Minot City Council Discusses New Truck Purchase

Meeting on Monday July 15, Minot City Council met in what would be a 5-hour long marathon of a meeting. We at The Dakotan chose to cover this more in depth, so here is the first of a series of articles on the evening leading up to the special session July 31, allowing the sitting Council Members to ask questions on the newly proposed budget.  

Members of Congress condemn violence after shots seemingly fired at Trump rally

BY: (North Dakota Monitor) 

Trump Apparently Wounded, 2 Reported Dead In Rally Shooting

By RYAN MEILSTRUP (Daily Caller News Foundation) Former President Donald Trump was whisked off the stage by Secret Service on Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after multiple rounds of gunfire could be heard. The former president gestured to the crowd wit...

New-Look City Council Debates Potential Land Purchase

North Dakota counties report absentee ballots with missing postmarks

BY: AMY DALRYMPLE (North Dakota Monitor) At least five North Dakota counties received absentee ballots through the mail that were missing postmarks, a situation Secretary of State Michael Howe calls “completely unacceptable.”  The Burleigh County Canvassing Board vo...

Complaint alleges Stutsman County election worker failed to initial ballots

BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING AND AMY DALRYMPLE (North Dakota Monitor) JAMESTOWN, N.D. – An election judge in Stutsman County is under investigation for failing to initial multiple ballots given to voters during North Dakota’s primary election on June 11. Secretary of Stat...