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Minot Realtor recognized

Jeff Stremick was the July 2022 Realtor of the Month at Signal Realty. He is well known around Minot and the surrounding areas as an experienced commercial real estate agent. He is the only Realtor in Minot to have a CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. Although he specializes in commercial real estate, he also works with an experienced residential team for residential home searching and transactions. In addition, Stremick has volunteered for Sertoma, Farm Rescue, the Minot Planning Commission, the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce, the Ward County Special ...

Futures files

Water Wars Worsening Major rivers continue to run dry in Europe and our western U.S. Now attention has suddenly turned to the Yangtze, China’s longest river. The world’s most populist nation and major U.S. trading partner is experiencing the worst heat wave on record and the lowest water levels as well. Crop production is severely threatened while difficulty in shipping crops and industrial commodities has caused a state of emergency. Some cities are turning to cloud-seeding in hope of relief. In addition to state versus state negotiations and urban versus agriculture ...

Tips to take the sting out of 50% higher car rental prices

(AP) — When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets. While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases of all travel expenses. When comparing prices for July 2022 versus July 2019 (the last normal summer pre-pandemic), hotel prices are up 7% , according to the latest set of Consumer Price Index data released in August 2022. ...

August Eagle Award winners

August recipients of the Minot Area Chamber EDC Eagle Award Program are: Tammy Smith, AFLAC Regional Office; Lynn Wright, Border States Electric; Sabrina Schroeder, Ryan GMC/Buick/Cadillac; Wesley Elkins, SRT; Jessi Erdmann, First International Bank & Trust; Nathan Stremick, Signal Realty; Jennifer Ramsey, REM-ND; Dr. Casmiar Nwaigwe, Trinity Health; Vanessa Clark, UPS Store; Dr. Jessie Fauntleroy, Trinity Health; Chad Thuner, Huber Sprinkler; Beth VanDelinder, North Hill Pharmacy; Aaron Albers, DPM, Trinity Health Medical Arts.

Kraus-Anderson celebrates completion of new Scheels

The new SCHEELS store at Dakota Square Mall opened to the public in July, after months of building and renovating by Minneapolis contractor Kraus-Anderson. The new 110,000 square-foot sporting goods store was designed by R.L. Engebretson Architecture, and it cost $20.66 million to ...

Eagle Award recipients announced

July recipients of the Minot Area Chamber EDC Eagle Award Program are: Mark Zeltinger, United States Postal Service; Lindsey Olson, BeMobile; Martin Saldana, Verizon – BeMobile; Nikki Greening, Northern Sentry; Shanette Miller, Home Depot; Jessica Almaraz, US Bank; Terri Beck, Trinity Town & Country – Imaging; Chelsey Theusch, Whiskey Nine; Dr. Michael Holland, Trinity Health; Marissa McCallum, Dakota Dental Health Center; Sheila Moffatt, Dakota Dental Health Center; and Darrell Sundsbak, Sundsbak Auctions.