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SVUW invites public to have breakfast for Backpack Buddies

SVUW invites public to have breakfast for Backpack Buddies Souris Valley United Way invites the public to its Second Annual Backpack Buddies Drive-Through Breakfast on Wednesday, Aug. 12. SVUW is providing a homemade caramel roll and orange juice for $5, with proceeds going to support the Backpack Buddies program. Every breakfast purchased helps provide nutritious, weekend food for local children through the program. During the 2025-2026 school year, Backpack Buddies served more than 620 unique students in Minot and on Minot Air Force Base. The drive-through will take place from ...

More than 349,000 attend NDSF

More than 349,000 people attended the 2026 North Dakota State Fair, filling the fairgrounds and experiencing everything from Grandstand entertainment and championship competitions to agriculture, family activities, educational exhibits and free attractions. The 2025 N.D. State Fair set a new ...

Minot pantry opens in new quarters

Our Lady of Grace Food Pantry hosted its first clients in its new building on Monday, July 27. The new pantry features a waiting area, check-in counter and more spacious area for client services, an office space and enough storage to bring warehoused items on site. Paulette Streitz, pantry ...

White House report fuels Indigenous history debate

As the United States marks its quarter-millennium, the White House is questioning how the world’s largest museum complex depicts the nation’s founding, including exhibits describing the United States as being built on stolen Indigenous land. A nearly 200-page report quietly published over ...

Former Minot fertility doctor sued

A former Minot obstetrician-gynecologist is being sued on allegations he deceptively substituted his own genetic material to impregnate a patient in his fertility practice. Dr. Dennis Lutz, who chairs the OB-GYN Department at the University of North Dakota, is being sued for damages in excess ...

Four people injured in motorcycle crash

BOTTINEAU – Four people were injured in a crash involving multiple motorcycles Saturday, July 25, on N.D. Highway 43, 10 miles north of Bottineau. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, about 2:01 p.m., a white sedan was westbound on Highway 43 and passing a pickup that was towing a boat. A group of about 10-12 motorcycles was traveling east. The driver of the sedan, while passing the pickup, met the group of motorcycles in the eastbound lane which forced two motorcycles off the road. One motorcycle rubbed up on another which caused the driver to lose control and crash. A ...