If howling winds didn’t wake you up during the night maybe a loss of power did. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour over a three-hour period overnight Wednesday, part of one of the strongest wind events ever experienced over western North Dakota. ...
The Minot Area Chamber EDC will host virtual legislative forums in coming weeks to enable community members to hear from their representatives and senators. The chamber will be using the Zoom platform and has tentatively scheduled forums for this coming Saturday and again Jan. 30, beginning ...
COVID-19 Test Results The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website. BY THE NUMBERS 7,258 - Total Tests from yesterday* 1,442,795 - Total tests completed since the pandemic began 233 - Positive ...
BISMARCK — The North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann announced additional support to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. Approximately 130 soldiers from the 816th Military Police Company will join 20 previously scheduled N.D. Guard members ...
Orthopedic surgeons at Trinity Health say that robotic technology is the wave of the future for knee replacement surgeries and will become the new standard of care. Dr. Brent Knudson performed the region’s first total knee replacement on Jan. 11 using Trinity’s new Zimmer Biomet ROSA Knee ...
GROTON, Conn. – The USS North Dakota (SSN 784) has completed its second six-month deployment and returned to the boat’s homeport at Naval Submarine Base, New London in Groton, Connecticut, Jan. 11. The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine crew, commanded by Capt. Mark Robinson, was ...
City of Minot offices will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, including City Hall, Public Works and the Engineering Department. The regular City Council meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Minot Public Library will be open on ...
Jason Troy Voeller, 47, has been charged with Class A misdemeanor animal neglect for allegedly leaving his dog alone in a trailer in Holiday Park without access to food or water for over a month. Voeller is scheduled to make an initial appearance on the charge on Jan. 19 in district court in ...
A judge signed an order of dismissal on Tuesday of Class C felony deceptive writings and Class C felony tampering with public records charges against Jennifer Johns. A jury trial that had been scheduled for Feb. 9 was canceled. Johns, a current Surrey city council member and current Velva ...
Talks by activists of potential armed protests across the country have security officers on a higher level of alert at the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. The threats have come as federal investigations continue into an invasion of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 by a ...
Alex DeCoteau, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is teaching a class in the Ojibwe language online this semester at Minot State. DeCoteau said in an email last month that he believes it is the first time MSU has ever offered a class in Ojibwe. “I’m hoping ...
COVID-19 Test Results The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website. BY THE NUMBERS 9,471 - Total Tests from yesterday* 1,435,657 - Total tests completed since the pandemic began 248 - Positive Individuals from Yesterday***** 179 ...
The North Dakota Highway Patrol is urging all motorists to travel with care. High winds are occurring across the state. During these conditions, high-profile, long-load type, and permitted over dimensional vehicles have restricted travel. North Dakota law restricts movement for these vehicles ...
WASHINGTON – Congressman Kelly Armstrong spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday about why he voted against impeachment of President Donald Trump. “What happened last Wednesday is an absolute tragedy. And not only are we part of dealing with it now, we were ...
Barry Mervyn Lindeman, 41, Minot, was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of Class AA sexual abuse of a girl who was as young as 10 at the time of the incident in Ward County. Court records show that Judge Doug Mattson ordered a pre-sentence investigation and ordered Lindeman to be held at the ...
A murder trial for Erik Steven Rod, 42, is likely to be scheduled for two weeks in August. Rod made an appearance at a pre-trial conference on Wednesday before North Central District Court Judge Gary Lee. Rod is charged with Class AA felony murder in the shooting of his wife, Connie ...
Erika Maurie McKenzie, 23, Douglas, is charged in district court in Minot with having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy and exchanging sexually explicit images and texts with him via social media. McKenzie is charged with Class C felony luring a minor by computer, Class C felony ...
Tracy Lee Reimche, 42, Minot, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in prison, with all suspended but the 38 days he already served in the Ward County Jail, and two years of supervised probation for physically assaulting and strangling a woman during a domestic violence altercation on Dec. 6, ...
Hannah Elizabeth Gillen, 26, Minot, was sentenced on Wednesday to a year and a day in prison, with all suspended but the 25 days she has already served in the Ward County Jail and four days off her sentence for good behavior, for Class B felony delivery of methamphetamine on Sept. 10, 2019. ...
A pre-trial diversion agreement has been proposed for Joyell Marks, 45, of Minot, on two Class C felony child abuse charges. Under the terms of the agreement, Marks will maintain her innocence to the charges. She must obtain a mental health evaluation and follow through on any recommended ...