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Business

Dinner on the Prairie event recognized

Minot’s 2023 Dinner on the Prairie event was recognized as “Chamber Event of the Year” at the 2024 Mid-America Chamber Executives Conference held this month in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. More than 230 guests experienced the event on Aug. 1, 2023, which was made possible by the event ...

Futures File

CPI offers small victory in stability Monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers were released Wednesday. April CPI rose 0.3% below estimates of 0.4% with annual CPI at 3.4%, down from 3.5% last month. Core CPI (all items less food and energy) rose the same 0.3% last month, bringing the ...

Building Permits

April Building Permits — Four Seasons Construction, 2405 23rd Ave. NW and 2301 Ivory St., single family houses with attached garages, each $153,537; 2305, 2317, 2313 and 2309 Ivory St., single family houses with attached garages, each $171,000; 2401, 2413 and 2420 Ivory St., single family ...

Futures File: Weather or not: Wheat rallies

Wheat futures have rallied more than $1/bushel in the last month – a nearly 20% increase in total contract value. Depressed prices from December through March left room for a positive bounce should something bullish begin to percolate. Drought-stricken wheat country in the western plains ...

March Real Estate Transactions

Ward County — 3100 11th Ave. SE, Lot B7, 1972 manufactured home, Tiffany Brewer to Jimmy and Wendy Hendrickson, $1,500. — 3100 11th Ave. SE, Lot E18, 1983 manufactured home, Jonathan Frank to Joshua Garozzo, $12,500. — 2900 Valley Street, Lot 77, manufactured home, Chasity Overholt ...

Futures File

Mayday: This is cocoa, we’re going down The mystery knock on cocoa’s door this past week did not leave a bouquet of flowers or candy. Cocoa prices have plummeted nearly 30% in just two weeks, topping out at almost $12,000 per ton back on April 19 for the most-active contract and falling to ...