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Jamestown

JFD Run Report

2015 Total Calls – 296 April 8- 14, 2016 Call No. 67 April 8th, 10:14AM, ready squad responded to 1423 7th Ave NE, Single Family Dwelling, to investigate smoke alarm activation. Firefighters checked for smoke/fire none was detected. Cause-burnt belt on washing machine. Time out 15 minutes. Call No. 68 […]

Valley City

Hi-Line Prairie Gardens,Orchard gets grant

Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded grants totaling $51,125 for 12 projects to develop orchards and plant trees in local communities. The largest of these was $9,000 awarded to Hi-Line Prairie Gardens and Orchard in Valley City. Goehring says, “The goals of the North Dakota Community […]

Jamestown

Fire early Wed at NW Jamestown shop

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a fire about 5-a.m.,  Wednesday, at 1308 4th Street Northwest. CSi Photos [easyrotator]erc_77_1460556218[/easyrotator] City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the fire was along the outside backside of a shop building. He says minimal damage was noted to the siding of […]

Valley City

VC native. new Bismarck City Engineer

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bismarck has named a new city engineer for the first time in almost a quarter century. Valley City native Gabe Schell has spent the past decade working for the KLJ engineering firm. He begins his city duties on May 2, replacing the retiring Mel Bullinger. Bullinger […]

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Crews battle fire by tracks & 281 bypass Tues pm

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out about 4:30-p.m., to a brush – grass fire near the Highway 281 by-pass, west of Jamestown, near the BNSF tracks where about 50 acres were burned. More CSi Photos at Facebook [easyrotator]erc_99_1460504170[/easyrotator] As the fire spread, the Jamestown City Fire Department […]

Jamestown

Board recommends increase, property value hike

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown values used to establish property taxes have been increased for residential and commercial properties. At the Jamestown Board of Equalization meeting Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, City Assessor, Darrel Wollan, recommended values of residential properties be increased seven percent and commercial properties will be increased three percent. […]

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School Board & administrators agree

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board and school district administrators have agreed on a two-year contract. Fourteen Jamestown Public School District administrators will see an average 4.6 percent raise in the first year of the contract for 2016-17 and an average 3.25 percent increase for 2017-18. The proposal will […]

State

Dems fill gaps in statewide ballot

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state lawmaker from Fargo and a pair of tribal members from North Dakota American Indian reservations made eleventh-hour filings to fill gaps in Democrats’ slate of statewide candidates for the June 14 primary.        Democrats will now challenge Republicans’ stronghold on the Public Service […]

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JSDC discusses plans, new ethanol plant

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) Board of Directors, Monday, discussed plans for a $150 million cellulosic ethanol plant at the Spiritwood Energy Park Association industrial park that are underway. That,  according to Thomas Corle, founding partner of New Energy Investors, of  Pennsylvania. If built, the ethanol plant would directly employ […]

Jamestown

JHS LifeSmarts Team places 9th, Nationals

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown High School LifeSmarts team placed ninth at the 2016 National LifeSmarts competition. The information comes from a Facebook post from the Jamestown High School team. Representing North Dakota at the competition, the Jamestown team lost to New Hampshire in the first round of the top 16. […]