Slideshow: XTRA! XTRA! North Dakota State Parade Marches Through Streets of Minot

Eloise Ogden/MDN Minot FFA members hand out treats during the North Dakota State Parade on Saturday in Minot.

Eloise Ogden/MDN Representatives from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame and Londyn Sackman, Angus Queen 2024 of Steele, travel the parade route.

Eloise Ogden/MDN Ken “Dizzy the Clown” Gillespie is a former grand marshal of the North Dakota State Parade.

Eloise Ogden/MDN Ward County 4-H had the parade theme “XTRA! XTRA! North Dakota Hot News” and The Minot Daily News.

Eloise Ogden/MDN Crowds gathered Saturday to watch the North Dakota State Parade in Minot.

Eloise Ogden/MDN The VFW Color Guard prepares on Broadway to participate in the North Dakota State Parade.

Eloise Ogden/MDN Many runners participated in the 5K “Run the Route” on the parade route before the parade began.

Eloise Ogden/MDN The Clydesdales line up on Broadway before the parade begins.

Eloise Ogden/MDN The Minot Air Force Base Fire Emergency Services Hazmat vehicle drives onto the North Dakota State Fairgrounds.

Submitted photo Jill Schramm, left, deputy editor, and Eloise Ogden, right, editor, of The Minot Daily News, co-grand marshals of the 2024 North Dakota State Parade, rode in a 2005 Mustang convertible owned and driven by Kristian Streitz of the Dakota Cruisers Car Club in Minot.