4 new COVID-19 deaths reported in North Dakota; active cases rise again in Burleigh-Morton
N.D. – North Dakota health officials on Friday reported four new coronavirus-related deaths, after five days with none due to a lag in reporting. The lengthy stretch was the result of a delay in the state’s monitoring of death records this week, according to Health…
’Truckers Against Trafficking’ take knowledge to the road
MINOT, N.D. – More than one million truck drivers, bus drivers, and energy industry workers are now trained and registered to identify and report signs of human trafficking. Members of Truckers Against Trafficking are taking their knowledge on the road, equipped to help victims when…
WDA Basketball: Minot comes back to beat Turtle Mountain, Halftime buzzer-beater lifts Jamestown girls over Bismarck
N.D. – The WDA regular season has just three weeks left, with teams finding ways to come back from large deficits and others finding ways to climb the standings. In Minot, the Magicians trailed by 13 early on to Turtle Mountain, before coming back late…
Minot residents discuss how holiday plans changed in 2020
MINOT, N.D. – The holidays are here and plans are different than in past years. Your News Leader asked the people in the Minot area how their lives have changed in the wake of the outbreak. “It’ll just be my children and I, and my…
Trinity Health opens COVID antibody infusion clinic
MINOT, N.D. – COVID-19 patients in the Minot area now have access to Bamlanivimab — a monoclonal antibody treatment. Last week, KX News reported on the treatment being backed by the North Dakota Medical Association. Trinity Health announced in a press release Monday that it has opened…
Minot Police welcomes community to see the daily life of an officer
MINOT, N.D. – Last year, the Minot Citizen’s Police Academy was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this year the program is back. The four-week program lets participants get hands on training in patrol operations, crime scene response, special operations and much more. It kicks…
Minot’s Few Still “On The Fence” With Masks.
MINOT, N.D. – Are we slowly falling into an “everything is back to normal” trap? Some people think so, others are almost giddy that businesses are back into full swing, and I don’t blame the excitement of having our lives back. According to KFYRTV – Minot Mayor…
This small North Dakota town was home to several notable people
N.D. – Penn is a town northwest of Devils Lake, N.D. It was founded in 1882. It originally was named Laurens, but when the Great Northern rail tracks were laid there, it was renamed Penn, for a city near London, England. It’s never been large;…
Commission on Aging, authorities remind community to check on elderly during frigid days ahead
MINOT, N.D. – In the past two weeks, the Minot Commission on Aging has seen two separate incidents of senior citizens being found unresponsive or injured. Now, with frigid temps moving in, officials are urging that you check on the elderly — but that may…
ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships to be held in ND
N.D. – The American Collegiate Hockey Association, the governing body for non-NCAA college hockey in the United States, announces that the 2021 Women’s Division 1 National Championships will be held in Minot. “We are excited to bring the ACHA W1 Nationals to the Magic City,”…
