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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 ...

Western ND Honor Flight veterans honored

Council’s second thoughts bump up taxes

Worries about whether a proposed Voluntary Separation Incentive Program will hit its employment reduction target led the Minot City Council on Monday, Sept. 21, to scale back the program, raising property taxes in the 2027 budget by $765,250 in the process. The council voted 4-3 to approve a ...

$1.3M project to improve access to Minot AFB

WASHINGTON – Funding to extend the northbound left-turn lane on U.S. Highway 83 at Minot Air Force Base has been awarded to the North Dakota Department of Transportation, according to the North Dakota congressional delegation. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak on Monday, Sept. 21, announced the award of $1.04 million through the Defense Community Infrastructure Program to support transportation improvements at Minot Air Force Base. The funding will support the $1.3 million project to improve access to the base. In May, the delegation sent a ...