Minot

General David Jones was appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on this date in 1978. Born in South Dakota, he was raised in Minot, where a winter…

North Dakota is full of stories, and today’s story is about plowing up a fortuitous fortune.In 1916, on a farm 6.5 miles north of Blaisdell, a hired man…

On this date in 1922, the Ward County Independent informed readers that the Boy Scouts were in winter quarters at Spoklie Hall, a camp west of Minot on…

Radio broadcasting captured the imagination of Americans in the decade after the founding of first radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh in November, 1920. In…

On this date in 1911, the Ward County Independent reported that Lucky Bob St. Henry had presented a spectacular exhibition at Minot. Several thousand…

“Dean of the Alcan Highway” was the nickname given to Albert Herda of Minot after he became the first trucker to haul commercial freight from the Upper…

John M. Joyce was born in Minot on November 15th, 1944, a little over two months after World War II ended. While Joyce missed that conflict, he came of…

On this date in 1929, residents of Ward County mourned the loss of James H. Scofield, a long time resident and pioneer of the state. He passed away just a…

If you’ve travelled around the Midwest, you may have seen signs for Butler Machinery. While you may have known it specializes in heavy equipment, you may…

Vice President Mike Pence spoke to airmen and women at Minot Air Force Base this afternoon.Pence says he came to express his and President Trump's…