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Fire damages home in northeast Minot

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The Minot Fire Department was dispatched at 12:20 p.m. on Saturday to 1129 6th St. NE. for a report of a fire that started in the home’s laundry room. Firefighters arrived on the scene within four minutes of the initial dispatch. They found heavy smoke coming from the front and rear of the ...

MHA Ice Warrior Plunge benefits cancer programs

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NEW TOWN — Eighty-two jumpers took the plunge into the icy water of Lake Sakakawea, west of New Town, on Thursday, also Leap Day, during the 8th Annual MHA Nation Ice Warrior Plunge. The plunge is an annual event to raise funds to benefit the American Indian Cancer Foundation and Mandan, ...

FUTURES FILE: No fear for record fund grain shorts

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The commitment of Traders report from Friday, Feb. 23, revealed that managed money was short 340,732 contracts of corn. This was a new record short position for the funds passing the old record of 322,215 contracts set back in late April of 2019. The following Monday the corn market made new ...

Homeless in Indian Country: Part 1

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Editor’s Note: First of two parts on Indigenous homelessness PARSHALL – Through the coldest snap of the winter in January, Clyde Beston was living on the streets of Parshall and staying wherever he could find a place for the night. Beston said he became homeless Dec. 3 when a ...

Board president: ‘I would like to close Bell and McKinley now’

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A grim air filled the Minot Area Workforce Academy on Thursday as the Minot School Board voted 3-2 to close both McKinley and Bell Elementary schools. Board member Jim Rostad introduced the motion, and delivered a statement before the vote saying, “If there is someone to blame, I’m ...

Radiologic technologist recognized for kindness

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Mammographer Jennifer Lemon was recognized in January with an Eagle Award after being nominated by a patient who said Lemon showed her heartfelt kindness during a mammogram. The nominator said Lemon goes above and beyond to make her patients feel comfortable and at ease during the uncomfortable ...