The Minot Daily News

12/13/2025

Knights advance to tournament finals

The Our Redeemer’s Christian School Knights stormed their way through the semifinals of the Nedrose girls basketball tournament Friday night, Dec. 12, coming back in the third quarter to advance to the tournament finals. The Nedrose Tournament was originally scheduled to begin earlier this week on...

12/13/2025

Lions looking forward after state title season

It’s been nearly nine months since the confetti reigned down on the Bishop Ryan boys basketball team at the Minot State Dome following the team’s Class B state championship victory over Westhope-Newburg last season. The memories of that moment remain cemented in the minds of both the coaching st...

12/13/2025

See the High School Basketball Preview in the Weekend Edition of The Minot Daily News and online.

12/13/2025

MPS moves to auction school

The Minot School Board reviewed and approved two documents related to the planned auction sale of the Bell School building at its regular meeting Thursday, Dec. 11. Board member Scott Louser said the board should be comfortable with the listing agreement hashed out between the district and Northern....

12/13/2025

Community seeks to find warming shelter solution

Community organizations in Minot are looking at potential ways to bring a winter warming shelter back to Minot. First District Health Unit has taken a lead role, but identifying a suitable shelter location has been a challenge. FDHU Executive Director Holly Brekhus said there have been community mee...

12/12/2025

North Dakota Outdoors: Measures to stay safe on ice

As much as we look forward to it each year, early ice season always brings a mix of excitement and concern. The excitement is understandable. For many North Dakotans, there’s something about that first layer of ice stretching across a favorite slough or lake that gets the blood pumping. Anglers st...

12/12/2025

Century gets revenge on Minot United

Minot United and Bismarck Century girls hockey are used to playing close games throughout the history of their rivalry on the ice. Last season, all three contests were decided by one goal, with the two regular season meetings both needing overtime to decide a winner and both ending in favor of the P...

12/12/2025

Museum unveils holiday ‘Mini House of Horrors’

The Taube Museum of Art in Minot is introducing a new twist to the holiday season with its first Christmas-themed “Mini House of Horrors,” set for Friday, Dec. 12 to Saturday, Dec. 13, in the basement of the museum. The haunted attraction runs from 8 p.m.-midnight both evenings. A no-scare, fami...

12/11/2025

ND airman accounted for from World War II

WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday, Dec. 9, that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin Ellingson, 25, of Dahlen, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 17, 2025. Dahlen is in Nelson County in eastern North Dakota. According to the Defense POW/MIA Acco...

12/11/2025

Memorable ‘Madness’
Beavers soak up midnight hockey experience in trip to Virginia

While it is more common than rare for a college student to be out and about past midnight during the weekend, it’s far less common for those said college students to be at an ice rink playing organized hockey at that time. As Friday, Dec. 5, ticked over to Saturday, Dec. 6, on the East […]

12/11/2025

MHA Nation family entertainment center opens doors

NEW TOWN —MHA Nation on Wednesday, Dec. 10, opened the doors on family fun during the grand opening of the new Thrill & Chill Family Entertainment Center in New Town. The new center includes mini golf courses, a laser tag venue, ropes course, an arcade and movie theater. A family restaurant and pr...

12/11/2025

Former Minot AFB commanders in higher level roles

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – Lt. Gen. Jason Armagost recently assumed the role as deputy commander of Air Force Global Strike Command and deputy commander of Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, according to AFGSC information. Armagost, who a...