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Jamestown

Grass fire rekindles destroys property

Jamestown (CSi) No injuries reported as a Saturday afternoon grass fire, rekindled Saturday evening, which destroyed an abandoned mobile home, off Highway 20 in the five mile curve area. The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to the grass fire about 1:20-p.m. Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says the grass […]

State

Merricourt wind power project changes

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A company that for years has been planning a wind turbine farm in southeastern North Dakota is now proposing significant changes.        The Merricourt Wind Power Project in McIntosh and Dickey counties was to have up to 100 1.5 megawatt turbines. EDF Renewable Energy is […]

Valley City

“Bob” for sale, may leave museum

Valley City (CSi) Bob, the triceratops dinosaur may be history, in Valley City, unless dollars are found to keep in at the Barnes County Museum in Valley City.   Bob is one of the largest and most complete triceratops found to date, and his 65-million-year-old bones have been on display […]

State

U.S. oil output may drop late this year

London     A report says, U.S. oil output could start to take a hit by late 2015 due to low prices. The halving of oil prices since June 2014 has prompted spending cuts by oil companies and a drop in U.S. drilling, raising expectations of slowing output in countries outside […]

State WeatherNews

Flood safety awareness week.

 MON MAR 16 2015    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA  HAS DECLARED SUNDAY, MARCH 14TH THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST, 2015,  AS  FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK. EACH WEEKDAY DURING THE AWARENESS  WEEK WILL FEATURE INFORMATION ABOUT A DIFFERENT FLOOD RELATED  TOPIC.    MONDAY’S MESSAGE…    FLOOD […]

Jamestown WeatherNews

Record high temps set Sunday

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Nearly a dozen major cities in the Dakotas set record-high temperatures for the date on Sunday.        National Weather Service reports show that record highs were set in the North Dakota cities of  Jamestown, at 72 degrees, breaking an 88 year old record of 64 degrees […]

Jamestown

TRAC 1% sales tax increase to go to voters

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Administrator Jeff Fuchs the city has verified 1,287 signatures on a petition seeking a one percent city sales tax to pay for construction of the first phase of the proposed Two Rivers Activity Center. The petition had 1,705 signatures. 1,053 certified signatures were needed to place […]

State

ND gas prices rise

(CSi) March 16, 2015 Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.42/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.4 cents per gallon in the […]

Featured Jamestown

Rollover N. of Medina injures two

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a one vehicle rollover on Stutsman County road 68, 12 mile north of Medina, just after 5-pm Saturday, injured two Lincoln, North Dakota people. The Ford pickup operated by 35 year old Trent Guthmiller, was northbound on the paved county road when the right […]

State

Legislature delays action corp farm bill

 BISMARCK, N .D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature is delaying action on a bill to exempt dairy and swine operations from the state’s eight decades-old anti-corporate farming law.        The bill was slated for debate in the House on Friday.        Rep. Dennis Johnson, chairman of the […]