CALL FOR BIDS

The School Board of the Maddock

School District #9 of Maddock, North

Dakota, will accept sealed bids for

OTS coal and hauling, preferably

Wyoming coal; for the 2020-2021

school term. Tonnage per trip is ap-

proximately 32-34 tons, with aver-

age of 8 trips per year. Questions

may be directed to Jack Lang at

701-438-2531. Sealed bids are to be

mailed to Shannon Louder, Busi-

ness Manager, Maddock School

District #9, PO Box 398, Maddock,

ND 58348, on or before noon on

Friday, July 3rd, 2020. All properly

received bids will be forwarded to

the School Board for consideration

at its next regular meeting, July 9th,

2020. The School Board reserves

the right to reject any or all bids.

(May 11-12-13-14-15, 2020)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing of an application by

Karma Convenience Store for a vari-

ance will be held during the Ward

County Planning Commission meet-

ing on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at

7:00 pm in Room 106 & 108 of the

Ward County Administration Build-

ing. The purpose of the request is a

setback variance to the west and

south of the property on the follow-

ing described property:

Outlot 1 of SW4 SW4 Less Hwy

and Lot A 32-157-82

You are receiving this notice be-

cause your property is located within

one mile of the above property. Per-

sons wishing to be heard on the pro-

posed variance will have the oppor-

tunity to address the Planning Com-

mission during the hearing. Infor-

mation and input may also be

presented in writing by addressing

the Ward County Planning Com-

mission, PO Box 5005, Minot, ND

58702-5005. All written materials

must reach the Planning Commis-

sion before the end of the hearing.

The text of the application is avail-

able for public inspection in the of-

fice of the Ward County Planning

and Zoning Administrator at the

Ward County Highway Department

(900 13th St. SE, Minot) during reg-

ular business hours.

By orders of the Ward County Plan-

ning Commission, this 23day of July,

2018.

Doug Diedrichsen

Ward County Planning and Zoning

Administrator

(May 13, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

51-2020-PR-00085

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Lawrence J. Whitty, A/K/A Lawrence

Whitty, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

Co-Personal Representatives of the

above estate. All persons having

claims against the deceased are re-

quired to present their claims within

three months after the date of the

first publication of this notice or said

claims will be forever barred. Claims

must be presented to Larry J. Whitty

or Timothy S. Whitty, in care of Tho-

mas Law Firm, 114 South Main

Street, P.O. Box 2298, Minot, North

Dakota 58702, or filed with the

Court.

Dated this 9th day of April, 2016.

/s/Larry J. Whitty

Larry J. Whitty

/s/Timothy S. Whitty

Timothy S. Whitty

Robert S. Thomas

THOMAS LAW FIRM

114 South Main Street

P.O. Box 2298

Minot, ND 58702

(May 13-20-27, 2020)

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Northern States Power Company

Advance Prudence – 98.9 Mower

Co. Wind Facility

Application

Case No. PU-19-310

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

May 7, 2020

A Public Hearing on the application

in Case No. PU-19-310 was noticed

to be located at the State Capitol,

12th Floor, 600 East Boulevard Ave,

Bismarck, ND 58505. Due to the

state emergency, the Public Hearing

will be held remotely to begin on

May 22, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. The

public is encouraged to view the

hearing electronically via

https://psc.nd.gov/public/meetings/live.php or listen telephonically via

1-888-585-9008 with room code

259-316-322. Public input received

by the Commission will be placed

into the record for consideration. The

Commission will receive testimony

through the following methods:

¯ Written – Written public input may

be submitted beginning on May 22,

2020 through June 1, 2020 through

email via ndpsc@nd.gov or by mail

addressed to:

Public Service Commission,

600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 408

Bismarck, ND 58505-0480

¯ Telephonic – The public may pro-

vide input over the phone by calling

701-328-4081 to be placed on a list.

On May 22, 2020, the Commission

will call you back to receive your in-

put at the end of the hearing in an

order determined by the Adminis-

trative Law Judge. On August 30,

2019, Northern States Power Com-

pany filed an application for an Ad-

vance Determination of Prudence to

acquire, own and operate the 98.9

MW repowered Mower County Wind

Energy Facility located at Grand

Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota.

The Mower County wind facility con-

sists of 43 2.3 MW turbine genera-

tors. The issues to be determined in

this matter are:

1. Whether NSP’s proposed

resource addition is prudent; and

2. Whether the Commission should

grant NSP an advance determina-

tion of prudence.

For more information, contact the

Public Service Commission, State

Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota

58505, 701-328-2400; or Relay

North Dakota 1-800-366-6888 TTY.

If you require any auxiliary aids or

services, such as readers, signers,

or Braille materials please notify the

Commission.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Julie Fedorchak, Commissioner

Brian Kroshus, Chairman

Randy Christmann, Commissioner

(May 13, 2020)

2020 Ward County Board of

Equalization

In accordance with North Dakota

Century Code (N.D.C.C.) Å’57-02-52:

Notice of county board of equaliza-

tion meeting.

Date: June 2, 2020

Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Commissioner’s

Chamber (Suite 218) , Ward Coun-

ty Administration Building

Each taxpayer has the right to ap-

pear before the appropriate board of

equalization and petition their

current year’s assessment. For

those wishing to petition their valua-

tion, contact the Ward County Tax

Equalization office at 701.857.6430

to be placed on the agenda for the

meeting, and submit all appeal do-

cumentation, no later than end of

business May 26, 2020.

(May 9-11-12-13-14-15-

16-18-19-20-21-22-23, 2020)