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WTO holds big meeting to tackle vaccines, food shortages

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization predicted a “bumpy and rocky” road as it opened its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years on Sunday, with issues like pandemic preparedness, food insecurity and overfishing of the world’s seas on the agenda. At a time when some question WTO’s relevance, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala hopes the meeting involving more than 120 ministers from the group’s 164 member countries yields progress toward reducing inequality and ensuring fair and free trade. Okonjo-Iweala acknowledged the Geneva-based trade body needs ...

State Farm’s 100th Birthday

Michigan pair charged in fentanyl case Charles Edward Bevier-Dukes, 31, Hamtramck, Michigan, and Tabethia Simone Hunt, 20, of Lansing, Michigan, are each charged in district court in Ward County with Class A felony possession with intent to deliver more than 40 grams of fentanyl on Tuesday. ...

Cornerstone Bank names Minot team

Cornerstone Bank has opened a loan and deposit production office in Minot with an experienced team of community bankers. Grant Wentz is leading the team as senior vice president market president. A graduate of North Dakota State University, he brings over 30 years of banking experience. ...

Long-time Bottineau banker to retire

BOTTINEAU — James Grosgebauer, vice president and loan officer of the First National Bank & Trust Co. of Bottineau, has announced his retirement, effective July 31. A Bottineau native, Grosgebauer graduated from North Dakota State University-BB (Dakota College at Bottineau) as well as Minot State College (Minot State University). After graduating from Minot State, Grosgebauer went to work for CIT Financial Services in Minot, where he started his financial training. He then went to Grand Forks as the assistant manager of that office and, ultimately, to the Dickinson branch, where he ...

Aspire loan officer to retire

Theresa Bolinske, mortgage loan officer at Aspire Credit Union, will retire at the end of June. The community is invited to celebrate her career at Aspire Credit Union on Thursday from 1-4 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Bolinske summed up her career in just a few words: “It’s been the best career.” Over her 22-year career in the Minot region, she received many awards and recognitions, including Affiliate of the Year from the Minot Board of Realtors and a Minot Chamber EDC Eagle Award for outstanding customer service. During her stint at her prior financial institution, ...

Tollefson’s receives Excellence in Family Business Award

Tollefson’s Retail Group was the 2022 recipient of the Franklin G. Larson Excellence in Family Business Award presented through the Prairie Family Business Association. The award is presented to family-owned businesses that exemplify the Franklin G. Larson principles of honesty, ethics, strong community focus and empowering others to be successful. The Prairie Family Business Association (PFBA), founded in 1992, is an outreach center of the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business. PFBA helps family businesses thrive through generations by providing a resource network ...