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School system changes are an investment in ourselves

Creating a second high school in the Minot Public School District has been a topic of discussion for a number of years. In December, the community will have the opportunity to make a second high school become reality. The Minot Public School District recently announced that it will hold a ...

Christian churches defy God over COVID

Arrogance. Haughty arrogance. Self-righteous arrogance. Sinful arrogance. Killer arrogance. Regrettably, the time has come for someone knowledgeable in Scripture to respond to the instructions of the New Testament messengers who charged church parishioners with challenging the ...

Open letter to North Dakota Democrats

Oorth Dakota has become a one-party state with little hope for the Democratic Party to rise out of the ashes like a phoenix and magically create a competitive two-party system. Republicans have indisputable control of state government, holding the governorship and over two-thirds of both ...

2022 budget takes major step forward

The 2022 City of Minot budget took a major step forward this week when the City Council approved the budget on first reading. The budget approved by Council is approximately $175.271 million, a reduction of nearly two mills from the initial budget presented to Council by City Manager Harold ...

Labor Day forgotten in North Dakota

We just celebrated Labor Day. No, we didn’t. Labor was forgotten while most of us only noticed that we had a holiday and spent it lounging, fishing, swimming, sunning, camping, playing – everything but recognizing the reason for the holiday. One thing for sure, we took no time to honor ...

President’s message: Aspirations into action

The task before me is to share my recommendations regarding the City of Minot 2022 Proposed Annual Budget. I don’t view this as a stand alone opinion, but rather a culmination of the work that we have done collectively over the past few months. Under the leadership of our city manager, ...