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Minot High celebrates homecoming this week

Minot High School will celebrate homecoming this week, Sept. 14-18, with themed activities and traditional events centered around this year’s theme: “A Night Under the Stars.” Students and staff will kick off the week with daily dress-ups related to the theme. The Homecoming Court will be formally recognized during a pep rally on Thursday, where the king and queen will be crowned based on votes from the student body. “This is one of my favorite times of the year, because you can feel the excitement throughout the school,” said Minot High School Homecoming Activities ...

Trinity participates in emergency care program through Mayo

Trinity Health recently completed a year-long program hosted by Mayo Clinic, aimed at improving the efficiency of emergency care and reducing how long patients spend in the emergency/trauma center. As a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network for more than 13 years, Trinity Health worked alongside Mayo Clinic experts and other healthcare organizations across the country as part of a Learning Collaborative program to study patient flow and identify opportunities to deliver care more quickly. The effort recently culminated in a visit to Mayo Clinic, where the Trinity Health team ...

Research fellowship spotlights ND’s most rural communities

SOURIS – Throughout its 11-year history, the nonprofit Strengthen ND has been looking for ways to give North Dakota’s rural communities more control over their own destinies. That effort received a boost when Megan Langley, founder and executive director of Strengthen ND, recently was selected to be part of an inaugural cohort of the Rural Research Fellowship, an initiative of United WE that is supported by the Patterson Family Foundation. A $20,000 grant will enable Strengthen ND to advance its research in “Trust as Infrastructure: Rebuilding Rural Economies Through ...

Murder accomplice gets 30 years

A Minot man was sentenced to 30 years in prison in North Central District Court in Minot on Sept. 9 after pleading guilty in April to accomplice to murder-extreme indifference in connection with a November 2025 stabbing incident. Cole Ronnie Brown, 22, was sentenced on the Class AA felony to ...

Artist loans painting to city hall

A painting by an eminent Minot artist is bringing a lively splash of color to Minot City Hall. Walter Piehl, who presented the painting on loan on Wednesday, Sept. 9, said it is an appropriate place to showcase the artwork, given the circumstances around which it was created. The painting of ...