Milton Young Towers getting major upgrades starting March 1
N.D. – After nearly 50 years, a low-income housing structure is getting major upgrades. Milton Young Towers in Minot has 221 units in the 15-story building. 216 of them are single-bedroom with only five, two-bedroom apartments available. During construction, some of the one-bedroom units will…
Minot Park Board keeps playgrounds open, takes registration for hoped-for re-opening
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Park District facilities could be back in business this summer if the governor’s goal to have a phased re-opening of the state is able to move forward. Parks Director Ron Merritt told the park board Tuesday that recreation facilities would become…
Minot High’s Alyssa Aguirre signs with DCB women’s hockey team
MINOT, N.D. – The Dakota College at Bottineau women’s hockey team signed Minot High School defender Alyssa Aguirre as part of its inaugural class. Aguirre will continue her hockey career alongside Minot teammate Kaya Shaw. She is the fourth Majette to sign to play collegiate…
Axel Flores Vives charged with assaulting pregnant girlfriend, threatening her and her father with a gun
MINOT, N.D. – Axel Edgardo Flores Vives, 32, Minot, is accused of strangling, slapping, and pushing his pregnant girlfriend, taking her cell phone and breaking the phone and breaking her glasses, then later threatening her and her father with a firearm and making threats against…
Beulah tops Trinity, Kenmare girls remain undefeated, Minot boys beat Century, BSC splits with Lake Region
N.D. – Thursday night’s basketball action featured some of the top teams in the state as three top ten teams took to the floor. In class B, the No. 2 ranked Dickinson Trinity Titans fell in double overtime to Beulah 64-63. On the girls side,…
Minot area legion ballplayers react to cancellation of season
MINOT, N.D. – Members of the legion baseball community hoped the North Dakota American Legion Executive Committee would reconsider its decision to cancel the season on April 1. But, the organization’s decision held up in a meeting Monday night.
Tauros GM/head coach Marty Murray takes USHL opportunity
MINOT, N.D. – From a bleak seven-win first season to a Robertson Cup championship game run to a bizarre ending to this year’s campaign with the COVID-19 pandemic, Marty Murray has experienced a lot as the Minot Minotauros general manager and head coach over the…
Husband charged with murder in ‘accidental’ shooting of wife
MINOT, N.D. — A Minot man who reported in May that he accidentally shot his wife was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 27, after being charged with murder in her death. Erik Steven Rod reported to police in May that he accidentally discharged a gun, striking his wife,…
Kaleb Frey, Minot, sentenced to three days time served, two years probation, for burglarizing Ground Round
MINOT, N.D. – Kaleb Patrick Thomas Frey, 20, Minot, was sentenced on Thursday to 360 days in jail, all suspended but the three days he already served in the Ward County Jail, and two years supervised probation for burglarizing the Ground Round on May 12…
Major economic player
N.D. – Minot Air Force Base contributed $622.3 million to the local area’s economy in fiscal year 2020. This is a $62.9 million increase from the previous fiscal year when the base had an impact of $559.4 million. 2nd Lt. Rein Marie Northrop of the…
