Group receives land offers to relocate Minot museum
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A historical society has received several land offers to relocate a Minot museum that's being evicted from the North Dakota State Fairgrounds.
The Minot Daily News reports that the Ward County Historical Society will evaluate the land offered as new locations for the Pioneer Village Museum. The society's President David Leite says the cost of relocating could be reduced to about $1 million if land is donated.
The historical society lost a civil suit this summer against the State Fair Association, which wants the museum removed from the fairgrounds. A judge ruled that the association owns the land where the museum is situated. The historical group had long resisted moving the museum.