Badlands Circuit awards honors to select timed event horses
Special horses were recognized after the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo in Minot, North Dakota earlier this month. The top steer wrestling, team roping, tie-d...
Oct 23, 2026Open source
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Minot, North Dakota. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Ward. Associated ZIP codes: 58701, 58702, 58703, 58707.
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Panelists explore energy’s horizon
North Dakota is at the precipice of a new era in energy production, according to state energy leaders at the Western Dakota Energy Association annual meeting...
Oct 23, 2026Open source
Ribbon cut for new playground
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Oct 20, 2026Open source
Minot man killed in Sunday plane crash in western North Dakota
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Jun 30, 2026Open source
LOCAL NOTEBOOK: Minot State will induct Central's Hysjulien into Athletics Hall of Fame
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Jun 17, 2026Open source
Minot’s David Anderson inducted into North Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame
Minot’s David Anderson was inducted into the North Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame Saturday.
Jun 14, 2026Open source
Buffalo Zoo welcomes black-and-white ruffed lemur family
Five black-and-white ruffed lemurs have come to the Buffalo Zoo from the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, North Dakota, on a Species Survival Plan recommendation...
Jun 11, 2026Open source
Minot mayoral candidate challenges ballot machine testing procedures
Minot mayoral candidate Josiah Roise is challenging the testing procedures for North Dakota's ballot machines. Local and state officials are confident in the...
Jun 5, 2026Open source
Many turn out for Veterans Stand Down
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Oct 19, 2026Open source
Minot veterinarian cares for pets
Pinkerton Animal Hospital expanded its veterinary team by adding a new veterinarian earlier this month. Dr. Eden Johannes, a North Dakotan and a 2025 graduat...
Sep 27, 2026Open source
Taube Art Museum displays ‘detritus’ exhibit
An award-winning North Dakota fiber artist and quilter is displaying her work at the Taube Museum of Art through Oct. 8. Debbie Kauffman of Minot transforms...
Sep 13, 2026Open source
Festival offers food, fundraising for films
Minot Food Truck Festival is celebrating its 10-year anniversary on Aug. 30 while continuing to raise funds for ND Strong, a nonprofit program dedicated to p...
Aug 29, 2026Open source
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Minot is in Ward County, North Dakota.
Region: North Dakota
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58701, 58702, 58703, 58707
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Minot came into being in 1886, when the Great Northern Railway laid track through the area and a tent town sprang up overnight, as if by magic, giving it the nickname Magic City; within five months it had more than 5,000 people. The railroad placed the townsite on the land of the homesteader Erik Ramstad, who was persuaded to give up his claim and became a city leader. The town was named for Henry Minot, a Great Northern investor, ornithologist and friend of James J. Hill. Its Hidatsa name, maagada'ashish, means "Plum Coulee."
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Minot was incorporated on July 16, 1887. The Soo Line, building from Valley City to Canada, was persuaded by local interests to route through Minot rather than cross the Souris River at Burlington, and arrived in 1893. In 1898 a tornado destroyed the wooden Gassman Coulee Bridge, and a passenger train stopped just in time; until a steel trestle was finished in 1899, passengers were carried across the coulee by wagon. From 1905 to 1920 Minot was a wide-open town, and court records support its old reputation as North Dakota's crime capital. During Prohibition it became a supply hub for liquor smuggled from Canada, using a network of tunnels, and earned the nickname Little Chicago. Minot Air Force Base was built nearby in 1956 and 1957. In 2011 the Souris River crested three feet above its 1881 record, damaging about a fifth of the city and more than 4,100 homes. Sources Wikipedia: Minot, North Dakota
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48.2291400, -101.2984760
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