League of Cities names Minot as 2018 City of the Year

Left to right: Blake Crosby, NDLC Executive Director; Katie Andersen, NDLC Past President; Kevin Ternes, Minot City Assessor; Mark Jantzer, Minot City Council President; Shannon Straight, Minot City Council member; Josh Wolsky, Minot City Council member; ...

Traffic to be reduced to two lanes on block of Burdick Expressway

Work on underground sanitary sewer lines will temporarily close two lanes of traffic on Burdick Expressway East, beginning Monday night, Sept. 17.

The inside two lanes of Burdick Expressway from 10^th Street Southeast to 11^th Street Southeast will be closed...

Minot schedules Fall Cleanup Week

The City of Minot will hold a fall cleanup week beginning Oct. 8 to help residents dispose of unwanted items free of charge.

For the fall cleanup week, the city will be divided into four sections, with City of Minot Sanitation Department crews concentratin...

Upcoming budget meetings open to public

There are several upcoming opportunities for members of the public to provide input before the City of Minot budget for 2019 is approved.

The City Council will hold a special public hearing on Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Council chambers for the budget&rs...

Neighbor Next Door program successful

Minot Mayor Shaun Sipma recently signed paperwork to complete the Neighbor Next Door property sales.

The City of Minot’s new Neighbor Next Door initiative has successfully assisted in the sale of 15 properties.

John Zakian, Minot’s Disas...

Broadway Bridge deck to be poured in mid-September

U.S. 83 Broadway Bridge Viaduct Replacement

Crews are on target to begin placing concrete for the new bridge deck around the middle of September. Project coordinators will work with Minot State University to organize MSU’s Homecoming Parade use t...

Minot’s first NDR-supported housing project complete

Park South Apartments, the City of Minot’s first affordable housing rehabilitation project supported by the National Disaster Resilience (NDR) Program, is complete.

The apartment building is one of the first projects in the country completed betw...

Preliminary 2019 budget set at $179.9 million

Minot City Manager Tom Barry presented the City Council with a $179,931,375 million preliminary budget for 2019 at the Council’s regular meeting on Aug. 6. The 2018 budget was $142.7 million.

The proposed 2019 budget calls for 129.26 mills. The m...

3D printing a big hit at Minot Public Library

Ask Pam Carswell about 3D printing, and the Minot Public Library’s Teen Librarian breaks into a broad smile.

“It’s been very popular with kids, but we’re also getting more adults using the printer, too,” sh...

Construction projects making progress

U.S. 83 Broadway Bridge Viaduct Replacement

The U.S. 83/Broadway Bridge replacement project will hit an important milestone in early August, as the contractor is placing 40 girders on top of the piers and abutments on the site, forming the bottom layer of ...

City must provide basic services

The City of Minot’s proposed budget for 2019 continues to fund the essential services that Minot residents have come to expect, with basic services that must be maintained to ensure the daily lives of residents aren’t negatively impact...

HUD approves City of Minot's substantial amendment request

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the City of Minot’s substantial amendment request, allowing the City to use up to $2.5 million to acquire and demolish property plus complete site restoration for a downtown gathe...

Minot FD welcomes $20,000 grant from Farm Credit Services

Farm Credit Services CEO Claude Sem, Minot Fire Department Chief Kelli Flermoen, Farm Credit Services Minot branch manager Dean Ziegler, Farm Credit Services board member Clara Sue Price, and Minot Fire Department Capt. Glen Hardy.

The Minot Fire Departmen...

What goes into your property assessment?

Damon Druse takes notes during a recent home inspection.

Damon Druse knows just about every address in the city of Minot by heart. He’s probably visited most of the addresses for his job as the assistant city assessor for the City of Minot.

On a m...

Minot's bike patrol officers hit the streets

Officers Zach Peppelman (left) and Alex Nelson are two of the Minot Police Department bike patrol officers this summer.

It’s summer, and you know what that means. Yep, the Minot Police Department’s Bike Patrol Unit is back on the streets.

Minot currently ha...

Treating Minot's water is a lengthy process

The Minot Water Treatment Plant is undergoing a $26 million expansion that will more than double the facility's daily treatment capacity. 

Mark Paddock, superintendent at Minot’s water treatment plant, has a simple message when discussin...

Work continues on flood control, treatment plant expansion

The former Home Sweet Home building was moved across Fourth Avenue in late June as part of ongoing work with the flood protection project.

U.S. 83 Bypass

Crews have begun driving steel pilings for the new bridge over the Souris River. The new bridge will ma...

New elected officials take their seats

Shaun Sipma was sworn in as Minot's new mayor during a special City Council meeting on June 26.

Shaun Sipma was seated as mayor of Minot during a special City Council reorganization meeting on June 26.

At the same meeting, Mark Jantzer was chosen as City Co...

Calls for service rising for Minot PD, Fire Department

Life continues at a hectic pace for the members of the Minot Fire Department and the Minot Police Department, even as the economy in the Minot area has slowed a bit in the last couple of years and the city’s estimated population has declined sli...

Minot PD has highest percentage of female officers in N.D.

Sgt. Krista Mattice and Sgt. Shannon Lackey are proud to be members of the Minot Police Department. They’re even prouder that their department has the highest percentage of female officers of any department in North Dakota.

“It helps th...

Recycling in Minot: What's next in the process?

Creating a City of Minot recycling program has drawn public support for the past few years, but no program exists yet.

Where is the City at in the process of developing a recycling program? Jason Sorenson, assistant public works director, said the idea has...

Major construction project making progress

Phases 1-3 of flood control

Work on the Phase MI-1 Fourth Avenue flood protection project in May focused primarily on the excavation that is needed to build the Broadway Pump Station (pictured above). Located at the corner of Broadway and Fourth Avenue, th...

Minot approved as one of 25 Opportunity Zone communities in N.D.

The City of Minot is one of 25 North Dakota communities approved for an Opportunity Zone as part of a new tax incentive program through the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Minot’s Opportunity Zone includes the downtown business district.

This new tax...

FEMA flood risk maps changing

Homeowners in the Souris River valley will get more than a year before a federal flood insurance mandate takes effect thanks to City leadership and its partners.

The City of Minot, its consultants, and Ward County have successfully lobbied Federal Emergenc...

Building permits, inspections focus on safety

As the Building Official for the City of Minot, Mitch Flanagan is a firm believer in the need for building permits and inspections, for one simple reason: Safety.

“You take it for granted nowadays that buildings you walk into are safe. That&r...

Minot to submit substantial amendment for gathering space

The City of Minot has prepared a substantial amendment which it will submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after the 30-day public comment closes as it seeks to spend up to $2.5 million to acquire property needed for a downtown ga...

It's pothole season - again

The calendar says it’s spring, which means it’s pothole season.

And in Minot, that means City of Minot Street Superintendent Kevin Braaten and the crews in his department are hard at work fixing the damage done to city streets over the ...

Work underway on massive storm water pump station next to Broadway

Construction on a key component of the first phase of flood protection in Minot starts in earnest this week, which when done will give peace of mind for a large part of north Minot when heavy rains or river flooding comes. The Broadway Pump Station, a sto...

Construction season will be busy in 2018

The 2018 construction season is already under way in Minot, with work beginning on initial phases of flood control work and the second year of work beginning on the Broadway Bridge project, among other projects.

The City of Minot has introduced a new Geogr...

City unveils new GIS system

City Engineer Lance Meyer presented the City of Minot’s new Geographic Information System (GIS) website during the Committee of the Whole meeting on March 28.

Meyer said the new website uses industry-standard software and technology, and will all...