To open up the school year and present the talents and efforts Make a Scene Kids Theater has been working on all summer, the cast and crew are transporting residents to the African grasslands and jungle with their production of “The Lion King Jr.” The show opens today at 6 p.m. at the ...

The Minot Area Community Foundation’s Bremer Impact Fund has awarded The Magic City Discovery Center a $150,000 grant. The center’s board has raised more than $5 million so far, putting it more than halfway toward the goal needed to construct a children’s museum on Minot’s North Hill. ...

The Association of Zoos & Aquariums based in Silver Springs, Md., has announced Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission. “AZA accreditation signifies Roosevelt Park Zoo’s active role in protecting our world’s wild animals ...

Several milestones have been reached in the construction of Trinity Health’s new healthcare campus and medical district in southwest Minot, including a “topping out” ceremony on July 31, in which construction crews celebrated placement of the final steel beam on top of the structure ...

The Ward County State’s Attorney’s Office filed to dismiss attempted murder and reckless endangerment charges against Timothy Devon Lewis, 28, Minot, because “further investigation is required.” Judge Gary Lee signed off on the dismissal of the case without prejudice on Tuesday. ...

John Heath Burditt Jr., 32, Minot, has entered into a pre-trial diversion agreement on a Class C felony child neglect charge. If Burditt successfully complies with all the terms and conditions of the pre-trial diversion agreement, the Ward County State’s Attorney’s Office will dismiss the ...

Norway is a country of rich folk music and dance traditions. When “folk music,” it is generally referring to traditional music from rural communities. This music has survived generation to generation although much of it has never been written down. “Bygdedans” (or village dance) ...

The Minot Park Board approved a $14 million budget for 2020 Tuesday. The budget calls for nearly $9 million in property taxes, or 43.02 mills. That is up from the $12.8 million budget for 2019 that required 35.41 mills. The 7.61 additional mills is the result of the absorption of the city’s ...

Property owners who create new plats will face fewer right-of-way dedication requirements along roads, per action of the Ward County Commission Tuesday. No one from the public spoke at a hearing regarding an ordinance change easing the right-of-way requirements, although right-of-way ...

Unease in the community over a downtown gathering place found its way to a Minot City Council meeting Monday, where differing, strong feelings among council members led to a decision to lay the matter aside until next month. Council member Josh Wolsky presented suggestions that included ...

Runoff from recent rainfall has significantly boosted the amount of water expected to enter the Missouri River system. So much so that the record basin inflow of 61 million acre feet of water that entered the system in the historic flood year of 2011 is within reach. Based on record rains ...

Area seniors sat at tables in Minot’s Sleep Inn & Suites as Brian Boppre of Boppre Law gave a presentation about estate planning. This was just one of the many helpful topics covered at Minot Daily News’ Second Annual Senior Expo Tuesday, which attracted nearly 200 audience members. ...

Minot City Council member Shannon Straight never intended to serve more than two terms in office, so it should have come as no surprise when the two-term alderman declared at Monday night’s council meeting his plan. “It’s in keeping with my statement [Monday night],” Straight said ...

Corrections to errors in estimated tax statements to property owners, along with updated mail addressing, should help her office ensure a smooth process when tax bills go out in December, Ward County Auditor Devra Smestad told county commissioners Tuesday. “We consider these estimated tax ...

Dustin Ray Hanson, 31, Minot, is accused of strangling a pregnant woman during a domestic violence altercation on Friday afternoon. Hanson is charged with Class C felony aggravated assault - domestic violence in district court in Minot. “I am greatly sorry for what I have done,” said ...

Timothy Milton Foster, 41, of Butte, Mont., was sentenced last week in district court in Mountrail County to 40 months in prison, with 20 months suspended, and two years of supervised probation for Class B felony possession of a stolen vehicle, Class C felony reckless endangerment and Class C ...

Shalee Ann Youngbird, 21, Minot, is accused of driving at a high rate of speed in a stolen Camaro through Minot on Friday, crashing into another car and injuring another driver. “She stole a souped up Camaro, drove it like a wild person, ran into someone and then took off on foot,” said ...

Timothy Joseph Mock, 29, Burlington, was sentenced to two years in prison, all suspended but 120 days, and two years of supervised probation for fleeing from police on his motorcycle in the Minot city limits at speeds approaching 92 mph on July 29. Mock pleaded guilty in district court in ...

Joseph Amos Witt, 34, New Town, is accused of driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 52 in Ward County on Monday with a preschooler in the back seat. Ward County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Conrad Kossan found Witt’s vehicle, still facing the wrong way, in the ditch in the 4000 block of ...