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District 5 candidate charged with shoplifting

Kyle Erickson, 36, a candidate for the North Dakota House of Representatives District 5, is facing a petty theft charge. Erickson allegedly shoplifted a pair of headphones, valued at $26.99, from a Minot business on May 31. According to a Minot Police Department affidavit, store surveillance video showed Erickson taking the headphones into a restroom. The store manager later found the empty box hidden in a child restraint device inside a stall. Erickson had already passed the point of sale and left the building without making a purchase. Police identified Erickson using the store's ...

ND grapples with gap in housing help

Organizers working to end homelessness in North Dakota say they're trying to fill gaps left by program closures that helped to make housing more affordable for residents. It’s been almost a year since the local pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance Program sunsetted. Andrea Olson, executive ...

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, ...

Making memories at ND State Fair

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.