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Fight The Man: What GameStop’s surge says about online mobs

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 permit values rise

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 offers scholarship program

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 ...

Ziggy’s Caribbean Cuisine

A little bit of Jamaica in Minot? It’s a long way from tropical weather to the frozen north, but that’s exactly what two enterprising men have done and brought a “taste of the island breeze” with them. Rashied Powell and Jerome Webber opened Ziggy’s Caribbean Cuisine on Jan. 18, ...

Ward County agricultural land values rise in 2021

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 ...

Firehouse Subs returns

Firehouse Subs has reopened their restaurant at 3112 16th St. SW in Minot. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. According to a news release, Firehouse Subs offers “steamed-to-perfection subs to go via online ordering through the Firehouse Subs app or website, ...