MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – At the start of the workday for a typical airmen, you show up to your respective shop and log in to your computer. If needed, you make a phone call or two, and print something off. The 5th Communications Squadron’s Communications Focal Point (CFP) is responsible for ...
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Music Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2026, honoring six individuals and groups whose talent, creativity and dedication have helped shape the musical story of North Dakota and, in many cases, influenced audiences around the world. The 2026 inductees are Greg Nelson, Shadoe Stevens, the Tibor Brothers, Dr. Tom Porter, Johnny Holm and Michael D. Clute. A Bismarck native, Nelson built an extraordinary career as a songwriter, composer and record producer, becoming one of the most respected figures in contemporary Christian music. His work has earned ...
For six decades, generations of young swimmers have jumped into the pool, learned new strokes and endured countless early-morning practices as participants in the Minot Swim Club. Established in 1965, the club celebrates 60 years of building swimmers into who they are, both inside and outside ...
OMAHA, Neb. – July runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 2.0 million acre-feet (MAF), 61% of average. Runoff was below-normal to well-below-normal in the Fort Peck, Garrison, and Oahe reaches due to lack of precipitation, dry soils, and below-average mountain snowpack. Runoff was above normal in the Fort Randall and Gavins Point reaches and near normal in the Sioux City reach. “July brought warmer and drier weather to the Missouri River Basin,” said John Remus, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division ...
A Stanley woman charged with negligent homicide after striking a pedestrian in July 2025 has received a suspended five-year sentence in North Central District Court after pleading guilty on Aug. 5. Jean Marie Nelson, 82, Minot, was charged Dec. 29, 2025, with one count of negligent homicide, a Class C felony. District Judge Gary Lee sentenced Nelson to five years with five years suspended and two years supervised probation. She is to pay fees and fines of $125. According to court documents, on July 12, 2025, a 92-year-old male was hit by a vehicle at 31st Avenue Southwest and 16th ...
