MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base contributed $651.6 million to the local economy in fiscal year 2024. That impact is an increase of about $30 million from the previous fiscal year, when the base contributed $621.6. 1st Lt. Mike Reissfelder, deputy budget officer of the 5th ...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers have arrived in Europe as part of a routine Bomber Task Force-Europe deployment, underscoring the U.S.’ shared commitment to regional security and NATO’s collective defense. Throughout the deployment, ...

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Quentin Jelsing of Rugby had just turned 18 when he decided to enlist to fight in World War II. His son, Terry Jelsing, said “right after graduation, the war was on.” Terry Jelsing spoke at the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibit in the Rugby Public Library, telling his ...

BISMARCK – A North Dakota House bill that would name a bridge in Bottineau for Navy veteran Carl Woods passed the state House of Representatives 93-0 this week and now moves on to the state Senate. Lt. Cmdr. Woods died Sept. 28, 1965, when the plane he was piloting went down in North ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – The plains of North Dakota stretch out in a vast expanse of rolling hills interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees, covered in snow and ice or grass swaying in the wind, depending on the time of year. Though seemingly bare, this land is rooted in a vital role ...