Local water provider receives loan for distribution project
MINOT, N.D. – A local water provider will be receiving a loan of more than $3 million from the state Department of Environmental Quality for water and sanitary and storm sewer projects. The North Prairie Regional Water District is one of three recipients of a…
Minot community activists organize 2021 Juneteenth celebration
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot African American Heritage Council recently announced plans for their Juneteenth Block Party. Juneteenth is the day commemorating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. The event will be held on June 19, at 20th Avenue SE in the old…
Week of fundraisers to benefit Roger Maris Cancer Center, community causes
FARGO, N.D. — Sanford Health is adding events to the Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament to raise money for enhanced cancer treatments including a bone-marrow transplant program that will launch later this year. Sanford administrators say the bone-marrow transplant program at the Roger Maris Cancer…
Workers build ramp for former cancer patient
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo woman now has a safer way to get in her house, as she deals with long-term health effects from two different types of cancers. The Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead built a ramp Thursday morning, May 13, for Barb Sather….
From paper to pots, Moorhead art professor shares pandemic art at faculty exhibit
MINOT, N.D. – MSUM art professor shares pandemic art ahead of her departure from the school Bringing a diverse collection of artwork together from faculty at Minnesota State University Moorhead, the current exhibition at Roland Dille Art Center for the Arts Gallery represents a whole…
North Dakota reports one additional COVID-19 death, 117 positive cases
BISMARCK, N.D. — Following are the North Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 case rates, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations as of Thursday, May 13. Because all data is preliminary, some numbers and totals may change from one day to the next. Statewide case rates NEW CASES: 117 TOTAL…
City moves away from managing COVID-19 shelter
BISMARCK, N.D. – Tuesday, Bismarck city commissioners were forced to determine how to proceed with the COVID-19 shelter as the state of emergency expires and the city returns to normal operations. The shelter is funded by CARES Act dollars, but management has fallen to the…
ND Dept. of Health shares difficulties ahead in vaccinating adolescents
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health shares why it’s so important to get 12 to 15 year olds vaccinated for Covid-19 now that the Pfizer vaccine is available to them. Health experts say children often show no symptoms or mild symptoms. They…
MSU baseball readying for Crookston in tournament opener
MINOT, N.D. – When the Minot State baseball starting nine takes the turf later this week to open the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament, they will do so against a familiar foe. The squad had already met its first-round opponent, the University of Minnesota Crookston,…
Bond set at $25,000 for man accused of planting suspicious object
MANDAN, N.D. – A Mandan man accused planting a suspicious object outside of a downtown business has been charged with terrorizing and two counts of disorderly conduct. Police say 20-year-old Rhyan Gessner left a black bag on the sidewalk outside of a Mandan business on…
