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Roosevelt Park to begin comeback next spring

Access to Roosevelt Park will begin opening up again next spring as portions of construction on the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project are set to wind down in the area. The park closed in early September to give construction crews space to work. The Minot Park Board toured the ...

Development OK’d by county despite lingering concerns

A proposed Rice Lake residential and commercial development narrowly received approval from the Ward County Commission Tuesday, Nov. 4. Despite some lingering concerns, commissioners determined the zoning, subdivision and condition use requests met ordinance requirements in approving ...

Council balks at some traffic fine changes

Driving without liability insurance still will net a Minot driver a $300 fine, even if the same offense carries a fine of half that on the state level. The Minot City Council voted on first reading Monday, Nov. 3, to update the city’s criminal and traffic ordinances, which was largely a ...

California woman sentenced for burglary

A Bakersfield, California, woman has been sentenced to serve 180 days with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after entering a change of plea to guilty to felony counts of burglary and child neglect. Jemarria Leeon Johnson, 24, appeared in North Central District Court on ...

Minot man sentenced for delivery of fentanyl

A Minot man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to delivery of fentanyl and tampering with physical evidence. Darrell Lynn Thomas Jr., 28, entered his change of plea in North Central District Court on Friday, Oct. 31, pleading guilty to delivery of controlled substance-fentanyl, a Class ...

Public hearing on charter schools scheduled

BISMARCK — State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler invited the public to review and comment on new proposed rules for public charter schools in North Dakota at a public meeting scheduled for December. The rules arise from Senate Bill 2241 which was approved by the North Dakota ...