Wreaths Across America is seeking more volunteers to help stage rebar crosses Monday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. in section 16 at Rosehill Memorial Park in Minot. All volunteers are asked to meet near the Veterans Bell Tower at the cemetery. People who have sent in applications for personal wreaths ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – The Air Force is conducting an ongoing investigation into an incident on Oct. 9 when suspected illegal drugs were found in the above-ground facilities of a missile alert facility in the Minot missile field, according to Minot Air Force Base officials. The Associated ...

Senators John Hoeven of North Dakota and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin recently reintroduced the American Aviator Act, bipartisan legislation that would authorize grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand flight training services for veterans who want to become commercial ...

Former Ambassador Barbara Barrett was confirmed on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of the Air Force. North Dakota’s U.S. senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer commented on her confirmation. “With two legs of the nuclear triad and vital UAS (unmanned aerial systems) missions, ...

MAHWAH, N.J. – Fifty-one years ago, Austin Gillette of White Shield and Steven Joel Foster of Midland Park, N.J., were serving with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Amtrac Platoon in Vietnam. On July 30, 1968, only 19 days before Foster was scheduled to come home, he was performing his duties in ...

Plans are being made for this year’s Wreaths Across America program in Minot. Applications for wreaths have now been mailed to those who have sponsored wreaths in the past, said Richard Reuer, local Wreaths Across America coordinator. Application forms can also be picked up at Flower Box, ...

WHITE SHIELD – It’s the only parade in the U.S. to honor a war hero. Fourteen members of the Joseph Young Hawk-Elmer Bear American Legion Post 253 and Auxiliary of White Shield took part in the John Basilone Parade on Sept. 22. The parade honors the only enlisted Marine in World War II to ...

Senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven announced the National Guard Bureau has selected North Dakota as one of 14 states to participate in a pilot program providing college tuition assistance to members of the state's Air National Guard. The Air National Guard expects the Federal Tuition ...

They’re rare finds and currently displayed in the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot, said Don Larson, air museum board president, of the Fleetwings Sea Bird and Avro Avian planes. The Fleetwings Sea Bird and Avro Avian are owned by Walt Bowe and his wife Dr. Carlene Mendieta of ...

Dr. Carlene Mendieta of Sonoma, Calif., who repeated Amelia Earhart’s 1928 record-setting cross-country trip in the same type of plane Earhart flew, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Dakota Territory Air Museum’s “Women, Wine & Wings” event on Thursday, Sept. 19. The event ...

GARRISON – About 25 soldiers of the North Dakota National Guard’s Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company (VERTICAL) assisted the Minot YMCA by improving the grounds of the Triangle Y camp near Garrison, according to a news release. The area is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and ...

Sen. John Hoeven will help break ground on a new indoor firing range at Minot Air Force Base on Monday, according to a news release from his office. The new range will allow the consolidation of four existing buildings while also reducing air quality concerns, providing higher quality training ...

More than 200 people are expected to attend the annual Veterans Administration Mental Health Summit being held at the Grand Hotel in Minot today. Those attending include providers and social workers in the mental health care community, clergy, elected offices, city government, county veteran ...

MANDAN – When an area military veteran died, his family followed his wishes to be buried in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, south of Mandan. A service with full military honors was held in the chapel at the cemetery, followed by the burial. Dedicated to the men and women who have served ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – The 5th Bomb Wing, the B-52H Stratofortress wing at Minot Air Force Base, is going strong and today is the unit’s 100th birthday. The bomb wing’s origination dates back to Aug. 15, 1919, with the activation of the 2nd Group (Observation) at Luke Field in the ...

The Military Affairs Committee of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce presented a check for $19,000 raised at this year’s Prairie Warrior Auction to Minot Air Force Base officials recently. Proceeds from the annual auction go to Minot AFB for various events, including squadron activities and ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Airmen of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 219th Security Forces Squadron work side by side with active-duty security forces airmen at Minot Air Force Base. The 219th, part of the N.D. Air National Guard’s 119th Wing, is a geographically separate unit from ...

Military Day at the Parks will be held Friday in Minot. The event, sponsored by Minot Parks, Minot Area Chamber of Commerce and Roosevelt Park Zoo, is free to active and retired military (with an ID) and their families. Those attending can enjoy Roosevelt Park Zoo from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., ...