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Minot airport awarded improvement funds

Minot International Airport has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration to reconstruct an existing ditch and a 6,688-square-foot hangar. The funding is part of more than $6.6 million awarded to airports across the state from the Infrastructure Grant program, according to U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both R-ND. Other grants included: – Crosby Municipal Airport, $481,750 to construct a new 10,000-square-foot hangar. – Rolla Municipal Airport, $443,000 to reconstruct wind cone navigational aids and the ...

State superintendent seeks applicants for student cabinet

BISMARCK – State school superintendent Levi Bachmeier is inviting young North Dakotans to serve on his Superintendent’s Student Cabinet, which offers students an opportunity to discuss concerns and shape policy in K-12 eduation. Any student in grades six through 12 who attends a North Dakota public or nonpublic K-12 school or in the first year attending a North Dakota College, is eligible to apply, according to Bachmeier. Student Cabinet terms last about 18 months, with meetings typically held every three months at the state Capitol. Members are picked to represent cultures, ...

Research Center precipitation

On Friday, May 22, at 8 a.m., 0.07-inch of moisture was recorded at the North Central Research Extension Center, south of Minot, in the past 24-hour period.

Ballot measure for park sales tax focuses on maintenance

Minot voters will be asked to vote a second time on a half percent sales tax for the Minot Park District when they go to the polls June 9. The first time around, the focus had been on a new turf facility, which is still in the long-term plan, Park Board President Chelsea Kirkhammer said of ...

Charges filed against truck driver for fatal Watford City crash

WATFORD CITY – Charges have been filed by the State of North Dakota in Northwest District Court against a Tennessee man for a Sept. 28, 2025, crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 85 and 23rd Street, south of Watford City, in which two people died and a third person was injured. According to court documents, Mickey Alonzo Gramley is charged with manslaughter-child victim and manslaughter-adult victim, both Class B felonies. He’s also charged with reckless endangerment-extreme indifference, a Class C felony. A 5-year-old girl, who is not named in the complaint dated Monday, May ...

MINOT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE: Locken: Building a better Minot for all

Seven candidates are vying for three seats on the Minot City Council in the city’s June 9 election. Each of the candidates provided comments on their interest in serving and how they would approach city government. Eric Locken, one of those candidates, wants to add to his volunteer efforts ...