First Western Bank & Trust announces promotions First Western Bank & Trust in Minot has announced several recent promotions of staff members. Marla Gasmann has been promoted to Customer Relations Manager and BSA Officer. Gasmann who grew up in Minot, has been with First Western Bank ...

China Breaks Records for Buying US Commodities Early in the past week, huge sales of corn and beans were announced to China. The largest grain sale ever was reported early Friday a.m., including over two million tons of corn and 200 million gallons of ethanol, breaking all records. The ...

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writers It's a fable for our times: Small-time investors band together to take down greedy Wall Street hedge funds using the stock of a troubled video-game store. But the revolt of online stock-traders suggests much more. The internet is ...

Building permits valued at just over $49.3 million in 2020 put construction activity ahead of the previous year. One of the biggest categories of permitting was new residential buildings, with more new homes being built than has been seen in recent years. “There was quite a bit of ...

Dacotah Bank has introduced a new scholarship program for high school seniors. In order to be eligible, seniors must be attending a higher education institute in South Dakota, North Dakota, or Minnesota and must have an account with Dacotah Bank. Each Dacotah Bank market has been allotted a ...

The average value of agricultural land in Ward County for tax purposes is going up just under 1% in 2021. The Ward County Commission last week accepted the recommendation of the county soils committee to set the average value of agricultural land for tax purposes at $567 an acre, which is ...