Incumbent Ward County Commissioner Shelly Weppler led candidates in the primary race for the commission in Tuesday’s unofficial election results. Weppler received 5,277 votes or 38.8% while Jedidiah Rader received 4,610 votes or 33.89%. Five write-in candidates shared 3,715 votes or 27.3%. ...

Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Minot Park Board in the June 11 city election. Cliff Hovda, a retired educator, is seeking his fifth four-year term on the board. Chelsey Kirkhammer and Deven Mantz also are running to capture seats. Kirkhammer, a long-time Minot resident, was ...

Four candidates are running for the nonpartisan office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Dakota. The June 11 primary will reduce that number to two, who will move on to the November general election. Seeking the office are incumbent Kirsten Baesler, Jim Bartlett of Bottineau, ...

In a state where Democrats have trouble fielding candidates in some legislative districts, a race exists on the party’s primary ticket for U.S. House. Trygve Hammer of Minot is the North Dakota Democratic-NPL endorsed candidate for Congress. He is being challenged by Roland Riemers of Grand ...

Ward County Commissioner Jim Rostad has announced his write-in campaign to continue serving on the commission. “I have found this experience to be both rewarding and satisfying. As an internal part of the commission these last eight years, I think I share in the credit, along with my fellow ...

Ashley Gulke of Burlington has joined the primary race for the Ward County Commission as a write-in candidate. She said her background in agriculture, finance and law are assets she can bring to the commission. A former commodities trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, Gulke and her ...