FARGO – Great Plains Food Bank celebrated the start of construction on a new statewide distribution center in Fargo. This marks a significant milestone in the Great Plains Food Bank’s Harvesting Hope Campaign, a capital campaign to build critical infrastructure and expand hunger-relief ...

Minot State University will celebrate its 2026 spring graduating class with its 111th commencement exercise on Friday, May 15. The tradition dates to the university’s first graduating class in 1914. “MSU’s Commencement represents a wonderful day of celebration when our campus gathers to ...

Chris Cebulak was leaning toward a nursing career when he enrolled at Minot State University. After four years in the nursing program, he’s convinced he made the right choice as he prepares to walk across the graduation stage Friday, May 15, toward a summer internship in an intensive care ...

Area schools will be honoring their graduates on Sunday, May 17. South Prairie High School will graduate 36 seniors at a ceremony Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Twenty students are graduating with honors. They are Luke Anderson, Skotti Beck, Mara Beeter, Teyah Dougay, Hattie ...

Minot’s population showed further signs of stabilizing in the U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday, May 14. The latest estimate listed 47,308 residents for the year ended July 1, 2025, up by 31 residents from the previous year. Minot saw its population drop during the ...

North Central Judicial District Court Judge Todd Cresap has announced he will retire July 17. Cresap noted in a letter to Gov. Kelly Armstrong that it was an honor to serve both the people of the Northwest and North Central Districts since his appointment by Gov. John Hoeven in 2009. However, ...