COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths all increase in North Dakota
MINOT N.D. – North Dakota’s Health Department on Thursday reported 138 new cases of COVID-19, pushing active cases back up above 1,000. Data on the agency’s COVID-19 dashboard also showed a big jump in hospitalizations and two more deaths; neither death was in Burleigh-Morton counties. The newly…
How are daycares holding up amid pandemic?
BISMARCK, N.D. – A lot of parents had to work from home in 2020, and now that things are opening back up, we wondered if daycares felt the impact. Whitney Benter drops her son off at Just Like Home Family Childcare five days a week…
National car shortage impacts North Dakota dealerships
BISMARCK, N.D. – We’re all getting used to shortages these days. The latest is a national car shortage. On a normal year, the lot at Bill Barth Ford-Kia is pretty full. But, sales associates say that’s not the case this year due to the pandemic….
Ward County offering antibody testing for county employees
MINOT, N.D. – Ward County will begin offering antibody testing to county employees soon. In a 3-to-2 vote county commissioners decided to get 2,500 free test kits from the state. The kits will run through Trinity Health. The county will pay for that processing with…
Majettes outlast Mandan 3-1
MINOT, N.D. – It was a clash of two WDA titans on Tuesday night as the Minot Majettes put their undefeated record on the line against the Mandan Braves who had won their previous five games. Mandan scored the first goal early in the first…
Majettes softball swept in doubleheader with Dickinson
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot Majettes softball squad, having won seven of its last eight games, met Dickinson High school for a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon. The Midgets took both games, by 6-0 and 7-5 final scores. Minot was shut out by the Midgets in the…
Unbent: Midgets win double header against Minot
MINOT, N.D. – This week’s double header was a test for unbeaten Dickinson High School softball as they faced Minot High School, who were 7-5 in conference play and looking to give the Midgets their first loss. Every run was a challenge for both sides….
State moves to dismiss murder charge
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Burleigh County state’s attorney made a motion Tuesday to dismiss a murder charge against a 42-year-old Canadian man. Earl Howard and co-defendant Nikki Entzel are accused of murdering Nikki’s husband, Chad Entzel, and attempting to start the home on fire with…
Man pleads guilty to child sex crimes in Bismarck-Mandan
BISMARCK, N.D. – Jeremy Frohlich, 36, was charged in 2019 with four felony sex crimes, two in Burleigh County and two in Morton County. Some of the incidents date to 2010, court records show. Frohlich was accused of sexually assaulting girls at a north Bismarck…
Minot murder suspect charged in unrelated police encounter
MINOT, N.D. – A Minot man charged with murder in the fatal drug overdose of a teen in December now faces a separate set of unrelated charges. Prosecutors charged 33-year-old Mark Rodgers with fleeing a peace officer, with a risk of death or serious injury, and…
