Editor’s Note: This commentary has language not worthy of a Sunday or any Sunday places. You’ve been alerted. In May of 2020, at the height of our COVID isolation, I went deeper in. I walked into the North Dakota Badlands with a friend. At...
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We’ll have candidate information available for you next week (we’re assuming you’ll want to cram your election research at the last minute :)), but if you’re interested in early and absentee voting, here’s the information you need to know. What You Need to Vote North Dakota does not require voter registration, but a valid North [...]
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We can all hardly wait for the 2016 Presidential campaign to give us more information about the past sex lives of two men in their seventies. We have all been taught in school that one of the great things about America is that it is a classless society. I rest my case. What could possibly [...]
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Minot’s election season swings into full gear tonight with the first of a couple of community forums focused on getting to know our local candidates. Tonight the event is at the Auditorium and is hosted by #MakeMinot. Next Tuesday is the second chance, with the Minot Daily News and the Grand Hotel sponsoring. And here [...]
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In North Dakota, we’re an understandably oil-friendly state. And that’s a good thing because we need oil. But do we occasionally let the rhetoric of black or white political discourse on the topic shape our opinions and policy? Perhaps our discussions on the in-other-places-controversial industry could stand to embrace a bit more nuance. In the video below, [...]
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A Minot woman won the Fargo Marathon over the weekend. Semehar Tesfaye ran the event in the record time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, 27 seconds. Read the full story on the Fargo Forum. [...]
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Two men were arrested on Saturday night for Criminal Trespass following an incident at the Roosevelt Park Zoo. The circumstances of the arrest involve an unfortunate degree of bear-human interaction. Read the full news release below. — Official News Release, Minot Police Department — At 11:38 PM on May 21st, police were dispatched to Trinity [...]
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Users of Minot’s municipal water are being instructed to restrict water usage. This restriction is for any outdoor use such as lawn watering or car washing. Effective Friday, May 20th, this restriction will include, in addition to lawn watering and personal car washing, any commercial car washing or irrigation use. Failure to comply with the [...]
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Two separate water line issues are creating a water crunch for the City’s Public Works Department. Residents are asked to reduce excessive water consumption until further notice. This includes items like lawn watering. The full news release follows below. — Official News Release, City of Minot — Due to two separate water line issues the [...]
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Working from a $3,000 grant awarded by the Minot Area Community Foundation’s inaugural Magic 60 event last fall, members of the Minot Street Art Movement left a lasting mark on Minot’s downtown over the weekend. The video below tells the story. Gallery All pictures are courtesy of the Minot Street Art Movement Facebook page. [...]
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This past Saturday, the Friends of the Souris River organized their second river cleanup in as many months. This effort focused around the now-dead loops in the area of Oak Park and Nubbin Park and the results were dramatic. The final numbers: More than 60 Volunteers including 10 kids 4.5 tons of trash removed 375 [...]
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The Minot Police Department is warning joggers and walkers to stay aware of their surroundings following an attempted kidnapping in SE Minot on Thursday afternoon. Read the full news release below. — Official News Release, Minot Police Department On May 6th, a 27-year old female reported an incident that occurred on May 5th at 4:30 [...]
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Why the hell isn’t the City of Minot doing any kind of “Shop our Downtown” advertising? Come on, people! I’m sick and tired of watching our local businesses slowly waste away from this construction disease! We are going to lose these places if something isn’t done, and soon. These small businesses have been fighting the good [...]
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Because most of us have already made up our minds about the Presidential race to make America grate again, let’s shift over to the intraparty contest for the Republican gubernatorial nod. For full disclosure, once upon a time in the west, I served for eight years with Wayne Stenehjem in the North Dakota state senate. [...]
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Did you notice? The City of Minot Public Works Department and Committee are recommending the City hire Houston Engineering to complete engineering work required for Minot’s System Wide Improvement Framework (SWIF). The SWIF is the plan we’re going to execute to bring our existing flood control levees back into compliance with Corps of Engineers requirements. [...]
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Last week was committee week for the City of Minot, and there were more than a few notable items on tonight’s City Council agenda. Here’s the quick rundown of last week’s committee recommendations of note. Planning Commission We are a little more than a month removed from the troubling allegations of dysfunction and favoritism within [...]
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It doesn’t take a biology or chemistry degree to understand fish need water, and it’s no secret the expanded wet cycle since 1993 was the key ingredient in creating a modern version of the good old days in terms of fishing in North Dakota. But reduced snowpack and consequently less fresh spring run-off the last [...]
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