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Jamestown

JFD Run Report

2015 Total Calls – 296 June 25 – 30, 2016 Call No. 138 June 27th, 11:43AM, ready squad responded to East Side Trailer Park #15 SE, to investigate gas odor. Firefighters checked the interior and exterior of the structure. Cause-unknown. Occupant was advised to contact Montana Dakota Utilities to have […]

State

Unattended death investigation update

(CSi)  On Saturday morning, June 25, 2016, the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Benson County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a train/pedestrian crash in Leeds. The report was made when BNSF Railroad employees saw what they believed to be a body on the tracks. Responding officers discovered a 55-year-old […]

State

Extra law enforcement patrols

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is planning extra patrols during the upcoming holiday weekend, and all through the month of July. The patrol says all traffic laws will be strictly enforced, with a focus on alcohol-related violations and seat belt use. The Click It or Ticket […]

Jamestown

City Council reorganizes, Phillips sworn in

Jamestown (CSi) A special meeting of the Jamestown City Council was held Tuesday at 4-p.m., at City Hall. It was the  organizational meeting of the new council.  Newly elected Council Member Pam Phillips took the oath of office. This is her third term on the City Council having been elected […]

Jamestown

Final business of prior council

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council held the final meeting of the present council, Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. All Members were present. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY: Council Member Buchanan requested Item C be removed a Resolution to approve the request from the JSDC for $146,337 from the Economic […]

Jamestown

4th of July week garbage schedule

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents that due to the Independence Day (Fourth of July) Holiday, there will be NO garbage pickup on Monday, July 4, 2016. Monday’s garbage will be picked up on Tuesday Tuesday’s garbage will be picked up on Wednesday Wednesday’s & Thursday’s garbage will be […]

Valley City

New VC Commissioners sworn in Tuesday

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Special Session Tuesday at City Hall. Newly elected city commissioners Rick Ross, and Mike Bishop were sworn into office, along with elected Park District members Dick Gulmon and Ross Powell. Finance Director Avis Richter presented Commissioners with the Barnes County Official […]

State

Sadek’s file civil complaint, Andrew’s death

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The family of a North Dakota college student who was a confidential informant for a drug task force has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The body of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek was found about two years ago in the Red River, which separates North Dakota from Minnesota, […]

State

Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion law

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic in Fargo may challenge a state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital-admitting privileges now that a similar law in Texas has been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.        The high court ruled 5-3 Monday that […]