Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Tourism Board has approved having Talking Trails, a Mandan-based company, perform an assessment of the community before the end of this year, to determine which stories about Jamestown and the community would be compelling to visitors and the best way to get those stories told. The […]
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JFD Run Report
2014 Total Calls – 268 Sept 17 – Oct 1, 2015 Call No. 197 September 21st, 11:42AM, fire department responded to 103 4th Ave SE, Commercial Building, to a report of smoke coming from inside. Firefighters extinguish a small fire and investigated. Cause-electrical. No injuries reported. Time out 35 minutes. […]
Learning Center planning for move to TRAC
Jamestown (CSi) Floor plans have been released, as James River Family Fitness’ Learning Center will move to the Two Rivers Activity Center. On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, teacher Torrey Herrington said the Learning Center at the TRAC facility should be ready for occupancy in September of […]
Open positions, city boards, committees
Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown has open postitions on various city committees, boards. Two openings on the Civil Service Commission–one unexpired term to January 2016 and one term to January 2020 One opening on the Special Assessment Commission–term to April 2017 One opening for a City representative […]
School bond referendum fails to get 60%
Jamestown (CSi) Voters in the Jamestown Public School District Tuesday turned down the referendum of $19 million in general obligation school-building bonds for school construction and renovations at elementary and middle schools. The final unofficial vote was Approve 1,138 or 58%…disapprove 813. The measure failed as a 60% majority was […]
Voter turnout in Tues school bond referendum
Jamestown (CSi) Voter turnout at the Jamestown Civic Center, in Tuesday’s school bond referendum was picking up on Tuesday afternoon. Stutsman County Auditor/COO Casey Bradley said as of 2-p.m., 1,132 people had voted since the polls opened at 7-a.m., or about 4.8% of eligible school district voters. He expected more […]
Releases end at Jamestown & Pipestem Dams
Jamestown (CSi) Releases have ended for the season from Jamestown and Pipestem Dams. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Pipestem Dam, Manager, Bob Martin says, the only water coming into the dams at this time is ground water. He says releases from Jamestown Dam ended on August 17, 2015. The last water […]
JPS Board gets STEM update
Jamestown (CSi) At Monday’s Jamestown Public School Board meeting, a program to help children grasp science using visual and hands-on activities was endorsed by Mari Stilwell. Stilwell, is a reading coach at Roosevelt Elementary School. She updated the School Board, saying about a $25,000 Monsanto grant to fund a STEM […]
Zerr Berg hired, TRAC architects
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Board has approved a contract with Zerr Berg Architects as the architects for the Two Rivers Activity Center project. Parks and Rec Director Doug Hogan, said the Fargo architectural firm will receive six percent of TRAC’s guaranteed maximum price for the design work […]
State Hospital recruiting new employees
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota State Hospital Governing Body heard Monday that the hospital is looking for about 50 new employees. Huuman Resources Director, Lyle Grove said, the hospital staff normally includes 456 full-time equivalents. Currently, 406 of the positions are filled. He added that “These are jobs with a […]
