Legal Notices 9-2
Notice of Application
For
Merger of Banks
FIRST WESTERN BANK & TRUST
MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
First Western Bank & Trust, Minot,
North Dakota intends to apply to
each of the Federal Reserve Board
and the North Dakota State Banking
Board for permission to merge
BlackRidgeBANK, Fargo, North
Dakota with and into First Western
Bank & Trust. We intend to acquire
control of BlackRidgeBANK, Fargo,
North Dakota and to establish
branches at the following current
BlackRidgeBANK branch locations:
4040 42nd St S., Fargo, ND 58104
3703 Lockport Street, Bismarck, ND
58503
14084 Baxter Drive, Baxter, MN
56425
228 Oak Street N, Miltona, MN
56354
23964 Smiley Road, Nisswa, MN
56468
301 Main Avenue, Carlos, MN
56319
3313 Highway 29 S, Alexandria, MN
56308
35563 County Road 3, Crosslake,
MN 56442
5411 Lakers Lane, Nisswa, MN
56468
855 26th Ave E, West Fargo, MN
58078
The Federal Reserve and the North
Dakota State Banking Board consid-
er a number of factors in deciding
whether to approve the application,
including the record of performance
of banks owned by such companies
in helping to meet local credit needs.
You are invited to submit comments
in writing on this application. Com-
ments to the Federal Reserve Bank
of Minneapolis should be submitted
to the Federal Reserve Bank of Min-
neapolis, Attention: Applications
Officer, Division of Supervision, Re-
gulation and Credit, P.O. Box 291,
Minneapolis, MN 55480-0291. The
Federal Reserve comment period
will not end before Thursday, Oc-
tober 1, 2020 and may be somewhat
longer. Comments to the North
Dakota State Banking Board should
be submitted to North Dakota State
Banking Board, 2000 Schafer Street,
Suite G, Bismarck, ND 58501-1204.
The comment period for the North
Dakota State Banking Board will not
end before Thursday, October 1,
2020 and may be somewhat longer.
The Federal Reserve Board’s pro-
cedures for processing applications/
notices may be found at 12 C.F.R.
Part 262. Procedures for processing
protested applications/notices may
be found at 12 C.F.R. 262.25. To
obtain a copy of the Federal
Reserve Board’s procedures, or if
you need more information about
how to submit your comments on
the application/notice, contact Chris
Wangen, Assistant Vice President of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Min-
neapolis, at (612) 204-5087. The ap-
plication to the North Dakota State
Banking Board may be requested or
reviewed in the office of the North
Dakota Department of Financial In-
stitutions. The Federal Reserve and
North Dakota State Banking Board
will consider your comments and
any request for a public meeting or
formal hearing on the application if
they are received in writing by the
Reserve Bank or State Banking
Board on or before the last day of
the comment period.
(September 2-16; October 1, 2020)
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
Civil No. 51-2019-CV-00424
IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD
COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
The Industrial Commission of North
Dakota, acting as the North Dakota
Housing Finance Agency,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Lyle B. Westman as Personal
Representative of the Estate of Kris-
tine Ann Westman; any other person
in possession; and Midland Funding,
LLC;
Defendants.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
by virtue of a judgment and decree
of foreclosure rendered and given in
the District Court in and for the
County of Ward, North Dakota,
North Central Judicial District, en-
tered and docketed in the Office of
the Clerk of said Court on Febru-
ary 27, 2020, in an action wherein
The Industrial Commission of North
Dakota acting as the North Dakota
Housing Finance Agency, was
Plaintiff and Lyle B. Westman as
Personal Representative of the
Estate of Kristine Ann Westman;
any other person in possession and
Midland Funding, LLC; were the De-
fendants; on which day it was ad-
judged that there was due and ow-
ing the Plaintiff from the Defendant,
Lyle B. Westman as Personal
Representative of the Estate of Kris-
tine Ann Westman; together with
costs and disbursements of said ac-
tion, the sum of $141,712.57, and by
virtue of a Special Execution issued
to me by the Clerk of said Court, I
will sell the real property described
in said judgment and hereafter
described to the highest bidder for
cash at public auction at the front
door of the Courthouse in the City of
Minot, County of Ward, North Dako-
ta, on September 30, 2020, at the
hour of 10:00 a.m. of that day to
satisfy the amount due with accrued
costs and interest at the date of
sale, or so much thereof as the
proceeds of said sale applicable
thereto will satisfy.
