An Australian artist’s giant mural on a former downtown Minot grain elevator is officially complete, but fundraising for the Union Silos project is continuing. Chelsea Gleich with the Union Silos commissioning group said artist Guido van Helten concluded his work at the end of September. He ...

Dr. Kelly Mahoney brings her expertise to Minot’s Roosevelt Park Zoo. Mahoney is the zoo’s new veterinarian. She began work at the zoo in late July. Dr. Logan Wood was the zoo’s full-time veterinarian and became the zoo’s full-time director several months ago. Mahoney now fills the ...

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The Gordon B. Olson Library at Minot State University unveiled a unique collection of Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy,” donated to the university by a former faculty member, on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The collection boasts 75 complete copies of Alighieri’s narrative poem, which were ...

Once known by McHenry County homesteaders as a neighbor and friend, Sondre Norheim is a venerated celebrity in Norway, said Laurel Wentz, who traveled to Norheim’s homeland in June for a celebration of the man known as “the father of modern skiing.” Wentz, of Fessenden, represented the ...

From whimsical to intriguing and always colorful, the artwork that’s helped transform a downtown Minot alley into a gathering space also serves to showcase local talent. Muralists Arvin Davis, Jr., Cera Pignet, Tessia Samuelson and Max Patzner were at Citizens Alley to talk about their works ...