Minot City Workers Told They Could Be Fired for Speaking Critically of City Government to the Media
MINOT, N.D. — According to a city of Minot source, in early December, multiple employees of the city were brought...
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Despite Controversy City of Minot Approves Roughly $1 Million Contract for City Manager
After initially trying to slip it through as a last-minute addition to the agenda, the Minot City Council approved this...
Fresh Off an Open Meeting Violation, Minot’s Mayor Is Trying to Be Sneaky About Major Changes to City Manager’s Contract
You readers are probably aware of the phenomena called a "Friday news dump." For the uninitiated, it's the tactic of...
Mayor “Discouraged” City Government Will Have to Start Holding Meetings Which Are Accessible to the Public
I like Minot Mayor Shaun Sipma, though I'll admit I was more enamored with him when he was candidate Sipma...
It Turns Out Elections Really Do Matter
An update to a hyper local story in my hometown is useful for participants in the American form of government...
Mayor Disappointed He Won’t Get to Keep Jacking up Fees for People Who Can’t Vote Against Him
“We’re deeply disappointed by the sole action of Representative Dan Ruby for making this local control matter a State issue,” Mayor...
Minot City Council Members Say Weather Channel Show Crossed Ethical Lines: “I Am Totally Disgusted”
"I was wholly disappointed," Shaun Sipma, a member of Minot's City Council, told me during a radio interview today referring...
Ammunition In Such Short Supply Even Law Enforcement Is Rationing
"Our deputies are afforded X-amount of ammunition for practice each month," Captain Michael Nelson of the Ward County Sheriff's Department...
