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New Town lottery player claims prize

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Powerball player has claimed a prize worth $150,000. The North Dakota Lottery says the winner from New Town claimed the prize Thursday. The winner wants to remain anonymous, but the lottery says she played her favorite set of numbers which she has played […]

State

Anhydrous leak Thurs am Sanborn

Sanborn  (CSi)  No injuries reported Thurs morning about 6:15 when a faulty valve let an anhydrous ammonia field tank to leak, near the old elevator. Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says two homes were evacuated as a precaution Fire and Rescue crews contained the leak. No injuries were reported.

Valley City

Winter Show Road utility work May 17-19

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City motorists are advised that utility work  starts this week on Winter Show Road. Winter Show Road and 7th Street Southeast will be closed from 2nd Avenue Southeast to 6th Avenue Southeast, May 17-19 Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City […]

State

Hoeven, Heitkamp react to Comey firing

BISMARCK (AP) Senator Heidi Heitkamp wants a special prosecutor to investigate possible ties between President Donald Trump and Russia following the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. The North Dakota Democrat says Comey’s firing “raises far more questions than it answers.” Republican Senator John Hoeven says the case has […]

State

Actor Michael Parks passes at age 77

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Parks, a prolific character actor and a favorite of directors Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, has died. He was 77. Parks’ agent, Jane Schulman, says the actor died Tuesday in Los Angeles. No cause of death was announced. In a career that spanned five decades, […]

Jamestown

Hanna sentenced, drug charge, traffic stop

Jamestown  (CSi)  A 48 year-old  California man, Samuel Henry Hanna was sentenced to four years in prison. On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, Hanna pleaded guilty to a Class A felony, drug charge, stemming from evidence gathered during a traffic stop by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office on March 28, 2017. […]

State

Ashley Wind project may soon be built

Bismarck  (PPR)  The delayed  wind farm project near Ashley, may soon be built. Prairie Public Radio reports, the Merricourt Wind Power Project in McIntosh County was given siting approval in 2008, but was not built. The Public Service Commission had given the project siting approval in 2008. However, it was […]

Jamestown

Kiwanis Pancake Day, sets record $$ collected

Update… Jamestown  (CSi0  The Jamestown Kiwanis Club raised more than $10,000 during their annual Pancake Day, on May 1, 2017. Over 1-thousand attended the event at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall. That was the most raised ever during  Pancake Day for the Jamestown club. Hugo’s Family Marketplace has sponsored […]

Sports State

Dickinson State to cut baseball & golf

Dickinson  (DSU)   Dickinson State University will end baseball and golf in the 2018-19 academic year. The sports will remain active during the 2017-18 seasons and will be discontinued in the fall of 2018. The decision was made as part of larger university reductions. DSU must implement reductions of $4.9 million […]