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Art to beautify more Minot street corners

Magic City Lions Club will be installing more traffic signal cabinet art at five additional intersections, possibly as early as this fall. The Minot City Council approved the art wraps at its meeting Monday, Oct. 5. The signalized intersections where cabinets will be wrapped are South ...

HHS awards $1.23M in ND grants

BISMARCK – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced the award of nearly $1.23 million to organizations across North Dakota to support opioid response, youth outreach, economic advancement, aging issues and veterinary research, according to U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND. Receiving grants were Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians for EAGLE: Economic Advancement Grants for Local Empowerment, $468,897; Quality Health Associates of North Dakota for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, Overdose Response, $300,000; University of North Dakota through the ...

Plan for municipal court hits snag

A proposal to move Minot’s municipal court into the Ward County Courthouse is running into the same district court concerns over space that stalled efforts in the past. The City of Minot has been looking at alternatives for municipal court since at least 2022. The city and municipal court ...

NDHP identifies those in Minot crash

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified those involved in a motorcycle-vehicle crash occurring on North Broadway in Minot Sunday, Oct. 4. Ashton Hawker, 21, of Florida, died from injuries received in the crash. He was the driver of a motorcycle that struck the rear of a Chevrolet Silverado pickup pulling a boat. Kevin Meland, 52, Burlington, driver of the pickup, and passenger Jacob Meland, 25, Minot, were not injured.

NDLA Conference opens in Minot Oct. 7

The North Dakota Library Association Conference is scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 7-9, at The Grand Oasis in Minot. The conference is the premier annual event for North Dakota’s library community, offering professional development, collaborative workshops and networking opportunities for academic, public, school and specialized libraries. The conference’s keynote speakers are Mona Susan Power on Thursday and Faye Seidler on Friday. Power, an author from Minnesota, is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Siedler, a North Dakota native, is an award-winning ...

Proposed retention bonuses help teachers

A new proposal in North Dakota would give public schoolteachers an annual bonus in an effort to keep more educators in the classroom. The Support Teachers and Youth Succeed stipend would initially give eligible teachers about $3,400 a year. Landen Schmeichel, a social studies teacher at ...