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Minot B-52 flyover set, before Bison game, Frisco

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota is scheduled to perform a flyover of Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, before the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title game.        North Dakota State University is taking on Jacksonville State on Saturday as the […]

Jamestown

Jmst, Stutsman, high visibility seat belt enforcement

Jamestown (CSi) The Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign is underway this month. High visibility enforcement in Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Logan, and Stutsman County Sheriffs’ Departments and Jamestown, Napoleon, Oakes, Ellendale and Valley City will continue through this month. The NDDOT, male pickup drivers and passengers are the […]

State

No Powerball lottery win, Wed., climbs to $675 million

(CSi)  There was no winner in the most recent Powerball lottery draw, the operator of the multistate game said on Thursday, with the jackpot now climbing to an estimated $675 million – one of the largest in North American history. No Powerball ticket holder had all six numbers to claim Wednesday’s $500 million prize, […]

Jamestown

Judge Merrick not running for re-election

Jamestown (CSi) Southeast District Court Judge Thomas Merrick will not seek re-election this year, retiring at the end of his term in December. Merrick says he sent his notice to the North Dakota Supreme Court on December 31, 2015 indicating he would not seek re-election. He was appointed by then-Gov. […]

State

ND taxable & purchases off 25 percent

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A key barometer of North Dakota economic activity has taken a nosedive because of the slump in the oil and agricultural industries. Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger (RAW’-shun-bur-gur) reported Wednesday that taxable sales and purchases were $5.7 billion for July, August and September. That’s a drop of […]

State

Update Foster Co. States Attorney, resignation

Carrington (CSi)  The Foster County States Attorney, Paul Murphy has handed in his resignation to the Foster County Commission. During the Foster County Commission meeting in Carrington on Tuesday, Chairman Josh Dreher called for Murphy’s resignation, saying  several issues prompted the call for Murphy to resign. Murphy stated that he  […]

Valley City

Buhr’s to present “Mystical India,” Jan 21

Valley City  (CSi)  The Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 18 Presents: Dr. James and Sharon Buhr “Mystical India” 7PM Thursday January 21st at the Barnes County Museum. Mystical and spiritual, chaotic and confounding, India overflows with riches.  Dr. James and Sharon Buhr traveled the classic Golden Triangle from […]

State

Fedorchak to seek re-election

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak says she will seek re-election. Gov. Jack Dalrymple appointed Fedorchak to the PSC in 2012, after the seat had been vacated by Republican Kevin Cramer who was elected to the U.S. House. Fedorchak won an elected seat on the […]