Minot News

Summary: The snow is finally gone, revealing all the trash that`s been piling up through the winter.

Hilltop Plaza, a three-building retail center at the corner of Diffley Road and Pilot Knob Road, has a new buyer.

Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that additional funds will be available for Minot and Ward County residents who were affected by the 2011 Mouse River flood.

The NTSB recommended that the blood alcohol content level go from .08 percent to .05 percent for drivers.

One person was killed when a semi started a chain reaction crash in Minot. It happened this evening at the intersection of Highway 83 and the 2 AND 52 Bypass.

Students and faculty at Ramstad Middle School got a big surprise today. For one year, Bill Johnson, a motivational speaker and Minot native, spoke at schools and conferences across the country for his "Give Back Tour" with all of the proceeds going to Ramstad Middle School, which was destroyed in the 2011 flood.

Betty Lou Christenson was born Oct. 30, 1945, a daughter of Louis and Mathilda Christenson, in Minot.

Friday will be the time for Minoters to unfurl the red, white and blue flag of Norway, in celebration of its national day, Syttende Mai.

Flint McColgan/MDN The flagpole at The Minot Daily News building on Fourth Street Southeast in downtown Minot bends as high winds rip through the town and much of the state Tuesday.

House Bill 1358 was designed to give money back to cities impacted by the oil boom.

At about 10:30 this morning emergency crews were called out to a semi tractor that caught fire on Highway 83 about 10 miles south of Minot.

Ellen Bjelland, North Dakota State University's Barnes County extension agent, is moving to a different county.

For members of the military, returning to civilian life can be very difficult sometimes.

Authorities are taking open burning seriously. One Minot man started a fire in his yard last night and the results could have been catastrophic.

Alvina was born April 20, 1921, in Rhoads Township, near Grassy Butte, to Efim and Mathilda Pojorlie.

North Dakota's fallen heroes 21 military members who are part of the "Remember Our Fallen of North Dakota" touring photo display were honored Monday noon with a ceremony including reading of their names.

After the Mouse River flood, two transitional living homes that belonged to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Minot had to be rebuilt.

On April 26, the Powers Lake held their annual FFA banquet. Star salesman awards were given to Keegan Maruskie, Cassie Lee, and Grace Hove.

Dealer Strategic Planning Inc. will form a new 20 group exclusively for store owners with multiple locations, with the inaugural meeting taking place in late September or October, 2013.

SCHOOL MEETING The second of three public information forums held to discuss the future of the Minot Public School District attracted some 120 people this past week, fewer than the number of residents who attended the first meeting.