Minot’s new police chief has honed in on officer training and department processes as he looks for improvements to an organization he considers to be already in a good position. Police Chief Michael Frye was sworn in July 14 to fill a vacancy that opened in January. He had retired as a ...

BISMARCK – Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued the following statement regarding the passing of former North Dakota Gov. Allen I. Olson, who served as the 28th governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1984 and as the state’s attorney general from 1972 to 1980. Olson died Friday, Dec. 26, at age ...

A Minot man has been sentenced in North Central District Court after entering an Alford Plea to charges of corruption of and luring minors by computer. Matthew William Brooks, 38, Minot, entered the Alford plea in Minot on Dec. 22, pleading guilty to the two Class C felonies, a type of plea ...

Everyone grieves in their own way, or so I’m told. Quite a few people I respect and the literature I’ve read have reinforced grief is also far from a linear process. One never knows where on the wheel the arrow is going to land today. For some, that arrow spins round and round ...

Minot State University’s Lifelong Learning Institute will offer multiple ceramics classes as part of its spring 2026 schedule, including weekly and monthly open studios. Tuesday evenings feature demonstrations, covering topics ranging from plaster mold making and slip casting to clay and ...

After struggling with low capacity since the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Dakota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) reports the organization is undergoing a revival. On Dec. 16, a group of disaster relief nonprofit organizations, emergency managers and state agencies met to vote ...