The premises to be sold as afore-
said are situated in the County of
Ward, State of North Dakota, and
are more particularly described as
follows:
Lots 16 and 17, Block 83, Brooklyn
Addition to the City of Minot, Ward
County, North Dakota.
(Street Address: 909 Park Street,
Minot, North Dakota 58701).
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
20th day of August, 2020.
Robert Roed
Sheriff of Ward County,
North Dakota
/s/Jamie Williams
By: Lieutenant Jamie Williams
Dean A. Rindy ND ID# 04206
Special Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for Plaintiff
720 Main Avenue
Fargo, ND 58103
701.235.8000
dean@okeeffeattorneys.com
(August 26; September 2-9, 2020)
NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE SALE
CIVIL NUMBER: 51-2019-CV-02147
IN THE STATE OF NORTH
DAKOTA, COUNTY OF WARD IN
THE DISTRICT COURT, NORTH
CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Freedom Mortgage Corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
Phuong H Le a/k/a Phuong H. Le
a/k/a Phuong Hoang and Jason T.
Peterson and Aztec Financial, LLC
and Sandra LaPorte, and any per-
son in possession, and all persons
unknown, claiming any estate or in-
terest in, or lien or encumbrance
upon, the real estate described in
the complaint,
Defendants.
1. Judgment in the amount of
$122,719.92, having been entered in
favor of Plaintiff and against Defen-
dants, which Judgment was filed
with the Clerk of Courts of Ward
County, North Dakota, on March 11,
2020, for the foreclosure of a real
estate mortgage.
2. Notice is hereby given pursuant to
said Judgment that the real property
described in the Mortgage dated De-
cember 31, 2014, which Mortgagors,
Phuong H. Le, Jason T. Peterson,
executed and delivered to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc. as nominee for Flagstar Bank,
FSB, a Federally Chartered Savings
Bank, its successors and assigns.
North 100 feet of Lot 36, Hecker’s
Addition to the City of Minot, Ward
County, North Dakota.
501 7th Street Southeast, Minot, ND
58701
and recorded in the office of the
Clerk and Recorder of Ward County,
North Dakota, on January 5, 2015,
Instrument Number 2981718. Said
Mortgage was assigned to Plaintiff,
its successors or assigns, by As-
signment of Mortgage recorded Oc-
tober 28, 2019, Instrument Number
3033131.
3. In order to realize the amount of
$122,719.92, as of March 11, 2020,
plus interest accruing thereafter on
said amount at the rate of 3.62700%
per year together with the costs and
expenses of sale, will be sold sub-
ject to redemption as provided by
law as one parcel of land at public
auction, subject to the lien for unpaid
real estate taxes and assessments
of Ward County, North Dakota, and
easements and restrictions of
record, to the highest bidder for cash
under the direction of the Sheriff of
Ward County, North Dakota, at the
main entrance of the Ward County
Courthouse located at 315 SE 3rd
Street, Minot, North Dakota 58701,
on October 14, 2020 (“Sale Date”),
at 10:00 AM.
4. If the sale is set aside for reason,
the Purchaser at the sale shall be
entitled only to a return of the depo-
sit paid. The purchaser shall have
no further recourse against the Mort-
gagor, the Mortgagee or the
Mortgagee’s attorney.
DATED this 26th day of August,
2020.
SHERIFF OF WARD COUNTY
For: Robert Roed
By:/s/Jamie Williams
Deputy Sheriff of Ward
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
By:/s/Benjamin J. Mann
Benjamin J. Mann
Attorneys for Plaintiff
376 East 400 South, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-355-2886
Email: benjamin@hwmlawfirm.com
Bar: 08371
(September 2-9-16, 2020)
NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE SALE
CIVIL NUMBER: 51-2020-CV-00141
IN THE STATE OF NORTH
DAKOTA, COUNTY OF WARD IN
THE DISTRICT COURT, NORTH
CENTRAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF
QUERCUS MORTGAGE INVEST-
MENT TRUST,
Plaintiff,
v.
Austin Pappas, and any person in
possession, and all persons unk-
nown, claiming any estate or interest
in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the
real estate described in the com-
plaint,
Defendants.
