Jill Schramm

North Dakota legislators won’t be scrambling to fund political subdivisions with Tuesday’s election defeat of a ballot measure proposing to eliminate property taxes in the state. However, dozens of bills are expected to be introduced related to property tax relief when the Legislature convenes in January. “North Dakotans are frustrated about property taxes, but Measure […]

Jim Rostad, Ron Merritt and Miranda Schuler won the three open seats on the Ward County Commission Tuesday night. In unofficial vote totals, Rostad led with 13,926 votes, followed by Merritt with 13,096 votes. Schuler was third with 11,878, with Shelly Weppler close behind with 11,694 votes. Jedidiah Rader garnered 5,948. Ashley Gulke Leavitt polled […]

From marketing to auto technology, career and technology programs at Minot Public Schools are providing training that can jumpstart a college education or move students directly into the workforce. Minot High and Minot North offer a wide selection of career and technical education options. Those options were enhanced this year by an electrical wiring course, […]

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a five-part series. A move this year by the Dakota Nursing Program to a Trinity-owned clinic building at the corner of Burdick and Broadway could be just the start in creating a health careers training facility in Minot. Minot State University and the North Dakota University System […]

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a five-part series. Training seemed out of reach when Belcourt native Breah Crissler first took an interest in the dental field while in high school. Rather than travel nearly five hours to a dental school, Crissler said she earned a two-year degree close to home but struck […]

Minot has been selected for a free disaster emergency resilience assessment. Ward County Emergency Manager Kelly Haugan told the local government liaison committee Thursday that an assessment would include not only the government but would involve businesses, religious groups, volunteer groups and others. U.S. Homeland Security is the lead agency in Region 8, headquartered in […]

Members of the Ward County Sheriff’s Office successfully made the case for better pay to the Ward County Commission Wednesday. Their testimony prompted commissioners to rescind a recent cut to raises proposed in a preliminary budget. With budget changes made following Wednesday’s public hearing, the commission postponed approving a final budget until Friday. The budget […]

VELVA – Child care, refugee resettlement and local foods were highlighted at a State of Region 2 meeting on rural economic development, hosted by Souris Basin Planning Council in Velva Thursday. As the regional Economic Development District through the U.S. Department of Commerce, SBPC, led by a local advisory board, is responsible for developing a […]

Protecting North Dakota’s water interests in the Missouri River from downstream and western states will be critical in coming years. That was the message several elected officials and members of the public heard Tuesday at a public meeting held by the Missouri River Joint Board as part of its “Educate. Advocate. Engage” initiative. The initiative […]

The South Prairie community remembered a former student while rallying to raise money to fight pediatric brain cancer at Thursday’s high school volleyball game at the school. Shannon Routledge, who had helped organize the event, said the idea came about after Sam Lauf, whose son, Isaac Louis, died of cancer last spring, shared information about […]