Leaders at Rice Lake Meet With Residents About Flooded Properties

The Rice Lake owners association are weighing their options and will soon be making decisions about what to do with flooded properties. A $2 million allocation from the state means there’s money available, but the group is considering how to best leverage those funds.

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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. — Reprinted from North State Symphony — Award-winning conductor Scott Seaton has been named

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Basements in Downtown Buildings Provide a Look Into the Disappearing Past

Minot’s downtown infrastructure project means the elimination many historic vaults and basements underneath streets and sidewalks. And if you want a view into the past, you can get one tonight at Niess Impressions before progress puts a piece of history to rest for good.

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Dickinson’s Building Permit Revenue Falls Well Short of Budget Forecast

The City of Dickinson is dealing with a case of counting chickens before they hatch, or rather, spending building permit dollars before the builders build. A budget adjustment is expected in order to deal with the revenue shortfall.

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White Supremacist Craig Cobb Pushes for New Enclave in Antler

The white supremacist who tried to orchestrate a takeover of Leith, ND during the summer of 2013 has set his sights on another small, North Dakota town. Antler, North Dakota is the latest target of the white nationalist movement and Craig Cobb.

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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.

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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.

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Trinity Health Partners with Billings Clinic RegionalCare, New Hospital in Works

Leadership from Trinity Health have announced a partnership with Billings Clinic RegionalCare. The big news, the partnership will allow Trinity to move forward with a new medical campus and hospital to be located in Southwest Minot near 37th avenue and 16th street. The official news release that outlines some of the operational changes follows below.

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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 and field and more.

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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.

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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 to incentivize the behavior.

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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 Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary: I’ve believed that one of our most important responsibilities

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Bismarck: Historic Cathedral District Home Owners Work to Tighten Building Guidlines

  Home owners in Bismarck’s Historic Cathedral District are organizing in an effort to protect the architectural identity of the neighborhood.

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Williston: When Will Rents Fall?

In Minot, we’ve seen the rental market start to normalize with new construction catching up to demand. But in Williston, those seeking housing are still waiting where apartments in a new development range from $1,900 to $3,200 per month.

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Jamestown’s Two Rivers Activity Center Tax Increase Approved

Jamestown voters approved a 1-perecent sales tax that will be used to fund the $28 million dollar Two Rivers Activity Center. The 172,000 square foot facility will have an aquatic center, walking path, basketball courts, and an indoor turf area.

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Flood Recovery: Burlington Celebrates Return Of Its Ballpark

Four years and more than $400,000 later, Burlington has its baseball complex back. And it was a true community effort. Get the story from KMOT News.

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