Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 27th of December.
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🎭 Culture
A Minot columnist reflects on the family’s ongoing grief over the loss of November Sky Reinoehl — who died in a car accident on Sept.
28 — and describes keeping personal mementos like a memorial ornament and a painted wall as signs of remembrance during the holiday season.
🎓 Education
Minot State University’s Lifelong Learning Institute will offer ceramics classes in spring 2026, featuring weekly and monthly open studio sessions from Feb.
3 to April 14 on Tuesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. in the Ceramics Studio at historic Pioneer Hall, with children 12 and older registering with a parent.
🌲 Environment
Minot got an unusual 0.04 inches of freezing rain on Christmas night, a rare occurrence for December, as meteorologist Meghan Chada noted.
She explained that a shifting jet stream has increased freezing events this winter & urged extra caution on slippery roads.
🏛️ Government
Former Gov. Allen Olson died Friday, Dec.
26 at age 87 — he served as the state’s 28th governor and attorney general and helped launch key state services before relocating to Minnesota. Funeral arrangements are pending.
ND VOAD held a meeting on Dec.
16 to install new board officers, reviving the group after low capacity since the COVID-19 pandemic. The nonprofit will coordinate disaster response to extreme weather events that set records in 2025.
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