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Area students receive NDFB scholarships

Area students were among 20 individuals awarded $1,000 scholarships through the North Dakota Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee. Laykin Feller of Velva received the Becki Palmer Scholarship, which is awarded to a high school senior in memory of a NDFB employee who lost her battle ...

Commerce opens applications for Innovate ND grants

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Commerce has announced applications are open for the Innovate ND grant program. Entrepreneurs across the state are encouraged to apply by May 14. Innovate ND provides North Dakota entrepreneurs with hands-on education in the lean business model ...

City responds to watermain break

City of Minot crews responded to a watermain break in the 1600 block of Seventh Street Southwest in the evening of Monday, April 27. Thirteen houses appeared to be affected by the outage, according to the city. Service was restored late Monday night.

Attorney granted motion to withdraw from shooting case

The judge presiding over the trial of the Surrey man charged with the murder of serviceman Nicholas Van Pelt has granted a motion by his attorney to withdraw from the case due to lack of payment. Attorney Jesse Walstad’s motion to withdraw was addressed Monday, April 27, along with an ...

Aquatics code puts focus on lifeguards

If water enthusiasts are noticing more lifeguards on duty at their local pools, it just might be related to adjustments that pool operators made last year to comply with a new aquatics code. Halle Swets, aquatics director at the Minot Family YMCA and a certified lifeguard instructor, said the ...

Sentinel upgrades included in budget request

WASHINGTON – The president’s fiscal year 2027 budget request includes a $232 million proposal to begin Sentinel upgrades at Minot Air Force Base, according to U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense and Military Constructions Appropriations Committees. Hoeven said the ...