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Minot native to become VP of World Clown Association

Ralph “Clumsy” Llewellyn got his start as a clown more than 40 years ago in Minot. Next week he will become the vice president of the World Clown Association. Llewellyn and Ken “Dizzy the Clown” Gillespie, a well-known clown in Minot and the area, will travel to Boston, where ...

Judge orders murder trial rescheduled

The trial of Daniel Breijo, the Surrey man charged in the Christmas Eve 2023 shooting death of Nicholas Van Pelt, has been postponed after a district court judge granted an order for a continuance. Breijo’s attorney Jessey Walstad filed a motion earlier this month, seeking a continuance for ...

Program bridges rural school meal gap in ND

The intersection between healthy meals and schools is poised to be a big conversation throughout North Dakota this year. In one rural area, a celebrated grocer initiative is doing its part to stock local schools with quality foods. Statewide, voters could decide whether North Dakota should ...

Pets rescued from mobile home fire

The Minot Fire Department rescued four pets from a mobile home fire in southeast Minot Wednesday, Feb. 25. According to the Minot Fire Department, crews were dispatched shortly before 5 p.m. to the 3500 block of 11th Avenue Southeast for a report of a mobile home on fire. Crews arrived to ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Managing coyotes is about understanding them

Every few years the question of whether North Dakota should offer a bounty on coyotes surfaces again. It usually follows a tough fall deer season, a hard, cold, snowy start to winter, or a combination of it all. It’s been asked for years. But from a wildlife management standpoint, a bounty ...

Enforcement effort to run throughout March

Law enforcement agencies across North Dakota will have increased patrols throughout March as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign, according to the North Dakota Vision Zero campaign. The enforcement effort is focused on removing impaired drivers from the road and ...