The Ward County Commission affirmed on Wednesday its decision to conduct the June 9 election entirely with mail ballots after considering a voter’s request for a polling place. Although commissioners showed interest in opening a polling place, they determined that, with less than two weeks ...
Special weather statement. Advisory. Message. Watch. Warning. Severe this and that. Confusing? The National Weather Service thinks so and is considering a proposal to make weather forecasts and terminology much easier to digest for the public. “The current watch, warning, advisory system ...
Judge Doug Mattson set bond Wednesday at $1 million cash for Milo Blaine Whitetail, 56, of Minot, who is charged with the murder on Monday of Eric Christopher Patterson, 43. According to court documents, Whitetail stabbed Patterson 15 times with a steak knife in a room at the Economy Hotel. ...
The Minot Environmental Policy Group is launching the Sustainable Minot 2020 Scorecard to provide families and individuals with easy-to-implement steps to help save money, consume fewer resources, have a positive impact on the environment and make Minot a cleaner and healthier place to call ...
Sammie Haider of REM North Dakota, a part of The MENTOR Network, was named North Dakota Direct Support Professional of the Year. The award, recognizing one frontline professional in each state for his or her outstanding contributions to the individuals they support, is given by the American ...
Ten Trinity Health employees who initially tested positive for COVID-19 are now confirmed negative following retesting in response to an equipment malfunction at the North Dakota State Laboratory. At a joint news conference in Minot on Tuesday, it was announced nine tested negative and one ...
Sean Taylor Spillum, 23, Minot, was sentenced on Wednesday to four years at the state penitentiary for Class C felony possession of child pornography. North Central District Court Judge Doug Mattson also ordered him to complete sex offender treatment at the penitentiary, to register as a sex ...
DaJohnnius Demarcus Ross, 29, Flint, Mich., is charged in district court in Minot with Class B felony possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver and Class C felony possession of drug paraphernalia on Tuesday in Minot. Ward County Deputy State’s Attorney Todd Schwarz told Judge Doug ...
Joshua James Kumferman, 31, Minot, is accused of strangling his girlfriend and interfering when she tried to make an emergency phone call on May 22 at a Minot residence. It was the second time this month he has been accused of assaulting the woman. Kumferman is charged in district court in ...
Timothy Frederick Hattel, 54, Minot, was sentenced on Wednesday to 360 days in jail, all suspended but the four days he already served, and three years of supervised probation for possession with intent to deliver Lorazepam on Jan. 17. Court records show that North Central District Court ...
The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Ward County has dropped to 36 following re-testing required this past week because of malfunctioning equipment at the State Laboratory. First District Health Unit also has announced additional upcoming testing, including a communitywide, two-day event ...
An equipment malfunction at the state laboratory last week resulted in 82 inconclusive tests for the new coronavirus, Gov. Doug Burgum announced during his regular briefing on Monday. Eighty-one of the 82 people agreed to be retested. The 82 people were located in 15 different counties, ...
Positive COVID-19 Test Results Results listed are from the previous day. LAB EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION The lab experienced a recent malfunction on two pieces of lab equipment. Out of an abundance of caution, 82 positive results will be considered inconclusive and the individuals have been asked ...
It is too early in the summer season to draw any conclusions, but there is growing concern about dry conditions over much of western North Dakota. A dozen counties in the southwestern part of the state, primarily west of the Missouri River, already are considered by the U.S. Drought Monitor to ...
Milo Blaine Whitetail, 56, Minot, is accused of the fatal stabbing of another man at the Economy Hotel Monday morning. Whitetail allegedly stabbed Eric Christopher Patterson, 43, Minot, 15 times during an argument, which was apparently prompted by Whitetail’s accusation of theft and his ...
An underdog in the race for North Dakota governor, Michael Coachman is running because he believes someone needs to. Disturbed by what he sees as cronyism and corruption in government, he said he wants to bring transparency and return government back to the people. “You can either ...
Scott Ryan Luck, 40, Minot, is accused of threatening to kill Minot Police Department senior patrol officer Matthew Pappenfus and police dog Mace on Saturday night after Luck fled from a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper who had tried to pull him over for driving drunk. Luck is charged in ...
Troy Eugene Wichterman, 46, Stanley, is facing 13 Class C felony theft, drug, and firearms charges in district court in Stanley. According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, the Mountrail County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant and searched Wichterman’s home on ...
Cynthia Lynn Bears Ghost, 48, Mandan, was sentenced on Wednesday to 360 days in jail, all suspended but the 14 days she already served, and two years of supervised probation for striking a male Trinity Hospital staff member in the face on Feb. 2. She was also ordered to obtain a chemical ...
Whitney Candice Belgarde, 31, Minot, who was originally charged with Class C felony aggravated assault and accused of stabbing a man in the stomach with a small folding knife on Nov. 9, 2019, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in district court in Minot to a reduced charge of Class B misdemeanor ...