Jamestown  (CSi)  With the 2020 census completed, Jamestown responses were put at 73.5 percent, and in Valley City the response rate was close at 72 percent.

Earlier this year Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich and Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud challenged residence of each city to have a better response rate to the census, and the mayor of the city with the highest response rate would present a cap  to the other mayor, to wear in town and at either the Jamestown City Council, or Valley City Commission meeting.

With Jamestown having the highest census response rate, Mayor Heinrich presented  the Jamestown cap to Mayor Carlsrud on Tuesday, that he will wear at the November 3 Valley City Commission meeting.