City responds to water main break
City of Minot crews repaired a water main break at First Avenue and Second Street Northeast on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The incident impacted water service to one business.
Area educator named History Teacher of Year
BISMARCK — Caryssa Silentman, a history teacher at Williston Middle School, has been named the 2026 Gilder Lehrman North Dakota History Teacher of the Year. The awarded is presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and coordinated in North Dakota by the State ...
Minot Police promotes two to sergeants
Two officers with the Minot Police Department were promoted to sergeants during a ceremony Monday, Aug. 3. Shawn Reis and Dana Pollman most recently have worked in investigations as detectives and will now transition back to patrol in their new leadership roles, according to information from ...
Vision Zero event offers hands-on learning
Although Camden Ahmann of Minot signed up for Vision Zero’s Driving Skills for Success event because his mom made him, he was glad he came after experiencing what the teen-focused safety event had to offer. “It’s kind of fun,” Ahmann said of the event held Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the ...
Council moves on police station remodel
The debate was not whether to move forward but how to do it when the Minot City Council took up a revised plan for renovating the Minot Police Station on Monday, Aug. 3. The council elected to proceed with bidding the first phase of construction, which would address structural concerns and remodel the second floor at a cost of about $5 million with money the city already has set aside. The sticking point is where the next $5 million would come from to continue through the next of the four phases of the project. Council member Rob Fuller floated the idea to access Minot’s economic ...
Aviation impact studies to be presented Aug. 25
BISMARCK – North Dakota's aviation and aerospace industry generates nearly $3.6 billion in annual economic output and supports about 28,734 jobs statewide, according to new studies released by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission (NDAC). The most comprehensive evaluation of the state’s aviation system in more than a decade, these studies include the economic activity generated by the state's 89 public-use airports, aerospace manufacturers, the University of North Dakota's School of Aerospace Sciences, the unmanned aircraft systems industry, and Grand Forks and Minot Air Force ...