Hot talent at Hot Spots in June
Submitted Photo Carol Fiehlhaber is one of the featured artists for the June Creative Night Out. Close to the Heart is one of her many works created since starting her artist career.
Category Archives: Minot, ND
City justified in charging late fees on overdue accounts
The only thing we question about the city's decision to charge late fees on some overdue accounts is this: What took you? Earlier this week we reported that the City of Minot is proposing to charge late fees on overdue accounts while developing formal policies for extending credit to commercial haulers. The Minot City Council, acting as the Committee of the Whole Wednesday, voted to recommend the city begin on April 1 to impose a monthly interest charge of 1.75 percent on all accounts, including commercial landfill accounts, that are more than 30 days past due.
Making bombers even better
This story from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is about Minot Air Force Base's B-52s being the first B-52s in the Air Force to employ the brand-new conventional rotary launcher upgrade in combat operations. The upgrade allows the B-52 to carry more smart bombs.
Minot Air Force Base B-52 bombers fight ISIS in Middle East
Minot Air Force Base's 23rd Bomb Squadron conducted the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria over six months. The 23rd personnel and bombers recently returned to the Minot base, swapping places in the Middle East with the base's other bomb squadron, the 69th.
Jury trial to resolve lawsuit against Minot Public Schools
A federal judge has partially sided with a company suing the Minot Public School District for $1.9 million in unpaid services following the 2011 Souris River flood. The Minot Daily News reports that Storm Team Robbins, LLC was hired under the name ServPro of the Seacoast by the district to clean flood damaged schools.
Senate committee supports flood protection projects
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Energy and Water has approved Fiscal Year 2018 funding legislation supporting comprehensive flood protection for Minot and other communities in North Dakota, Sen. John Hoeven, a member of the committee, announced Friday. "We have secured provisions that will help prevent bureaucratic delays in modifying projects and ensure public-private partnerships receive due credit for the private investment.
Minot flood risk map may be reconsidered Thursday, August 24
The Souris River Joint Board has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review the preliminary flood risk map for Minot. Board members say the failure to consider the operations of Canadian dams in the development of the flood risk map has wrongly placed at least 1,000 structures in the 100-year flood plain.
How I found the newspaper
I remember the scenario clearly. It was early in the school year and my teacher asked me and my 8-year-old classmates what we wished to be in the future.
Minot improves flood insurance rating
Submitted Photo Mayor Chuck Barney signs FEMA paperwork giving Minot a Class 8 rating in the flood insurance program, which entitles residents in the flood hazard area to receive a 10 percent premium discount. City Engineer Lance Meyer looks on at right.
Editor’s Notebook: The curious case of – this is Minot’
Most of the sensibilities I have encountered, both professionally and personally, since I arrived in Minot have been pretty exceptional the nature of individuals in the community, community standards and priorities, etc. Furthermore, they have generally also made sense to me, given the region's population and history.