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Relay to honor families affected by pregnancy, infant loss

Next month, 12 runners will take on nearly 480 miles across North Dakota as part of The 10.15 Project, a four-day relay created to honor families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss and raise support for those navigating grief. The relay will take place Oct 15–18, beginning in Medora and traveling through Dickinson, Bismarck and Jamestown before finishing at The Lights in West Fargo. Along the way, runners will carry stories of loved ones lost too soon, creating opportunities for communities to come together in remembrance and support. “This isn’t about how fast we ...

Wetlands grants awarded in ND

DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced nearly $3 million in grant funding for 11 projects to help study, protect, manage and restore valuable wetlands across America’s mountains and plains region. Receiving funds in North Dakota are the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, $262,500; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, $321,417; and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, at least $149,514. “EPA knows our state, local, and Tribal partners are best suited to manage the wetlands in their own backyards, and these Wetland Program Develop Grants allow them to do ...

Center offers learning opportunities

The Minot Adult Learning Center is a learning facility that serves "a lot of different capacities," according to Director Marcy Beck. This fall, 91 students registered for full- or part-time learning. Beck said the school offers multiple programs relating to work readiness and education for ...

ND cedes child’s death case to Texas

Charges of failing to report the corpse of a child and disturbing a human burial site have been dismissed against a Minot woman who had been arrested after law officers found a deceased body encased in cement in a tote. Sarah Kerzmann, 45, no longer faces the Class C felony charges in Ward County, but she will be held in the Ward County Jail pending extradition to Texas, which has an arrest warrant for her. North Central District Judge Richard Hagar dismissed the charge in Ward County on Thursday, Sept. 17. Kerzmann’s husband, Craig Kerzmann, faces similar charges for which a court ...

Landowners hear about transmission proposal

Landowners took advantage of open houses recently to learn more about a transmission line project proposed to pass south of Minot on a path from a coal-fired generation station near Stanton to a substation near Plaza. Basin Electric Power Cooperative introduced its Leland Olds ...

Dem-NPL announces keynote, honorees at Burdick Dinner

FARGO — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana will be keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Burdick Dinner on Oct. 10 in Fargo, according to the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. “Senator Tester has a long history of standing up for rural America. As a third-generation farmer and former school teacher, Senator Tester is more than familiar with the issues facing us in North Dakota today. We’re thrilled he’ll be joining us," Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said. Heidi Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 2013-2019, also will be speaking. Democrats will ...