It is easy to nitpick what your local government is doing when you live in a city the size of Minot. Yes, there is going to be some degree of nepotism. That is why the city pays a solicitor, and they will advise a city board member to recuse themselves from a vote if there is a conflict of ...

It is a hard pill to swallow when an elementary school your child attends is part of a discussion to be closed. No amount of savings will feel good about having your child attend a new school that is not close to home. No amount of savings will help elevate the anxiety felt the first time you ...

Before moving to Minot, my family and I had an English Springer Spaniel, named Sawyer. At the very beginning of COVID-19 in April 2020, he suddenly became very ill. We thought he had gotten into the garbage and eaten something that he should not have eaten. We were wrong. He had a very ...

When the North Dakota Department of Transportation proposed building a $25.8 million roundabout at an intersection south of Minot, many local people turned out for a public input meeting in the Max community hall more than two months ago to air their objections to the proposal. The roundabout ...

Minot and others in northwest and north central North Dakota are going into the new year enjoying some of the mildest weather occurring in many years. During the past days we’ve seen children and adults outdoors in the warmer temperatures, riding bikes and walking, dressed in lightweight ...

The setting for Christmas in North Dakota is quite different than the setting depicted in the traditional Nativity scene of the first Christmas. That setting is a half-open stable where the Christ Child’s birth took place, with Wise Men from the East arriving on camels and shepherds who ...