC since 2012. His research program focused on novel approaches to improving crop management in the Great Plains for ...

Trinity Health has added two providers to its Behavioral Health Services team. Bobbie Buseth, PMHNP-BC, is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a member of Trinity’s outpatient behavioral health staff at Trinity Health Riverside. A graduate of the Dakota College at Bottineau ...

Towner native Michelle Mongeon Allen, CEO of JLG Architects, was inducted on Feb. 18 by the American Institute of Architects into its prestigious College of Fellows. As the organization’s highest individual honor, Fellowship is awarded to fewer than 3% of the architecture profession; this ...

First Western Bank & Trust would like to announce the following recent promotions: Amy Makeef has been promoted to chief credit officer. Makeef is a native of Ryder and graduated from North Shore High School. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Minot State University and a master’s ...