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Letters to the Editor

Disappointed with loss of tradition

Sherry (Storbeck) Pederson, Alexandria, Minn. With total disappointment, I’m letting the public know the decision that has been made to not go with the Minot High tradition of sitting in the numbers using maroon and gold gowns for the 2025 Graduation. This has been a tradition for over 45 ...

MACEDC disrespectful to support KIL ND campaign

Lianne Zeltinger, Minot The Minot City Council meeting had a couple of “intense” moments. The one I want to respond to is the comments and request by Alderman Scott Samuelson. First, I commend his steadfastness towards his principles, but also because of my support in changing the pocket ...

Mental health services should be local

Madison Hanson, Fargo Minot should be deeply concerned about the proposal to build a $400 million state hospital in Jamestown. As a Master of Social Work student specializing in public policy, I see a critical misalignment between this plan and the needs of the Minot community. Instead of ...

Horse removals, again?

Birgit Pruess, Fargo There we go again. The good old movie where Theodore Roosevelt National Park is attempting to remove horses is running again. Once more against the protest of thousands of tax paying citizen owners of the horses. And there I was thinking that the new administration was ...

Nursing home mandate could hurt rural communities

Vicki Brandjord Lake Metigoshe I am writing about my concerns over the federal requirements for nursing homes to have a registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day in long term care facilities starting in May of 2027 in rural communities. The smaller homes are in smaller communities where ...

Legislation needed in fight against Alzheimer’s

Breanna Cowan Minot More than 13,000 people in North Dakota suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and more than 19,000 friends and family are caring for them. Sadly, I know firsthand how Alzheimer’s greatly affected our family when my grandma, Kelly Strauch, was ...