No tax increase is proposed in a $143.5 million preliminary budget for the City of Minot. David Lakefield, finance director and interim city manager, presented a budget to the Minot City Council Monday that calls for nearly $130 million less in spending due to a decline in large capital ...

Property taxes are up nearly 7% in a preliminary budget approved by the Ward County Commission Tuesday, but additional adjustments are pending that could wipe out that increase. One of those adjustments is a proposal by Gov. Doug Burgum, recently approved by the state Emergency Commission, to ...

COVID-19 Test Results Results listed are from the previous day. INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19 Woman in her 80s from Grand Forks County with underlying health conditions. COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY Barnes County – 1 Benson County - 3 ...

The only term limits for Minot City Council members will be imposed by voters. The council voted 2-5 on Monday to reject a proposed ordinance that would have limited council members to no more than three successive terms. Someone who served as mayor as well as an alderman could serve four ...

A ground-breaking ceremony was held Tuesday at the Souris Valley Animal Shelter for a $3.2 million remodeling and rebuilding project. Executive director Shelbi Waters and board president Jennifer Burdick said an addition has been badly needed. The project and a capital campaign to raise funds ...

Minot Police Department responded to a report of an explosion in southeast Minot today at 4:56 a.m. An intact improvised explosive device (IED) had exploded outside a home. An examination revealed an intact IED. The home had minor damage and occupants were not injured. Minot Area Bomb Squad was ...

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the name of a Watford City man who died from injuries in a one-vehicle rollover on I-94 at the Richardton exit on Tuesday. Steven Brenno, 25, died in the crash, according to the Highway Patrol The crash remains under investigation by the Highway ...

The North Dakota Shakespeare Festival will present the Hamlet Drive-In Trunk Tour from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Minot Public Library Parking Lot, 516 2nd Avenue SW. The production is free but reservations are required for a parking spot. Stephanie Faatz Murry, the producing artistic ...

Danielle Marie House, 30, Minot, was sentenced on Friday to three years, all suspended but the 46 days she already served in jail, and three years of supervised probation for Class B felony intent to deliver dilaudid, a Schedule II opiate, and Class C felony possession of heroin, a second ...

Jerrad Lee Lesmann, 32, Glenburn, is accused of resisting arrest on felony warrants and putting Ward County Sgt. Conrad Kossan at risk of substantial bodily injury on July 31. Lesmann is charged in district court in Minot with Class C felony preventing arrest and Class C felony possession of ...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Breast cancer survivor Sharael Kolberg of Laguna Beach, Calif., is on a mission to run 50 miles in 50 days in all 50 states to celebrate her 50th birthday and support breast cancer awareness. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she will run one mile in her hometown of ...

The coronavirus has created a perfect storm for scammers, according to information provided by AARP North Dakota. One scam to arise this summer is scammers posing as contact tracers working for local or state health departments. Contact tracing is an important part of efforts to slow the ...

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command airmen and Navy sailors launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test reentry vehicles from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System at 12:21 a.m. Pacific Time on ...

BELCOURT – Members of the local LGBTQ2+ community and its allies will hold an Indigenous Equality Walk on Thursday, Aug. 6, to showcase to the Turtle Mountain Tribal Council that there is widespread support for legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage on the reservation. The walk ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality awarded loans for water projects to five communities through the State Revolving Fund Programs from May through July. Wildrose received a $2.63 million Clean Water State Revolving Fund towards replacing a clay sanitary sewer ...

The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department is holding a free off-highway vehicle youth safety course at Lewis & Clark State Park on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. “This safety course is designed to help educate riders on how to safely operate OHV’s when out riding. North Dakota ...

The Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Minot will host Pour & Sip, a virtual event and fundraiser, on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. The event will be presented through Zoom. Tickets are $40 for singles and $65 for couples. All tickets include acrylic pour paint, canvas, a surface protector, one ...

Mark Vollmer, superintendent, will present the Minot Public Schools Reintegration Plan today, at three different times: 12 noon, 3 p.m. and 6:30 p,m. These meetings will be done virtually. There will be an opportunity for people to provide input and ask questions on this link: ...

The water from the fountain glistens in the sunlight. On the water below a red and white bobber makes rings in the water as a fish tugs on the line. And it’s all within the city limits of Minot. Urban fishing at its finest. “It’s a good way to get out of the house, and it’s accessible ...

Charging an electric car became more convenient with the opening of a charging station in north Minot in early July. On Monday, Verendrye Electric Cooperative and Enerbase celebrated the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new station located at the Enerbase Travel Plaza, 4750 ...