An online Parent Cafe event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30, at noon, discussing the benefits of using encouragement over praise. Parent Cafes offer a chance to connect, reflect and listen to other parents and caregivers. Participants are eligible for parent education credit hours. Certificates are sent to participants after each event. For registration information, contact Holly Arnold at the North Dakota Extension Service-Ward County at holly.arnold@ndsu.edu.
Firefighters with the Minot Fire Department will be collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Monday, Sept. 7, and Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9-10, at three locations in Minot. They will be at the intersections of 21st Avenue and Eighth Street Northwest, 11th Avenue and Third Street Southeast and Sixth Street and 16th Avenue Southwest. Last year, crews raised $32,000 for MDA, according to department information. The Fill the Boot is a local nationwide firefighter tradition supporting MDA.
In attempt to whittle away at a large property tax hike in a proposed 2027 budget, Minot City Council members worked their way through a number of cuts and financial transfers in a marathon session Thursday, Sept. 3. They trimmed spending across various departments, shifted sales tax money ...
Minot native Derek Olson’s creative career has taken him from working in journalism to photography and producing films in Los Angeles. Recently, Olson has brought his experience back to Minot, started the production company Grain and Thunder and won a Telly Award for his work. The Telly ...
Heavy rain on Thursday morning, Sept. 3, caused a flash flooding warning for west central McHenry and southeast Ward counties. As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, no damage was reported in the counties of Ward, McHenry, Renville, Bottineau, Pierce or McLean, according to the sheriffs' offices. Minor ...
City of Minot crews responded to a water main break in the 1900 block of Third Street Northwest during the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 2. About 11 houses were affected by the water outage. Service was restored early Wednesday afternoon.
