Since coming onboard Dec. 28, Minot’s new city manager has done a deep dive into city issues to be ready to tackle state legislative priorities in the short term and strategic planning for a new city vision in the long-term. Harold Stewart II, who comes to Minot from the city manager’s ...
An aging drainage system for the Dakota Square Mall area won’t last much longer, according to engineers. Money for a more modern system is the big hurdle, and the Minot City Council took a step it hopes will address that obstacle in approving an application for a federal grant Tuesday. The ...
COVID-19 Test Results The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website. BY THE NUMBERS 7,064 - Total Tests from yesterday* 1,486,512 - Total tests completed since the pandemic began 169 - Positive Individuals from Yesterday***** 131 ...
The Biden administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters, as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment, The Associated Press reported. The order also applies ...
Berthold police say one pound of methamphetamine and nearly $10,000 in cash were seized after a woman was stopped along U.S. Highway 2 early Thursday for driving with an inoperable headlight. Pamella Jo Johnson, 50, Stanley, is charged in district court in Minot with Class A felony intent to ...
Christopher John MacGillivray, 50, Minot, was sentenced on Thursday to 48 months in prison, with 28 months suspended, and three years of supervised probation for punching a 34-year-old developmentally disabled man in the throat on March 21, 2020, in downtown Minot, hitting the victim’s cell ...
Michael Kaj Marlette, 40, Minot, is accused of pointing a rifle at a woman during an argument on Wednesday and making comments about harming her or himself. The alleged victim said during Marlette’s initial appearance in court on Thursday before Judge Doug Mattson that Marlette is a ...
How many of you have kept a scrapbook on an interesting subject? I once knew a woman who kept a matchbook cover from every restaurant she had patronized. She was near age 80 when she showed it to me, and it was massive. She had organized the matchbook covers according to states, and she had ...
Having succeeded two years ago in obtaining $250,000 for dyslexia intervention services, families and their advocates in the dyslexia community are hoping to obtain at least another $250,000 to carry a 2019 pilot program through its 2023 end date. Dyslexia is defined in state law as a ...
When Rugby High graduate Josiah Jenkins appeared on Jeopardy! Jan. 13, the Glendale, California, resident made sure to give credit to the town where he grew up. Show announcer Johnny Gilbert introduced Jenkins as “originally from Rugby, North Dakota.” In an email to the Tribune, Jenkins ...
MOHALL – Local farmers showed that despite a very challenging 2020 season that brought a global pandemic, difficult spring weather and an early frost, they still were able to produce impressive yields and generously give back to their communities, according to Hefty Seed Company of ...
The Minot Park District is seeking an engineering consultant to conduct a study on the district’s indoor recreation facilities to guide future planning. “That’s not something that’s going to trigger a building project any time soon,” Parks Director Ron Merritt said. “We just want ...
North Dakota can now expect a normal temperature pattern through March, rather than the “below normal” outlook issued by the Climate Prediction Center one month ago. One of the reasons why, says the CPC, is an “ongoing lack of snow cover.” But don’t expect a big rise in the ...
COVID-19 Test Results The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website. BY THE NUMBERS 7,334 - Total Tests from yesterday* 1,479,532 - Total tests completed since the pandemic began 196 - Positive Individuals from Yesterday***** 156 ...
Gov. Doug Burgum and the state’s congressional delegation are urging President Biden to support the Keystone XL Pipeline and reconsider his revocation of the pipeline permit. As one of his first executive orders on Wednesday, Biden signed an order to revoke the permit. The contested ...
Adam Andrew Vanderstoep, 36, Minot, was sentenced on Wednesday to a year and a day in prison, all suspended but the 14 days he already served in the Ward County Jail, and two years of supervised probation for trespassing at a woman’s residence, threatening to burn down her trailer and ...
BISMARCK – House Republican Caucus Leader Glenn Bosch, R-Bismarck, has introduced a bill in the North Dakota Legislature to create a Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. The authority will support the development of projects and technologies that work to advance energy production while ...
GRAND FORKS – The North Dakota Department of Transportation has announced it is partnering with the Northern Plains UAS Test Site and other major players in the commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems industry to execute the goals of the Federal Aviation Administration’s BEYOND ...