Federal program could pay for a quarter of Ward County student lunches
MINOT, N.D. – According to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 29% of Ward County students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Those students could be getting pandemic food assistance if they have been participating in distance learning thanks to a new federal program….
Very strong winds fan flames of fires across state
MINOT, N.D. – Very strong winds and very dry conditions create ideal conditions for wildfires. Minot and other places in North Dakota experienced both Monday evening. About 8:50 p.m. crews from three of Minot’s four fire stations responded to a fire south of the Minot…
Join in the conversation at 2 p.m. as conservative Rob Port debates a liberal media personality in first episode of ‘Plain Talk Live’
MINOT, N.D. — Today’s the first episode of a new project. Plain Talk Live will be a live stream of discussions with people I know who are smart and interesting and don’t often agree with me. That will happen on a regular schedule, every Wednesday…
North Dakota’s Republicans Need to Begin a Campaign for Vaccination
N.D. — Yesterday, we learned from a U.S. Census survey that North Dakota is quickly becoming a national leader in skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to an analysis by Axios, only Wyoming (26.8%) and Mississippi (24.3%) have lower percentages of unvaccinated citizens saying they won’t get…
Zoo ‘I Spy’ event replaces Easter egg hunt
MINOT, N.D. – “We have poster board eggs – 3 feet high – that will be placed in the various habitats,” said Jennifer Kleen, executive director of the Greater Minot Zoological Society. She said a participant can “find all 12 or tell us a certain spot (or…
Quilt guild members make placemats for MCA’s Meals on Wheels program recipients
MINOT, N.D. – “We had seen on Facebook where other groups had made placemats for nursing home residents, shut-ins, etc. and thought it would be a nice thing to do in light of so many people being quarantined in their homes for so long with…
Man Pleads Guilty To 2019 Food Truck Owner Slaying
FARGO, N.D. — One of the men involved in the murder of Fargo food truck owner Jay Halvorson has changed his plea to guilty. A judge sentenced Charles Harris III to 30 years in prison with credit for already serving nearly two years. He’ll be…
Fargo attorney says witnesses ‘humanize’ videos in Chauvin trial
FARGO, N.D.– Video continues to dominate the early days of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. It’s not just the widely-seen bystander video that millions have seen since last year. Other unseen videos from…
Ashley Capers, Minot, charged with assaulting a police officer
MINOT, N.D. – Ashley Nicole Capers, 30, is accused of punching and trying to bite a Minot police officer during a disturbance in the Trinity Hospital emergency room on March 10. Capers is charged with Class C felony simple assault on a police officer. According…
Minot gathering input from residents on improvements for Broadway
MINOT, N.D. – The city of Minot is still working to collect input from residents about ways to improve one of its busiest streets. The Broadway Corridor Study started last spring, and with just a few more months to go the city is still looking…
