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Public voices concerns, support for highway

Property owners, local lawmakers and other concerned citizens heard information and plans being considered for a proposed project to convert a stretch of U.S. Highway 52 into a four-lane highway Monday in Minot, with many saying the change has been needed for decades. Mike Huffington, along ...

Four-way stop proposed for school intersection

Traffic signals near a Minot middle school would be removed and replaced with stop signs under a plan approved by the Minot City Council Monday. The council voted Monday to make the change for the intersection of Sixth Street and 11th Avenue Southwest, where signals have been on flashing red ...

Grand Forks man sentenced to 13 years in prison for stolen firearms, assault

FARGO — A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to serve 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of possession of stolen firearms and assaulting a federal agent. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider, Michael Allen Otto, 45, Grand Forks, appeared before ...

Volunteers prepare graves for veterans’ remembrance

Local volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other community members prepared graves in Rosehill Memorial Park Cemetery in Minot on Saturday for this year’s Wreaths Across America placement. Fewer than half of the 1,000 veterans’ graves were set with ...

District 6 voters to decide state Senate race

A race for state Senate will give District 6 voters a choice in the Nov. 5 general election. Rep. Paul Thomas, a Velva Republican, is looking to move to the Senate and is challenged by Robert Tolar of Bottineau, who previously ran for the District 6 Senate seat in 2022 against Shawn ...

South Prairie FFA attends conference

Nineteen South Prairie FFA members attended North Dakota State Fall Leadership in Bismarck Sept. 28-29. The annual conference in Bismarck is hosted by the North Dakota FFA Association. Participants attended four different conferences, based on grade level. The 101 Conference, designed for ...