1. Judgment in the amount of
$221,131.60, having been entered in
favor of Plaintiff and against Defen-
dants, which Judgment was filed
with the Clerk of Courts of Ward
County, North Dakota, on August
12, 2020, for the foreclosure of a
real estate mortgage.
2. Notice is hereby given pursuant to
said Judgment that the real property
described in the Mortgage dated
February 27, 2013, which Mortga-
gors, Austin Pappas, executed and
delivered to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as Mort-
gagee, as nominee for Mortgage
Research Center, LLC DBA
Veterans United Home Loans, its
successors and assigns.
Lot 6, Rogers Rearrangement of the
West 1/2 of Block 4 and the East 1/2
of Block 5, Lloyd’s Rearrangement
of a Plat of a portion of the
SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 15, Town-
ship 155 North, Range 83 West of
the 5th P.M., and Blocks 4 and 5,
Bel-Air Addition to the City of Minot,
Ward County, North Dakota.
408 26th St W, Minot, ND 58703
and recorded in the office of the
Clerk and Recorder of Ward County,
North Dakota, on February 28, 2013,
Instrument Number 2954331. Said
Mortgage was assigned to Plaintiff,
its successors or assigns, by As-
signment of Mortgage recorded
January 14, 2020, Instrument
Number 3035608.
3. In order to realize the amount of
$221,131.60, as of August 12, 2020,
plus interest accruing thereafter on
said amount at the rate of 3.625%
per year together with the costs and
expenses of sale, will be sold sub-
ject to redemption as provided by
law as one parcel of land at public
auction, subject to the lien for unpaid
real estate taxes and assessments
of Ward County, North Dakota, and
easements and restrictions of
record, to the highest bidder for cash
under the direction of the Sheriff of
Ward County, North Dakota, at the
main entrance of the Ward County
Courthouse located at 315 SE 3rd
Street, Minot, North Dakota 58701,
on October 14, 2020 (“Sale Date”),
at 10:00 AM.
4. If the sale is set aside for reason,
the Purchaser at the sale shall be
entitled only to a return of the depo-
sit paid. The purchaser shall have
no further recourse against the Mort-
gagor, the Mortgagee or the
Mortgagee’s attorney.
DATED this 26th day of August,
2020.
SHERIFF OF WARD COUNTY
For: Robert Roed
By:/s/Jamie Williams
Deputy Sheriff of Ward
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
By:/s/Benjamin J. Mann
Benjamin J. Mann
Attorneys for Plaintiff
376 East 400 South, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-355-2886
Email: benjamin@hwmlawfirm.com
Bar: 08371
(September 2-9-16, 2020)
NOTICE
Sundre Township will be holding a
public budget hearing on Tuesday,
September 15th, 2020 at 6pm. The
hearing will be held at the clerk’s
residence: 10901 86th St SE Minot.
Cari Morey,
Sundre Township Clerk/ Treasurer
(August 29-31; September 1-2-3,
2020)
Request for Proposals
Innovation Studio Equipment
NDSU Research & Technology
Park
The NDSU Research & Technology
Park, a 501(c)(3) organization, is re-
questing proposals for its Innovation
Studio i.e. makerspace, to be locat-
ed in Fargo, North Dakota. Interest-
ed firms may receive the submittal
instructions by visiting the Innovation
Studio website located at
www.ndsuinnovationstudio.com.
This project will be partially funded
with Federal funds from the United
States Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Administra-
tion and therefore is subject to the
Federal laws and regulations asso-
ciated with that program.
Questions regarding the content of
the submittal instructions are to be
directed to Dave Sauvageau, Inno-
vation Studio Manager at
dave.sauvageau@ndsurtp.com or
Brian Kalk, Executive Director at
brian.kalk@ndsurtp.com.
One (1) hard copy of the completed
proposal must be delivered and/or
postmarked by 2:00 pm Central
Standard Time on September 24,
2020 to Dave Sauvageau, Innova-
tion Studio Manager, NDSU
Research & Technology, 1854
NDSU Research Circle North, Office
#27, Fargo, ND 58102. The propo-
sals should be addressed to the at-
tention of Dave Sauvageau, Innova-
tion Studio Manager and marked In-
novation Studio Equipment – Pack-
age 1 in the lower left-hand corner of
the envelope.
(August 26; September 2-9, 2020)