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Scholarships awarded at ND State Fair

The North Dakota State Fair (NDSF), in partnership with the Minot Area Community Foundation, awarded six $1,000 scholarships to members of the North Dakota State Fair Graduating Class of 2026. The scholarship recipients were honored during a special presentation held Tuesday, July 21, at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parks’ budget increases maintenance, cuts property taxes

Minot property owners will see a larger decrease in the park district’s share of their property taxes than originally forecast when voters approved a half percent sales tax for parks in June. The sales tax measure capped the property tax at 26 mills, down from 38 mills, for the general ...

Manka Family Ministries to present at Minot Baptist

From July 26 through July 31, The Dan Manka Family will be at the Minot Baptist Church. The Sunday services are at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. All services, Monday through Friday, will be at 7 p.m. The Manka Family Ministries is a conservative, evangelistic ministry. They have ministered in 42 states, Mexico, seven Native American reservations, on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House, and in seven provinces of Canada. All current team members have been Christian school teachers with about 90 years of experience combined. They offer preaching, puppetry, Christian drama, ...