MHA Nation to hold fall festival, coat drive
NEW TOWN – MHA Nation kicks off the autumn season with its annual community Fall Festival and coat drive Thursday, Sept. 24, from noon-5 p.m. at MHA Tribal Headquarters, New Town. The event, hosted by the office of Chairman Mark Fox, will have a variety of family-friendly events including corn shucking, music, karaoke, craft vendors and a beanbag tournament. MHA Nation is partnering with Chord Energy for Operation Warm. Operation Warm provides free winter jackets to youth in the community.
One person dies in two-vehicle crash
VELVA – A 67-year-old Karlsruhe man died when the pickup he was driving and a semi crashed about 3 miles east of Velva Tuesday, Sept. 22. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at about 7:30 a.m., a 2012 GMC Sierra pickup, driven by the Karlsruhe man, was traveling west on 44th Street North near Velva. A 2004 Freightliner semi pulling a dump trailer was traveling east on the same roadway. As the Freightliner was turning north onto 12th Avenue North, it struck the Sierra. The driver of the Sierra died at the scene; the driver of the Freightliner, a 46-year-old man from ...
MSU celebrates new classroom improvements
Minot State University opened a recently modernized classroom dedicated to Gary Hovdestad to guests, family, students and faculty on Monday, Sept. 21. Hovdestad and his wife, Carol, graduated from Minot State in 1963. The classroom updates will provide MSU students with updated technology, ...
Minot zoo’s giraffe has new home
Roosevelt Park Zoo staff in Minot recently gave farewell to its 10-month-old giraffe Khari as he begins his new journey that will support the long-term survival of his endangered species. According to zoo information, Khari was born at the Minot zoo in November 2025. He joins a herd of ...