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New veterinarian joins Roosevelt Park Zoo

Dr. Kelly Mahoney brings her expertise to Minot’s Roosevelt Park Zoo. Mahoney is the zoo’s new veterinarian. She began work at the zoo in late July. Dr. Logan Wood was the zoo’s full-time veterinarian and became the zoo’s full-time director several months ago. Mahoney now fills the ...

Minot State celebrates unique ‘Divine’ donation

The Gordon B. Olson Library at Minot State University unveiled a unique collection of Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy,” donated to the university by a former faculty member, on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The collection boasts 75 complete copies of Alighieri’s narrative poem, which were ...

Ties to famous skier link ND with Norway

Once known by McHenry County homesteaders as a neighbor and friend, Sondre Norheim is a venerated celebrity in Norway, said Laurel Wentz, who traveled to Norheim’s homeland in June for a celebration of the man known as “the father of modern skiing.” Wentz, of Fessenden, represented the ...

Artists make downtown alley pop

From whimsical to intriguing and always colorful, the artwork that’s helped transform a downtown Minot alley into a gathering space also serves to showcase local talent. Muralists Arvin Davis, Jr., Cera Pignet, Tessia Samuelson and Max Patzner were at Citizens Alley to talk about their works ...

Citywide cleanup set to begin Sept. 8

The City of Minot will hold fall cleanup week for sanitation customers during the week of Sept. 8-12. There will be free landfill drop off and bulk curbside pickup. Crews will not take commercial quantities of construction materials or large piles of tree stumps or branches, concrete, dirt, ...