Our adulation of political figures reaches crisis level
MINOT, N.D. — During a recent trip to Barnes & Noble bookstore, on the hunt for books in the children’s section, I couldn’t help but notice a surprising number of colorful works about former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The funny thing about children’s…
Minot Area Council of the Arts continues to fund projects
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot Area Council of the Arts is giving local artists and projects another opportunity to fund their work. After providing 17 grants worth $500 to help members recover from pandemic impacts they will be expanding the applicants eligible in round two….
West Fargo holds off Minot, Bismarck Century defeats Fargo Davies in Class A titles
MINOT, N.D. – Bismarck Century girls and West Fargo boys clinched state titles in the Class A basketball championships Sunday. West Fargo defeated Minot 65-60 in a nail-biting Class A boys basketball tournament final to win its first state title since 1992. Minot erased a…
Minot teen survives MIS-C, a complication of COVID-19
MINOT, N.D. – A family’s battle with the coronavirus was scarier and much longer than they could’ve imagined. Their son experienced complications and was diagnosed with a rare disease, MIS-C, or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children. 15-year-old Kaden Philion tested positive for the coronavirus the…
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum gets first vaccine dose
N.D.— Gov. Doug Burgum received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. He and his wife, first lady Kathryn Burgum, drove through the Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health vaccination clinic with dozens of others to get their first doses of the Moderna vaccine, the Bismarck Tribune…
Minot Police investigating stabbing, prompts temporary lockdown at Trinity Hospital
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Police are searching for a 39-year-old man for attempted murder stemming from a stabbing incident Sunday afternoon. Investigators said Jarreau Seaphus should be considered armed and dangerous. Seaphus has various outstanding warrants unrelated to Sunday’s incident including reckless endangerment, aggravated assault,…
Minot High School student helping those a world away
MINOT, N.D. – A Minot high school student is going out of her way to regularly bring school supplies to an underprivileged town in Mexico. The project started when she was in second grade. This year, Cali Wilson shipped 30 boxes of supplies like pencils,…
Crews battling fire at mobile home park in Minot
MINOT, N.D. – Crews are battling a fire at a mobile home Sunday afternoon in the Jefferson Mobile Home Park. Minot Battalion Chief Glen Hardy indicated the call came in shortly before 5 p.m. Hardy said that Minot Fire was responding to a grass fire…
Local reaction to passage of COVID relief bill
MINOT, N.D. – President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill Thursday. All North Dakota residents making under $80,000 could qualify. According to census.gov, the median household income for the state in 2019 was just under $65,000 a year. Enhanced unemployment benefits were set…
Health care provider recalls learning of the first reported COVID-19 infection in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — A year has passed since the pandemic officially arrived in North Dakota, when a man in his 60s from Ward County tested positive for the coronavirus. He had recently traveled outside of the state. Lisa Clute is the director of First District…
