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Letter to the Editor

By Duane Brekke on May 23, 2022

TIF for 8 years was voted on [May 20] in a 4-1 vote. I have received several phone calls since yesterday. One caller indicated that one of the commissioners asked a question or made a statement not even pertaining to the Big M Building. Another caller said I have never participated in politics, but I […]

Burgum, GOP Party Leaders Weigh in on Races

By Charlene Nelson on May 23, 2022

North Dakota has had a significant population increase in the last 10 years, leading to the 2021 legislature drawing new boundaries for legislative districts. This redistricting created a sort of musical chairs as several legislators found themselves residing in a new district or saw significant changes to their old district boundaries. State law directs the […]

NODAK Speedway Kicks Off 2022 Season

By Tayton Hjelmstad on May 23, 2022

MINOT — It only took three weeks, but mother nature decided to play along and let the NODAK Speedway kick off the 2022 dirt racing season Sunday. All five of the speedways regular car classes and drivers took to the track. The April blizzard and recent rain made track preparation extremely difficult for track volunteers. […]

Game and Fish Briefs

By The Dakotan on May 23, 2022

Scholarships Available for Students The North Dakota Game Wardens Association, Ray Goetz Memorial Fund, and Report All Poachers are sponsoring two $600 scholarships for graduating high school seniors or current higher education students interested in majoring in wildlife law enforcement or a related field. Applicants must be North Dakota residents, be in good academic standing […]

Time to Store Water

By Charlene Nelson on May 23, 2022

In times of emergency, water is an essential concern. Water is not only essential to good health and hygiene, it is quite often the first thing to be affected by natural disaster. The water supply may be interrupted because of tornado, flooding, extreme weather or a power outage that affects water delivery. Or water may […]

Hometown Heroes

By Kim Fundingsland on May 22, 2022

Dueling Derbies in the Wind COLEHARBOR — Oh my did the wind blow! Gusty and nasty, but not so harsh to keep stout veterans from venturing onto the water. Fortunately, they were rewarded for their perseverance. Hometown Heroes staged a fishing event on Lake Audubon on May 14. The wind was blowing hard at sunrise […]

Upside Down Under: Five years in the making…

By Marvin Baker on May 22, 2022

It was recently announced that the North Dakota Department of Transportation has OK’d a major road construction project that will turn U.S. Highway 52, from the Canadian border at Portal, all the way to Carrington, into a “super 2,” which means strategic passing lanes will be added. Since April of 2008, there’s been a push […]

Fatal Crash Near Drayton

By Lydia Hoverson on May 21, 2022

***Updated at 9:45 p.m. to include names of victims in crash*** The North Dakota Highway Patrol said that a man died in a head on collision near Drayton on Friday evening. According to the NDHP, Gregory Emanuelson, 65, was driving an Expedition westbound on Highway 66, and in entering the eastbound lane, hit a Jeep, […]

Northern Celebrations: They’re back – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service welcomes visitors with two special upcoming events

By Patricia Stockdill on May 21, 2022

Only a 2011 historic flood and two-year pandemic kept Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) from hosting Special Needs Fishing Day each June. While that same pandemic halted Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery’s annual Memorial Day weekend Hatchery Fun Day for two years, both activities are back and hosts are welcoming people once again. Hatchery […]

Ward County Commissioners Clarify TIF Participation

By Tayton Hjelmstad on May 20, 2022

MINOT — Ward County commissioners clarified a motion regarding their participation in the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the Big M building downtown in a special commission meeting Friday afternoon. Commissioner Howard “Bucky” Anderson made a motion at the regular commission meeting earlier in the week to grant EPIC an eight-year tax abatement for EPIC’S […]

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