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…
First District Health Unit advises public on proper disposal of medications
MINOT, N.D. – Leadership with First District Health Unit is reminding the public to properly get rid of expired or unused prescription medications. It’s an effort to reduce the risk of children and others getting access to them. Holly Brekhus with the healthcare provider said…
North Dakota Airports Receive $6.4 Million in COVID Relief
MINOT, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the following 15 grants totaling $6,400,723 to airports in North Dakota: $3,575,842 to the Municipal Airport Authority of the City of…
he check against dumb ballot measures is more responsive legislating
MINOT, N.D. — Legislating at the ballot box is an idiotic way to make public policy. The populists tell us that the initiated measure process is a pure form of grassroots democracy in action, but in practice, that’s not what it is at all. It’s…
Essentia Health Taking Walk-Ins at Vaccine Center Through Thursday
FARGO, N.D. — Essentia Health has put out the call for anyone 16 and older who wants a COVID-19 vaccine shot to head to the former Gordmans building in Fargo. They are taking walk-ins until 7 p.m. Wednesday and again Thursday afternoon from 1 to…
WDA coaches pick Minot to win conference title in preseason poll
MINOT, N.D. – The Western Dakota Association released its preseason baseball poll Monday, March 29, and Minot is the pick to win this year’s conference title, according to WDA coaches. Dickinson was second in voting with Legacy finishing third.
Assault report leads to West Fargo Schools temporary lockdown
WEST FARGO, N.D.– Precautionary lockdowns were ordered at four West Fargo schools Tuesday morning while police responded to a report of an aggravated assault. The assault was reported in the area of 9th St. and 13th Ave. E. The suspect was seen running eastbound from…
Subject taken into custody without incident in NW Minot after SWAT Team called in
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Police are advising the public to avoid the area of the 700 block of 8th Street NW. Police posted on social media Monday afternoon they are dealing with a subject inside a house who is refusing to comply with officers. They are…
Cowardly North Dakota legislators let women know where they stand
MINOT, N.D. – In an effort to return to the 1950s, Republican legislators recently voted to rescind North Dakota’s 1975 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendmen. It is hard to make sense of this vote, especially considering it came only two weeks after Rep. Luke Simons,…
Former North Dakota basketball state champion continues to play locally
BISMARCK, N.D. – Every year teams from all over the region come to Bismarck, North Dakota, to play in the North Dakota State Amateur Basketball Tournament. North Dakota native Jeff Brandt, basketball sensation back in the early 2000′s, continues his playing career in the tournament,…
