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Regional Kombucha companies using locally grown fruits for flavoring (and where to try it in Minot)

by: Josh Wolsky | January 16, 2023

The market for hyper-local food isn’t filling our grocery stores, yet, but it is creating small niches for creative businesses. Agweek has the full story on an emerging market for kombucha — a fermented tea drink. The exciting part is the demand is producing some small-scale economic vertical integration (local sourcing and production); it’s a

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Meet The Property Entrepreneurs Solving The Dilemma Of Derelict Homes

by: Josh Wolsky | January 16, 2023

In Minot, it took nearly a decade following the 2011 flood to deal with the abandoned and derelict homes that resulted. It was a problem on many levels from community morale to safety. But it’s not just disasters we have to worry about, many circumstances lead to a lack of care and maintenance that can

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The five best bars, breweries and pubs in Minot, according to Yelp

by: Josh Wolsky | January 16, 2023

Looking for some local atmosphere? Yelp is an online local-place discovery website, and it takes in a lot of reviews and ratings, and they’ve used that data to rank a few Minot places. No one’s rankings matter more than yours, but if you’re looking for a new place to try out, KX News has brought

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Welcome to the Age of Extreme Acceleration

by: Josh Wolsky | January 15, 2023

New technology has a way of disrupting the status quo. And when it comes to electric car technology, we’re on the eve of a new age of acceleration. It’s a future people both inside and outside of cars are unprepared for, and it’s likely to have consequences. What does it mean? That little extra time

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Swedish govt moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing

by: Josh Wolsky | January 15, 2023

Our friends in Sweden are two-stepping into 2023, and if the law changes as it’s expected to, they won’t have to get a permit to do it. Swedish law has long required bar and restaurant owners to get a permit if they wanted to let patrons dance, but it looks like that’s going to change.

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Ukrainian family arrives in West Fargo

by: Josh Wolsky | January 15, 2023

There are a lot of folks with Ukrainian heritage in North Dakota, and while there are many miles between the two places, the weather doesn’t feel all that different. Those are just a couple of factors that make our place an ideal relocation option for Ukrainian families looking for a reprieve from war. Check out

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Western North Dakota area is officially Homesteader’s Gap

by: Josh Wolsky | January 15, 2023

If you saw it on a map before Thursday, it would have been called Squaw Gap. Today, it’s called Homesteader’s Gap. It’s a small, unincorporated place South of Williston, and it’s at the forefront of reconsidered thinking when it comes to what we call our places. It’s a simple idea: words matter. While we don’t

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Our little town just became a Metropolitan Planning Area

by: Josh Wolsky | January 14, 2023

The magic number in the Magic City has long been 50,000. That’s how many people we wanted here; it opens the door to forming a Metropolitan Planning Organization, which in turn opens other doors to dollars and planning. Well, we made it. Jill Schramm with The Minot Daily News has the full story and all

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Dear Minot: Join us at the State of the City on Feb. 9

by: Mayor Tom Ross | January 14, 2023

It’s early January at the City of Minot, which means we’re in the middle of making preparations for our annual State of the City event. This year’s State of the City is scheduled for Feb. 9 at The Depot (15 Main Street North). The State of the City is open to the public, with my speech

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Street challenges sideline sidewalk snow removal

by: Josh Wolsky | January 13, 2023

Local coverage of the City’s snow removal failure on public sidewalks started here on TheMinotVoice last week. Yesterday, Jill Schramm with The Minot Daily News added to the story. Nine days past the initial public attention to the failure and now eighteen days since the last measurable snowfall in Minot, and many city-maintained sidewalks are

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ND State Fair Releases Line Up

by: Josh Wolsky | January 13, 2023

The North Dakota State Fair is taking a drip approach to releasing the grandstand entertainers for the 2023 fair. Eric Church was announced late last year; several more acts have been released in the past day. The line-up so far released includes: Jelly Roll, Saturday, July 22 Eric Church, Sunday, July 23 Whiskey Meyers, Thursday,

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Slow U.S. mail delays delivery of local newspapers

by: Josh Wolsky | January 13, 2023

Has the mail been a topic of any of your recent conversations? If you’re in Minot, the answer is likely yes. Mail delivery delays and lost mail, they’re challenges many in Minot including the post office are dealing with. But are we alone in this problem? Not at all. One customer that’s really feeling it

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North Dakota bills take aim at ‘sexually explicit books’ at libraries and stores

by: Josh Wolsky | January 13, 2023

Two bills in the legislature are taking on ‘sexually explicit books’. Senate Bill 2123 and House Bill 1205 both take on the topic, and comments provided by the North Dakota Library Association on the topic were direct and against both. At the core of the problem, taking away people’s freedom to choose what information they

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East Grand Forks City Council reviews proposed sales tax for upgrades to city’s recreational facilities

by: Josh Wolsky | January 12, 2023

How does a place pay for the nice things it wants like parks and playgrounds? Taxes. And in East Grand Forks, the City Council is contemplating adding a sales tax to pay for adding and upgrading recreational facilities. The question on the tax isn’t if, it’s how much? And the answer is going to be

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How does Minot’s water taste? Unbearable Says One, Others Disagree

by: Josh Wolsky | January 12, 2023

For one citizen with a taste experience from other places, Minot’s water taste rates ‘unbearable’. Yikes. But others who’ve been here longer say it tastes fine. Apparently, it’s just a matter of taste. For the rest of the story on where Minot’s water starts before it finds your glass, check out the story linked below

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Survey: Minot flag could use more appeal

by: Josh Wolsky | January 11, 2023

When it comes to the opinion of the City of Minot’s flag, most people say meh. Jill Schramm has the story on the current symbol of our town, the opinion of Mayor Ross, and what may be in the works. Check out the full story at The Minot Daily News.

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