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Search Warrant in Term Limits Tussle

By Kim Fundingsland on August 18, 2022
MINOT – A search warrant was executed this week at the home of Charles Tuttle, an advocate for the North Dakota Term Limits Committee and general watchdog over agencies and officials of state government. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducted the search of Tuttle’s Minot residence.  “They did a Mar-a-Lago raid at my house,” said […]
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You'll See

By Amy Allender on August 18, 2022
MINOT--“I see you here a lot,” said the man who held the door for me as we simultaneously left the library.  “Yeah,” I replied, while shoving my now-empty coffee mug into my bag. “I come here to work when my husband is home with our kids. I’m close enough that I can be home in […]
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Burgum Seeks Red Tape Reduction

By The Dakotan on August 18, 2022
Burgum creates Red Tape Reduction Working Group to reduce burdens, lower costs of regulation   BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum has issued an executive order creating a Red Tape Reduction Working Group to bolster ongoing efforts to identify antiquated, unnecessary and burdensome regulations, rules and policies that could be changed or eliminated to reduce burdens […]
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More Controversy for Fargo Schools

By Charlene Nelson on August 18, 2022
FARGO—Fargo Public School District is once again in the national news, this time over a letter that FPSD Superintendent Rupak Ghandi sent to teachers in Florida who resigned over the recently-passed parental rights bill.  The letter was authored by Gandhi, FPSD Director of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Tamara Uselman, Fargo City Commissioner John Strand and […]
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Minot School Board Reacts to Fargo's No Pledge Decision 

By Lydia Hoverson on August 17, 2022
MINOT – A few members of the Minot Public School Board expressed their disagreement with a Fargo School Board’s recent decision. After the Fargo School Board voted 7-2 to remove the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance before its board meetings, four of Minot’s five school board members had something to say about it. “If […]
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NDHP – Bismarck PD Aircraft Operation

By The Dakotan on August 17, 2022
On the evening of Aug.15, 2022, the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) partnered with the Bismarck Police Department (BPD) to conduct a joint traffic detail utilizing the NDHP airplane to monitor area traffic stops and track fleeing motorists, if needed. An officer with the Bismarck Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a motorcyclist that […]
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Report Faults Prison Guard's Checks in ND Murderer's Suicide

By AP - The Dakotan on August 17, 2022
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An investigation into the prison suicide of a man convicted in a 2019 quadruple slaying in North Dakota found that he had covered his cell window with cardboard and a guard failed to follow proper procedures in conducting required checks.The investigation report from the state Highway […]
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Fargo Board to Reconsider Pledge Decision

By AP - The Dakotan on August 17, 2022
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The school board in North Dakota's largest city will reconsider its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at each of its meetings, after the move drew widespread criticism and threats of retaliation from some conservative state lawmakers.Fargo Board of Education President Dr. Tracie Newman […]
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Five Meals for $5

By Charlene Nelson on August 17, 2022
Have you ever had one of those weeks? The week where everything seems to go wrong and you find your finances, time and patience put to the test? Maybe you’re having a busy week shuttling kids to activities two or three times a day, lots of home and garden chores plus a rush of other […]
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Area Road Changes Proposed

By Lydia Hoverson on August 16, 2022
MINOT – New roads may be in the future for southern Minot, for safety reasons as well as efficiency in traffic control.  Ward County Commissioners heard Tuesday a road plan to be a connector corridor somewhere south of Minot, though undetermined exactly where.  The purpose is to relieve congestion with local city growth and regional […]
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