Local News

City studies new mosquito strategies

The City of Minot won’t get a second aerial spraying for mosquitoes this year, prompting the city to look at alternatives to controlling the biting population both this summer and into the future. Minot Mayor Mark Jantzer said the city typically asks Minot Air Force Base and the Ohio Air National Guard to conduct a second spraying later in the summer, depending on the cost and the degree of mosquitoes issues. The first spraying has been occurring before the North Dakota State Fair in Minot, which happened this year as well. Jantzer told the Minot City Council on Monday, July 20, that ...

Making memories at ND State Fair

ND grapples with gap in housing help

Organizers working to end homelessness in North Dakota say they're trying to fill gaps left by program closures that helped to make housing more affordable for residents. It’s been almost a year since the local pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance Program sunsetted. Andrea Olson, executive ...

Tioga man dies in one-vehicle crash

RAY – A 31-year-old Tioga man died in a one-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 2, five miles east of Ray, Tuesday, July 21. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at 3:53 p.m., a 2024 Hyundai Kona was traveling west at a high rate of speed on Highway 2. The Hyundai failed to maintain its lane, drifted into the ditch and struck an intersecting road. The Hyundai rolled several times before coming to rest in a field. The driver died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.

District 5 candidate charged with shoplifting

Kyle Erickson, 36, a candidate for the North Dakota House of Representatives District 5, is facing a petty theft charge. Erickson allegedly shoplifted a pair of headphones, valued at $26.99, from a Minot business on May 31. According to a Minot Police Department affidavit, store surveillance video showed Erickson taking the headphones into a restroom. The store manager later found the empty box hidden in a child restraint device inside a stall. Erickson had already passed the point of sale and left the building without making a purchase. Police identified Erickson using the store's ...

Lend-a-Paw fundraiser filled with activities

To celebrate the animals who lend a paw to mental health, while raising lifesaving funds for homeless pets in the Minot community, Souris Valley Animal Shelter is holding a 5K Color Run/Walk/Roll at a Lend-a-Paw Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Oak Park. The Minot Police Department will be bringing its therapy K9 to share life-saving stories. The event includes a color run/walk/roll with a special award ceremony, vendors, bouncy houses, a creative paw-casso canvas art activity, face painting, balloon animals and more. Even Disney Princess Moana is ...