Senators Help Introduce Legislation to Extend Title 42 Until 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing legislation to extend the Title 42 authority at the nation’s southern border until February 2025. At present, the Title 42 Public Health Order allows Homeland Security and immigration officials to expeditiously return illegal immigrants to their home country in […]
by The Dakotan
April 7, 2022

She's Not from Around Here: The Library Sale

A local friend once told me the library sale is an ideal place to observe North Dakotans being North Dakotan. It’s a place to see Dakotaness on display. Like a lot of things, I didn’t understand until I saw it first hand. Let me explain. First of all, the fact that a Library Sale generates […]
by Amy Allender
April 7, 2022

Employers, Job Seekers Meet at Job Fair

MINOT — For people looking for either a job or employees, the North Central ND Spring Job Fair was the place to be on Wednesday. Job Service North Dakota along with Minot Area Chamber EDC hosted the job fair. Susan Ogurek, the workforce center manager for Job Service ND said employers had to register for […]
by Lydia Hoverson
April 6, 2022

Dead and Dying Birds

Avian Influenza in North Dakota BISMARCK — The annual spectacle of the spring waterfowl migration is underway in North Dakota, leaving dead and dying birds in its wake. It wasn’t unexpected but is nevertheless receiving close attention. In North Dakota all poultry shows, public sales, and exhibitions have been cancelled due to the danger of […]
by Kim Fundingsland
April 6, 2022
In the Opinion of Michael Connelly

Letter to the Editor

I can’t say thank you enough… Our campaign earned the support of 46% of the NDGOP State Convention vote against the most popular politician in modern North Dakota history. This was done on a shoestring budget through grassroots supporters of all stripes across our great state. We ran a campaign on conservative principles and the […]
by Rick Becker
April 6, 2022

Saving at the Grocery Store Part 1

For most people, food is the third highest expenditure in the family budget (after housing and transportation) and food costs are going up. Way, way up. In the last year — from September 2020 to September 2021 — the cost of food rose 31%. That’s the steepest increase the U.S. has seen since government started […]
by Charlene Nelson
April 6, 2022

District 23 Republicans Endorse Candidates

WILLISTON — District 23 Republicans have announced endorsements for Todd Beard for State Senate and Scott Dyk and Nico Rios for State House. All three candidates were endorsed via a unanimous vote by local party members at the district convention held on April 5 at the NDSU Extension Center. Todd Beard grew up on a […]
by The Dakotan
April 6, 2022

District 3 Republican Candidates Endorsed

MINOT — Members of the District 3 Republican Party endorsed three candidates for the state legislature on Monday night. With former Senator Oley Larsen having stepped down, Bob Paulson, previously a representative, was unanimously endorsed with a voice vote for the Senate seat. For the two House of Representatives seats, Lori VanWinkle, an at large […]
by Lydia Hoverson
April 5, 2022

EPIC Requests TIF from City and County

MINOT — EPIC Companies testified at both the Minot City Council and Ward County Commission meetings Monday and Tuesday, asking both the city and county, along with the school and park districts, to approve Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for its renovation of the Midwest Federal building (also known as the Big M building) downtown Minot. […]
by Lydia Hoverson
April 5, 2022

County Approves New Snowplow and Mower Roadmap

MINOT — The Ward County Commissioners approved new technology for a snowplow and mower map. Dana Larsen, the highway engineer, described the map as a public showing of where the highway department has mowed and plowed and how long ago it happened. “During bad winters, we get a lot of phone calls asking, ‘Has this […]
by Lydia Hoverson
April 5, 2022

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