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Mosquito spraying set for next week in Minot

The City of Minot, in conjunction with Minot Air Force Base and the Ohio Air National Guard, has scheduled aerial spraying for mosquito control in the Minot area for an evening between July 13-17, weather permitting. The city announced crews will choose the day and time of the spraying depending on weather and wind conditions to spray when mosquitoes are most active. Missions generally take place between 9 p.m.- 2 a.m. Updates on the timing of the spraying will be provided on the City of Minot’s social media platforms. The City of Minot captures daily mosquito counts throughout the ...

Road assessment team begins work in area

The Central Dakota Metropolitan Planning Organization (CDMPO) and City of Minot recently kicked off a project to assess the condition of all roads within the CDMPO jurisdiction and the city. To accomplish this, the CDMPO and city retained the services of Quality Engineering Service, Inc. (QES) based in Wexford, Pennsylvania. QES is a nationwide firm specializing exclusively in pavement engineering, pavement management and condition evaluation. QES is partnering with Roadway Asset Services (RAS) of Austin, Texas, to perform objective mobile data collection services to accurately ...

Minot City Band to present concerts Sunday

The Minot City Band will present two identical concerts at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, at Oak Park. The concerts will be conducted by Pat Schwan, one of the band’s three conductors this season. Schwan is a retired music educator who has played trumpet in the Minot City ...

School board reorganizes, adopts policies

Scott Louser was selected as president of the Minot School Board during a reorganizational meeting that seated new member Matt Bianco on Thursday, July 9. Lacey Laudenschlager was selected as vice president of the board. The board also adopted policies for use of therapy and service dogs in the schools and the use of animals for educational purposes. Superintendent Scott Faul said a group has been meeting to discuss therapy dogs in schools, look at other school districts’ policies and seek outside legal advice. Principals have been allowing therapy dogs in schools and were able to ...

MSU Summer Theatre presents ‘School of Rock’

Minot State University Summer Theatre continues Season 61 on Tuesday, July 14, with its third production of the summer, “School of Rock,” directed by Jacob Jenkins. Inspired by the hit Jack Black movie with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, this Musical Theatre Camp production of the high ...

Rural Fessenden church damaged by fire

FESSENDEN – A rural congregation is debating its next steps following a fire that damaged its church building Thursday, According to Fessenden Fire & Rescue, the department was called shortly before 7:45 p.m. to Concordia Lutheran Church near Hamberg. Fire Chief Aaron Opdahl said assistance was provided by Harvey Fire & Rescue and CenDak Cooperative, which assisted with water supply. He said the fire did extensive damage to the front of the church building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Opdahl initially said. However, Jeff Newman, church president, said the ...