Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, first responders remain at the heart of remembrance as many climbed the stairs of the World Trade Centers and never came back down. Deputy Police Chief Dale Plessas and Fire Battalion Chief Jason Babinchak were working for their ...
Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C, a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania were crashed into by terrorist-hijacked planes, killing 3,000 people and injuring 6,000. The attack remains the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in U.S. history. Four of the 3,000 people had ties or were from North Dakota. Twenty-five years later, we remember and share their stories. Ann Nicole Nelson grew up in Stanley and lost her life in the attack of the World Trade Center, where she was working as a bond ...
Ann Nelson was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1971 and raised in Stanley, North Dakota. Nelson lost her life during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, and since has been honored throughout the state of North Dakota for her passions and aspirations. Nelson worked in the World Trade ...
The Minot community had an opportunity to hear from an expert on active shooter events and learn about how to protect their schools at School Safety and Security Night at Minot High on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Minot Public Schools hosted the event in partnership with the North Dakota Safety Council ...
A plan for regulating data centers was included in a zoning ordinance amendment adopted by the Minot City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The regulations limit data centers and energy conversion facilities to the heavy industry park in east Minot and require companies to obtain permits from the Minot Planning Commission, which could include stipulations, particularly related to electricity use and sewer and water use agreements, light and noise. Doug Diedrichsen, principal planner for the city, said if a company applied for a data center now, the city’s code would place it in the same ...
A Minot man was sentenced Sept. 3 in North Central District Court to serve at least a year of incarceration for criminal vehicular injury, a Class C felony. Shawn David Austin was given a three-year sentence, to first serve one year, with credit for 86 days served and earned good time of 11 days, and two years of supervised probation. He is required to participate in a chemical dependency evaluation and abide by a no contact order. He also was assessed $125 in fees and $16,0187 in restitution. Austin was charged as the driver in a crash in the 600 block of Third Street Southeast, in ...
