Minot assisted living facility finishes first round of COVID vaccines
MINOT, N.D. – Residents of long-term care facilities across the state have been receiving their COVID-19 vaccines. And Thursday, the last floor of residents and staff at the Wellington Assisted Living in Minot received their first round of Pfizer vaccines. The community relations director for…
Majettes fall 3-1 in close game to visiting Bismarck
MINOT, N.D. – The suddenly-hot Taylyn Cope has been the leading force for the Majettes’ offense as of late, finding the back of the net four times and scoring seven total points since Minot’s 7-0 rout of Dickinson January 7 entering play Tuesday. The offensive…
CARES Act funding used for mental healthcare program in ND
MINOT, N.D. – The pandemic has been a stressful time for many North Dakotans, but a new program offered by The North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division aims to change that. Leadership in the Behavioral Health Division said the goal of the…
Crews respond to collision between train, vehicle in northeast Minot
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Police said they arrested a 21-year-old man for DUI, second offense, in connection with a collision between a car and train Wednesday afternoon. Police said they received multiple reports of a vehicle driving onto the tracks in the 400 block of…
2021 Minot budget approved
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot City Council approved on second reading the 2021 budget at Monday night’s meeting. The budget comes in at $143.5 million, which is more than 45% less than the 2020 budget. The city’s Finance Director indicated the drop from year-to-year was…
Proposal would give money to North Dakota coal plants by taxing wind power
N.D. – A North Dakota lawmaker wants to impose a new tax on wind farms and give the money to coal-fired power plants in the form of grants. Rep. Dave Nehring, R-Bismarck, presented the proposal Tuesday to the House Finance and Taxation Committee, saying it’s…
Ward County Historical Society moves the late Ervin Erickson’s pianos to Minot
MINOT, N.D. – A Bismarck piano man’s legacy and dream of establishing a piano museum has been rescued by the Ward County Historical Society after his death last June. Ervin Erickson could never bear to see a piano – especially a player piano – sent…
How Minot became the COVID-19 capital of North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — From his desk at Trinity Health in Minot, Dr. Casmiar Nwaigwe sat at the center of one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the world. Like most North Dakota cities, Minot passed through the spring and summer of the pandemic largely unconcerned…
Minot State University’s baseball team out on the diamond a little early — thanks to warm weather
MINOT, N.D. – Everyone seems to be taking advantage of this warm weather, including the Minot State Beavers baseball team. They’re out on the diamond at Corbett Field to get in some early practice that they normally wouldn’t. They usually don’t get outside until early…
Bringing a ‘taste of home’ to Minot AFB airmen
MINOT, N.D. – It’s a time of joy and a time for giving. Organizers of the annual Airmen Cookie Drive at Minot Air Force Base are getting ready for this year’s event when hundreds of homebaked cookies are collected in the Minot community and then…
