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Community

MACF fund supports St. Ann’s Mission, food pantry

BELCOURT – The Minot Area Community Foundation has announced the award of two grants to St. Ann’s Mission in Belcourt in support of the organization’s services and community initiatives. In 2023, the Ovid F. Boisjolie fund granted $3,000 to the St. Ann’s Turtle Mountain Chippewa Food ...

Employee’s love for celebrating birthdays remembered by all

Jennifer Eriksmoen was a woman for whom her job, her customers and birthdays were important, said Eriksmoen’s sister, Tracey Olson. With the help of the management team at Marketplace Foods, 1930 S. Broadway, Olson hosted a memorial with cake and cards on Wednesday to celebrate ...

Student group seeks Greener Tomorrow

Minot High student Cooper Fjeld starts his weekends at sunrise, cleaning up litter around Minot. Fjeld isn’t paid to do this, and no one asked him to. He’s the mind behind Greener Tomorrow, a student-led organization with the mission of making the environment better. Greener Tomorrow ...

Minot Elks Lodge donates to six organizations

The Minot Elks Lodge #1089 recently used its $3,500 Gratitude Grant from the Elks National Foundation to assist six area organizations, according to a news release from the lodge. The grants are: — $500 to purchase 15 twin sheet sets and 18 pairs of pajamas for the Domestic Violence ...

Kenmare historian preserves memorial parks

Bryan Quigley estimates he, his brother, Del Quigley, and other volunteers have restored around six different cemeteries so far in the past couple years. “You don’t like to see cemeteries go into ruin, and we saw a lot of cemeteries around us that weren’t well kept up so we – me and a ...

Mohall father prioritizes youth recreation

A Mohall father founded the Mohall Lansford Sherwood Community Improvement Association (MLS CIA) with the intention of creating a recreational space for children as the nonprofit’s first order of business. The aforementioned father is Dustin Myaer, and creating Mohall’s youth center has ...