Souris Valley United Way announces the opening of its annual grant applications on Friday, March 15. Non-profit programs dedicated to enhancing health, education or financial stability in Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Renville and Ward Counties are encouraged to apply. To be ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, along with the North Dakota National Guard, are celebrating the success of innovative approaches to resolving an ice jam that threatened Bismarck neighborhoods with flooding. On Feb. 27, an ice jam started forming on the ...

NEW TOWN – Fifty-five years ago on March 10, 1969, an F-106 Delta Dart fighter plane from Minot Air Force Base plunged through the ice of Lake Sakakawea, northwest of New Town. The pilot, Capt. Merlin Riley, bailed out safely before the plane crashed. According to the files of The Minot ...

Parents Bryana Christensen and Josh Pfiefer are over the moon with the arrival of their twin daughters, Palmer Grey and Porter Grace Pfiefer, who were born on Feb. 29. Pfiefer said the odds of having identical twins on a leap day are less than .000003%. Pfiefer said the day started out like ...

The Ward County Veterans Service Office has experienced some shifting of personnel recently, but area veterans will find the same familiar faces on hand to help them with their military benefits. Brock Gilstad, formerly the office’s assistant veterans service officer, was named veterans ...

Anya, Roosevelt Park Zoo’s nearly 2-year-old female Amur leopard, has died at the zoo in Minot. According to zoo information, during an early morning check on Wednesday the large cat keeper entered the Amur leopard building to discover that Anya had died. Last month, it was noted Anya was ...