The North Dakota Republican Party will hold its 2026 State Convention at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds in Minot on March 28-29, with early registration and a social event scheduled for the evening of March 27. Chairman Matthew Simon announced the convention[...]
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Listen: Building Community Power Starts With Cultural Infrastructure
When neighborhoods start losing their character—when longtime residents get pushed out and familiar gathering places disappear—the usual response is to fight back with policy. But what if the real power lies somewhere else entirely? A national learning lab backed by The Kresge[...]
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What to Watch in Minot’s 2026 Legislative Races
2026 will be an important election year for the city of Minot. This column will not address the mayoral race because it is supposed to be a nonpartisan race. The jury is out on whether or not nonpartisanship will be fact or[...]
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This Rural County Is Taking Notes From Iceland’s Drug Prevention Model
Estill County, Kentucky, had the highest overdose death rate in the state in 2021. It’s since dropped to fifth—still grim, but heading in the right direction. What’s changing? A combination of harm reduction and a prevention model borrowed from Iceland, focused less[...]
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Minot’s new police chief believes department headed in right direction
When Michael Frye took over as Minot’s police chief in July, the department was heading toward 12-hour shifts just to stay functional. Six months later, staffing is nearly full, morale is up, and Frye is focused on what comes next: more training,[...]
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Minot high school students tell us something good that happened this year
A camera, a microphone, and a simple question: tell us something good that happened to you this year. That’s all it took. Students at Minot North stepped up and shared—big moments, small ones, the kind of memories that stick. It’s a nice[...]
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Can teacher wisdom steer the AI transition in education?
AI is flooding into classrooms, and the usual question is whether schools can keep up. But there’s a better question: who should be steering this? Alix Guerrier, CEO of DonorsChoose, thinks the answer is teachers—and his organization has the data to back[...]
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Peace Garden announces theme for 2026: Pollinators!
The International Peace Garden has unveiled its flower bed designs for next summer—and this time, the stars of the show are the pollinators. Butterflies, bumblebees, hummingbirds, even the humble caterpillar mid-metamorphosis. Horticulturist Michelle Burnett, working out of Ninga, Manitoba, designed the beds[...]
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2025 Minot Public construction Recap: More than $150 million Invested
If you drove through Minot this year, you felt it—detours, orange cones, heavy equipment reshaping familiar routes. The construction season is over now, and the numbers tell the story: $43 million in city projects, $142 million more for the Mouse River Flood[...]
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Vendor error ‘exposed’ some Cedar Rapids police cameras (Troubling Video)
Public safety cameras are supposed to be watched by police—not by anyone with an internet connection. But a security researcher discovered this week that live feeds from Flock Safety cameras in Cedar Rapids and dozens of other cities were publicly accessible due[...]
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Minot State Lifelong Learning Institute offers multiple ceramics classes
MINOT, N.D. – Minot State University’s Lifelong Learning Institute will offer multiple ceramics classes as part of its Spring 2026 schedule, including weekly and monthly open studios. Tuesday evenings feature demonstrations designed to enhance your skills, covering topics ranging from plaster mold[...]
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Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all[...]
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Minot man dies after being struck in crosswalk near courthouse
A 48-year-old Minot man has died after being hit by a pickup truck while crossing East Burdick Avenue earlier this month. Tristan John Wanner was walking westbound in a marked crosswalk in front of the Ward County District Courthouse on the evening[...]
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Cold weather, community fun: What to know about the different outdoor activities in Minot
The cold finally has an upside. Minot’s outdoor rinks are open, the ice is thick enough to hold, and the warming houses are stocked with hot cocoa and $5 skate rentals. Whether you’re at Roosevelt Park, Polaris, Perkett, or Corbett Ballpark, the[...]
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North Dakota leaders announce latest update on Statewide Interoperable Radio Network
When disaster strikes, you’d think every cop, firefighter, and paramedic in the state could talk to each other. They can’t—at least not easily. Right now, North Dakota’s emergency responders operate on a patchwork of separate radio systems, and getting them to communicate[...]
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An AI tool built by local government, for local government
Before a county planner can write a single word of a staff report, they often spend hours just gathering the basics—old decisions, existing laws, planning documents buried in filing systems. It’s the kind of tedious groundwork that eats up days. In Washoe[...]