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Parks’ budget increases maintenance, cuts property taxes

Minot property owners will see a larger decrease in the park district’s share of their property taxes than originally forecast when voters approved a half percent sales tax for parks in June. The sales tax measure capped the property tax at 26 mills, down from 38 mills, for the general ...

Manka Family Ministries to present at Minot Baptist

From July 26 through July 31, The Dan Manka Family will be at the Minot Baptist Church. The Sunday services are at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. All services, Monday through Friday, will be at 7 p.m. The Manka Family Ministries is a conservative, evangelistic ministry. They have ministered in 42 states, Mexico, seven Native American reservations, on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House, and in seven provinces of Canada. All current team members have been Christian school teachers with about 90 years of experience combined. They offer preaching, puppetry, Christian drama, ...

Tioga man dies in one-vehicle crash

RAY – A 31-year-old Tioga man died in a one-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 2, five miles east of Ray, Tuesday, July 21. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at 3:53 p.m., a 2024 Hyundai Kona was traveling west at a high rate of speed on Highway 2. The Hyundai failed to maintain its lane, drifted into the ditch and struck an intersecting road. The Hyundai rolled several times before coming to rest in a field. The driver died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.

WSC records highest ever summer enrollment

WILLISTON — Williston State College announced it has achieved the largest summer enrollment in the college’s history, with 234 students enrolled at census for Summer 2026. This represents a 23.8% increase from the 189 students enrolled during Summer 2025. Growth was also reflected across several key enrollment measures. Full-time equivalent enrollment reached 84.12, an increase of 41.3%, while students registered for a combined 1,262 credit hours, which is more than 41% above the previous summer. Degree-seeking enrollment increased by 22% to 172 students, and non-degree-seeking ...

Year-round E15 could aid agriculture

As Congress considers a White House-backed measure to allow year-round sales of gasoline containing higher volumes of ethanol, advocates for farmers and ranchers in North Dakota said the move could help address critical challenges facing the agricultural industry. Sales of the 15% ethanol ...