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Traffic control needed

Dean Clayton Whitmore, Minot I am writing in regards to additional stop signs downtown due to safety issues, and while I agree safety is the issue, I would like to bring up an increasing problem area in SW Minot. The increasing danger issue is on 31st Ave. and 10th Street in southwest Minot. There used to be signal lights there but due to outdated poles and wiring it was taken down when 31st Ave. was improved due to flooding problems. The city engineer decided the traffic wasn’t bad enough for new signal lights due to cost of system so the subject of 4 way stop signs was ...

Seeking information on adopted cats

Jerry Howard I am searching for help from anyone who may have information regarding the status and welfare of 2 cats that were placed from Souris Valley Animal Shelter. They are black-white-gray tabby marked males — almost twins except one is substantially larger than the other. The larger one is distinctive in that he has 5 toes on his front feet. The smaller one’s front feet are declawed. They were wrongly identified at the shelter as Toes & Harry. Their real names were Tom Thumbs & Lit’l Tom. The shelter has indicated they were placed together with whoever it was that ...

Keep Minot’s pit bull ban

Sarah Mullin, MD, Minot As a Minot Physician for the past 37 years, and as a Ward county coroner, I strongly encourage the pit bull and related breed ban ordinance which was previously passed be upheld. I see Alderwoman Evans noted there were no pit bull bites in the last 3 years. Might I point out this would be expected, since there is a pit bull ban, and is good evidence the ban is working, not an excuse to get rid of it. She stated the ban was “vague, punitive, and unproven effectiveness.” I beg to differ. In addition to our own supporting pit bull bite statistic there are ...

Home park residents want out

April Lowther, Minot As a resident of one of Minot’s mobile home parks, I’ve watched with growing concern as ownership of parks becomes more distant and unreachable. If parks are so profitable, it would be interesting to know if the city could buy the parks or establish better managed ones? Let’s keep the money and representation local. I dream of being able to own my own lot. If there are any developers or realtors in Ward county with that kind of opportunity available, they’d do well to contact current park residents. We want out.

Reconsider council priorities

James Padgett, Minot I read an article this past summer stating the Minot City Council had approved spending about $100,000 to hire some company to drum more businesses. This while I watched the City Council grill the Chief of Police for asking for more Peace Officers. This while the Fire Department is trying to hire for the new fire station. This when it wasn’t that long ago the City Council caved to about 100 citizens chanting “Not in my backyard” shutting down the expansion of a retailer and costing hundreds of jobs. This while the majority of businesses are hiring. Some of ...

Norsk Hostfest is back

Todd Berning, President, EPIC Events, Minot After nearly three years of no festival due to COVID-19, Norsk Høstfest is getting ready to open its doors again! There will be a lot of familiarity to the folks that have enjoyed it for years and a few twists to keep younger folks wanting to come and enjoy first-class entertainment and Scandinavian culture! You don’t have to be Scandinavian to enjoy the food, crafts, beer, and of course — GREAT ENTERTAINMENT! Lance Johnson, Alexis Meyer, and Nicki Fix have worked hard this past year to restart the festival with the help of Tim ...