Crystal Kwaw
Reporter
Minot
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I grew up in Omaha, NE, and graduated from the University of Omaha, NE, in May 2022. The reason I chose journalism is because of my ever-persistent curiosity and taste for adventure!
In my free time, I enjoy sight-seeing, reading, writing and watching more media.
I'm excited to spend the next chapter of my life here in Minot!
You can contact Crystal at: crystal.kwaw@kmot.com
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Your News Leader explored some of its successes as well as areas that need progress.
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Not much in life can be as messy and emotional as a contested divorce.
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Zhaina Moya, who was previously an adult services librarian and has worked at this library for five years, said she’s ready for the opportunity.
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Jantzer has served as a connector between the community, the base and the Air Force for the last 12 years.
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The proposal for the next two-year contract increases each teacher’s pay by $750 annually.
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Attendees, including Minot Alderman Scott Burlingame, said one of the ways the committee could assist was to help find ways to market existing family childcare incentives that are not widely known.
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When it comes to calving season, livestock producers have a lot to consider.
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He recently retired after 35 years in the industry.
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The Summer Olympics will start in a couple weeks, as well as activities like a tennis block party and yoga in the park.
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The Minot Gun Club is offering four more weeks of trap shooting for 12 to 18-year-olds after Memorial Day.
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Chuck Kranz founded the Magic City Blessing Bank in 2019, with the help of Junior Golf financial support, grants, businesses, and churches. He said he's helping with the transition.
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Scholarships for graduating high school seniors are being awarded around this time of the year.
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Tim Balmer, one of the organizers of 1,000 Trees, said they couldn’t have gotten this far without the community.
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Brent Lohnes, the North Dakota general manager for the Hess Corporation, said part of the company’s corporate social responsibility is typically focused on STEM and agricultural education.
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Lewis & Clark Elementary and Magic City Campus will be getting new principals for the 2023-23 school year.
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Pat Isakson, a conservation biologist with North Dakota Game and Fish, said they survey the turtle population every few years and it’s steady.
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Christine Cherry, a library board member, said some of the board members who read the book found no mentions of medical intervention.
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AJ Espinosa, the experience supervisor at Minot’s Best Buy, said the store sends a variety of electronics to recycle centers for refurbishing.
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Sara Stolt, the deputy commissioner of North Dakota Health and Human Services, said they’re beginning a new era of background checks.
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The bridge on Burdick Expressway will close Monday and Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. or earlier in the morning.
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According to the CDC, the physical activity guideline recommends at least two and a half hours of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of physical activity.
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School's out for many area schools, and it will be in about a week for students in Minot Public. We wanted to find out what teachers would be up to once the year wraps.
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One piece of funding is $15 million in incentives to providers to take in more infants, because the staff-to-child ratio requirement is less than older kids.
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The airport's director said the airlines currently go to Minneapolis, Denver, and Las Vegas in some seasons, and they're hoping to add Houston and Chicago, because those places have better connections to the East Coast.
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Your News Leader talked with local construction workers and contractors about their successes as well as the challenges they’re facing.
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Minot residents are celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day — also known as Syttende Mai — both in the Magic City and in Minot’s sister city of Skien, Norway.
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After the application process ends, the St. Joseph’s Community Health Foundation decides how much they’ll match the organizations.
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Emily How, NDSU Extension agent with Ward County, said this method is a guide for new gardeners on when and where to plant a seed.
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People wanting to testify about the ordinance before the council had lined up ready to share why they were for or against adding more demographics to the ordinance.
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Madison Woodson, an event coordinator for Carry the Load, said they came to Minot because of its military community.
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The VP of employee experience said mental health means something different for individuals. She said they conduct surveys to gauge how well employees are thriving and ways they can offer support.
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Minot City Manager Harold Stewart said the attempt to update city employee benefits is due to trying to stay competitive and attractive in the job market.
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Derek Hackett, public information officer, said they will sweep residential areas as well. He said when the sweepers remove sediments off roads, they will go slow, so give them space.
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The director of the museum said they’re also hoping to fly vintage airplanes in the “Festival of Flights” on June 17.
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Troy Regstad, forester with Minot Parks, says we're in the Great Plains, so it's considered an arid climate, with limited moisture.
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The farm to school program has been ongoing for decades across the country with the intention to bring locally produced foods to the school lunch table.
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When the time comes to withdraw Roth IRAs, unlike traditional ones, your withdrawals are tax-free.
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Statewide, the Department of Public Instruction has a choice-ready system for schools to prepare students for two or four-year degrees, the workforce or the military.
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Claims on mineral rights are often a hot topic in North Dakota. Your News Leader spoke with one author who found out about her family’s potential claim to fortune a while ago.
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The National Weather Service has radars and satellites to report weather, but technology isn’t always the same as human observation.
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Late last week, we reported that the CDC will stop tracking all COVID-19 cases and instead put the focus on hospitalizations.
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Kolette Kramer, co-owner of Granville Junkaholics urges people to not throw their things away, because they don’t want it to end up in a landfill.
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Mountrail and Ward Counties' engineer staffs discussed improving county road 14 in Ward, county road 10 in Mountrail, and the road between.
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Officials have said Minot is growing, but the vision for how this city will look like by 2040 is more available than you may have realized.
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Community members gathered together Thursday to unveil the new name--the Iris Swedlund School and Public Library.
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The bright and vibrant flowers tend to represent the fact that winter is over and that people are ready for the spring season.
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Group founder Randy McDonald said their goal is to build community and mental wellness among veterans.
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The executive director for the North Dakota Corn Growers Association said summer is known to be a high travel season, so depending on consumer behavior, it may have a positive impact on how much corn is sold.
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While Little River Child Care kiddos are having outside time, the adult world is grappling with the state of non-familial and paid childcare.
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Traffic Engineer Stephen Joersz said the replacement bulbs consume 50 percent less energy, so the city would save on costs later.
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