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McKinley families, staff urge school board not to close school

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The gym of McKinley Elementary School in Minot was filled with families, staff and other public stakeholders Monday evening for a Minot School District presentation on various options being considered regarding the future of the school as the district contends with a budget deficit. See the ...

House fire displaces Minot family

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The Minot Fire Department responded to a house fire at 447 17th St. NW on Saturday morning. Station 5 firefighters arrived on the scene in two minutes and 20 seconds after receiving the dispatch for the fire, according to City of Minot information. On arrival, the crew could see smoke from ...

Assistant city manager finds good fit

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It didn’t take Tom Joyce long in his acquaintance with Minot to realize the city’s new assistant city manager position is a good fit for him. The City of Minot’s aspirations that include professionalism, responsibility, integrity and excellence mirror the values he has come to espouse ...

Mobile food bank regularly assists local rural areas

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Great Plains Food Bank regularly hauls a mobile food pantry around the state to serve rural communities with limited access to food assistance. Jared Slinde, communications manager for Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo, said this program delivers around 1 million pounds of food to hungry ...

Minot AFB bombers provide strategic deterrence in Pacific

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, at the end of January as part of a Bomber Task Force to support strategic deterrence missions aimed at reinforcing the rules-based ...

Retired military pilot to seek District 40 Senate seat

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Jose Castaneda of Minot has announces his candidacy for the District 40 seat in the North Dakota Senate being vacated by retiring, longtime Minot-area lawmaker Karen Krebsbach. Castaneda was born in Mexico City, and his family legally immigrated to the United States in 1985. In 1992 he ...