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Grand Forks Park District Looks to Adopt 5-year Plan

The Grand Forks Park District has mapped out their five-year plan and is expected to formally adopt it at their August meeting. The plan highlights modifications and additions as recommended by a six-month study provided by a consulting firm. [...]Read More... from[...]

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Grand Forks Greenway Watchers Gather Data on Usage

A group in Grand Forks is doing everything they can to gather better data about who is using the Grand Forks Greenway. The reason, the data is useful for everything from applying for grants to crafting laws and safety campaigns. [...]Read More...[...]

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Farm Credit Services Announces Grants for Local Communities

— Official News Release, Farm Credit Services — St. Paul, Minn., May 29, 2015 – One week after announcing it had provided more than $2 million in grants to support western North Dakota communities, three Farm Credit organizations today announced the most[...]

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Minot Symphony Orchestra Conductor Moving on to Northern California

Minot Symphony Orchestra’s award-winning conductor will be moving on from the magic city. Scott Seaton has accepted a position with the North State Symphony in Northern California. The following announcement article was reprinted with permission from the North State Symphony website. —[...]

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Verendrye Electric Holds Annual Members Meeting

Verendrye Electric, one of our local rural electric cooperatives, held their annual stakeholders meeting at the State Fair Center yesterday. Get the story from KMOT News. [...]Read More... from Verendrye Electric Holds Annual Members Meeting

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Crosby Splash Pad Project gets a $365,000 Boost from City

The Crosby community pool will be getting a significant investment from the city that will allow for the construction of a new splash pad; the alternative required fixing the kiddie pool at significant expense. Council members supported the project unanimously. [...]Read More...[...]

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Mandan Says Yes to Parks and Recreation Facilities

The unofficial vote was 56% yes, 44% no. The vote approves a 0.75% sales tax that will be used to construct a $22 million rec center and sports complex. The facility will include two hockey rinks, a gymnastics facility, a new track[...]

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Downtown Businesses Deal with Construction

With the parking garage construction well into year two and the infrastructure project now underway, shopping downtown is more of a challenge than ever. KX News has the story on how a few business owners are managing the situation. [...]Read More... from[...]

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City of Regina Seeks Thoughts on Infill Housing

Rather than continue to grow out, forcing the construction of new roads and infrastructure, the City of Regina is making a conscious effort to expand housing from within the existing city. They’re calling the concept ‘infill housing’ and they’re looking for ways[...]

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Why Bismarck, ND, Is a Best Place to Live 2015

Bismarck has earned a distinguished title as one of livablity.com’s best places to live. And in their write-up on the community, there are a couple things we here in Minot should take note of. Here’s the quote that stands out most from[...]