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Explosive Device Located in car, Fargo

Fargo  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  Wednesday morning at 9:01 a.m., a  trooper stopped a speeding vehicle traveling south on I-29 between the 32nd Ave and 52nd Ave exits in Fargo.  During the traffic stop, the vehicle was searched and a homemade pipe bomb was discovered in the glove […]

State

Fire Ban, most of Foster County

(CSi)  Foster County has declared a fire emergency and burn ban effective immediately (May 4, 2016). A release from Foster County Emergency Manager Jess Earle states that the lack of snow and rain combined with warm temperatures and high winds have caused excessive dry down of fuels. This increases the […]

Valley City

Shelly Differding receives Make a Difference Award

Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota early childhood service providers work to help shape the lives and futures of the children in their care. In conjunction with Child Care Provider Appreciation Day, the North Dakota Department of Human Services has recognized two licensed early childhood service providers with the Make a Difference […]

State

Court upholds conviction, sentence “Spud Scam”

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a North Dakota farmer who was found guilty of intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments.        A jury in December 2014 found Aaron Johnson, who lived near Cooperstown, guilty of conspiring to […]

Jamestown

County supports SAFE Shelter project

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission will provide support for a SAFE Shelter project. Director Lynne Tally requested support  as a sponsoring agent in building a new office. She said the building would be procured by the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown and Tally mentioned that an anonymous donor would […]

Valley City

Perm flood control project closures

Valley City (CSi) The permanent flood protection project will include the closure of the East City Park Bridge, starting Wednesday May 4, 2016. Pedestrian traffic will not be able to cross the East City Park Bridge. The Viking Drive Bridge will remain closed to vehicles but remain open to pedestrian […]

State

ND education standards to be rewritten

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says North Dakota teachers will rewrite and improve math and English standards that are not based on the federally backed Common Core.        Baesler says the standards will be written “by North Dakotans, for North Dakotans.”        Baesler says […]

Jamestown

Guthmiller charged, March traffic stop

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Stutsman County State’s Attorney’s Office says formal charges have been lodge against 23 year old Levi Guthmiller of Jamestown. The charges stem from a  Jamestown Police traffic stop on  March 28, 2016, this year near Lincoln School that allegedly uncovered drugs and weapons after a search of […]