Minot voters rejected a sales tax measure for the Minot Park District by a narrow margin on June 3. The park district had offered voters the option to reduce property taxes by replacing some of that cost with a half percent sales tax, but there wasn’t quite enough support for the idea. The ...
Nearly a decade in the making, Broadway Circle met new milestones in 2025. In mid-December, Pathfinder Services of North Dakota was conducting intake procedures to fill the newly constructed 17-unit affordable apartment complex. Staff expected to open the six-unit family homeless shelter ...
The North Central District Court experienced a changing of the guard this year after longtime Judge Douglas Mattson announced his retirement in February. Mattson, a Minot native, served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1978-1982, received his Juris Doctor from the ...
The Armed Forces Reserve Center in Minot was the scene of a deactivation ceremony on Aug. 1 when the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) deactivated. The ceremony, called a casing ceremony, symbolized the deactivation of the unit. According to N.D. Army ...
Minot’s city government took on a new look during 2025 with a new mayor, a new city council member, a new city manager and a new police chief. Mark Jantzer, who had served on the city council since 2008, was elected mayor on Aug. 5. Mike Hayes was selected from 15 applicants to fill ...
The near-miss incident involving a B-52H from Minot Air Force Base and a passenger plane Friday, July 18, drew extensive local and national attention in 2025. As of December, the investigation into the incident has not been completed, “That investigation is ongoing,” said Peter Knudson ...