Only in Oregon could racing across a lake in a hollowed-out pumpkin be considered a serious sport. But for Gary Kristensen — this year’s “Elf”-costumed champion of the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta — it’s more than fun and spectacle. The longtime[...]
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Des Lacs-Burlington football preps for playoffs after strong regular season
The Des Lacs-Burlington Lakers are heading into the postseason with confidence earned the hard way. After a 7-2 regular season — their fifth seven-win campaign in a decade — the Lakers face seventh-seeded Dickinson Trinity in Saturday’s first-round matchup. DLB has proven[...]
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Council reverses, keeps sales tax intact
A proposal to loosen how Minot spends its first-penny sales tax dollars failed at Monday night’s City Council meeting. The plan would have let the city redirect a portion of the 15% set aside for economic development toward flood control or property[...]
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Minot police outsource off-duty job scheduling to RollKall platform
Minot police officers will soon use a private platform to manage their off-duty work, ending the city’s direct role in coordinating and paying for those shifts. Under a new agreement, the Texas-based company RollKall will handle scheduling and payments for security jobs[...]
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ND library tries to keep teens interested: ‘We can be trendy’
Staffers at public libraries said it is not easy to convince teens to keep coming back to their branches when they have digital tools and other entertainment options at their disposal but a local spot in North Dakota reflects a renewed push[...]
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Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
Across the world’s universities, artificial intelligence is no longer an elective — it’s a reckoning. From Beijing to Columbus to Sydney, campuses are rethinking how students learn, test, and think in an age when machines can write essays, solve equations, and mimic[...]
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Moorhead High students plan walkout and protest over safety concerns near and far
At Moorhead High School, a group of students is preparing to leave their classrooms this week — not in defiance, but in determination. Their “Rally for Justice” aims to draw attention to issues close to home and far beyond: gun violence in[...]
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Central Dakota Metropolitan Planning Organization Presents a Look at the Possible Future to Minot City Council
As Minot looks toward the next 25 years of growth, city leaders are turning their attention to how people move — not just by car, but by bike, bus, and on foot. At this week’s City Council meeting, the Metropolitan Planning Organization[...]
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Trust in the news is crumbling. One city has a plan to fix it
Trust is the lifeblood of journalism, and it’s draining fast. Once, most Americans believed the press played fair. Today, barely a quarter still do — and among Republicans, that faith has nearly vanished. In Indianapolis, one experiment hopes to change that. A[...]
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Minot Man Arrested After Molotov Cocktails Spark Mobile Home Fire
On Oct. 18, at approximately 5:46 a.m., the Minot Police Department was dispatched to a southeast Minot residence for a report of individuals burning garbage outside of the residence. Through the officers’ initial investigation, they located evidence consistent with Molotov cocktails being[...]
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Murder Charges Filed Connected to Saturday Shooting in SE Minot
On Oct. 18 at approximately 3:04 p.m., the Minot Police Department was dispatched to a residence in the 10 block of 39th Avenue SE for reports of gunshots. Officers located a male victim, Lance David Phillips, 38, of Minot, who was transported[...]
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Downtown Moorhead rejuvenation effort reveals decades-old pollution
Downtown Moorhead’s transformation is revealing the messy secrets buried beneath decades of progress. Construction crews building new streets and utilities have uncovered 3,000 tons of petroleum-soaked soil—leftovers from old gas stations and repair shops that operated before the mall era. The city[...]
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Williston Water World wins statewide economic development award
A splash of community pride is making waves in Williston. The city’s new Water World project has earned a statewide award for improving quality of life, recognizing years of local effort and private fundraising. Led by the Williston Community Builders, the outdoor[...]
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Florida county turns to AI to trim zoning review process
In Florida’s Hernando County, artificial intelligence is doing the paperwork—faster. A new AI system called SwiftGov has helped cut zoning review times for single-family homes from 30 days to just two, saving the county an estimated $1 million. Developed by Swiftbuild.ai, the[...]
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What Comes After the we recognize our places are better with less car dependence?
A movement once dismissed as fringe is finding its voice in the mainstream. The hosts of The War on Cars podcast have spent years challenging America’s dependence on automobiles — and their new book, Life After Cars, takes the conversation further. Co-hosts[...]
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Fire contained to bedroom in southeast Minot mobile home
At 6:27 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, the Minot Fire Department was dispatched to the 3100 block of 11th Avenue SE for reports of a mobile home on fire. Crews arrived on scene six minutes later, at 6:33 a.m., and found heavy[...]