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Valley City

VCSU students approve fee increase for Wellness Cntr

 VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – Students at Valley City State University have approved a student fee increase to help fund the operating expenses of the proposed Valley City Health, Wellness and Physical Education Center.   64 percent of students who voted this month favored the idea. University Marketing Director Greg […]

State

ND gas prices drop

North Dakota, October 20, 2014 – Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 5.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.21/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.1 cents per […]

Featured State

Be Informed on the 8 Statewide Measures

The ballot for the November general election contains 8 statewide measures.  Provided below are analyses of each measure as provided on the ND Secretary of State “Measures” webpage. Analysis of Constitutional Measure No. 1 Constitutional Measure No. 1 was placed on the ballot by action of the 2013 North Dakota Legislative Assembly […]

State Valley City

Voter ID reminders

Valley City (CSi) Those planning to vote in the November 4, 2014 General Election, will need a valid identification (ID) to vote. Barnes County Auditor Beth Didier says it’s especially important for absentee voters to act by October 5, 2014 if they do not have an up-to-date, valid form of […]

State

County Auditors sent out 54,000 Absentee ballot apps

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Thousands of North Dakotans have already voted ahead of the Nov. 4 election. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says North Dakota’s county auditors have mailed out nearly 54,000 applications for absentee ballots, and more than 18,000 people have returned them. Jaeger says just before noon Friday […]

State

Oakes man sentenced truck house crash

 OAKES, N.D. (AP) – An Oakes man who crashed his pickup truck into a house earlier this year has been convicted on charges of reckless endangerment and impaired driving, along with drug-related counts.        Authorities say the truck driven by 38-year-old Dale Smith Jr. went through the home’s dining […]

Featured Jamestown

High wind tips trailer on Hwy 281 Friday

Jamestown (CSi) Authorities on Friday morning were investigating an accident that occurred on the Highway 281/52 bypass near Jamestown Friday morning. [easyrotator]erc_24_1413562981[/easyrotator] High winds caused the section of a mobile home to tip onto the roadway.  See CSi photos.  More information when the accident report is filed.

Jamestown

Carbon monoxide reminders

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown City Fire Chief, Jim Reuter, reminds residents, that as the outside temperatures drops and winter approaches, we will be using our furnaces, fireplaces, wood burns and any other fuel burning appliances for many different things. The time is now to have fuel burning appliances checked and make […]

State

Texas fugitive arrested in Oakes

 OAKES, N.D. (AP) – Police in the southeastern North Dakota city of Oakes have arrested a man they say escaped from custody in Texas.        Sixty-three-year-old Reymundo Leyva (LAY’-vah), of Crystal City, Texas, faces armed robbery, weapons and parole violation charges in that state.        Police tell NewsDakota.com […]