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City Council moves bus station to committee

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall. Mayor Andersen was not present, Council President Gumke presided over the meeting. Consent Agenda items discussed separately… Item “E” was discussed separately a Resolution to approve the request from JSDC for $20,000 from the Economic […]

State

Possible Home Depot credit card data breach

NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot is investigating a potential credit card data breach. The Atlanta home improvement retailer told The Associated Press Tuesday that it’s looking into “unusual activity” and that it’s working with both banks and law enforcement. The possible data breach was first reported by Brian Krebs […]

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Oven Fire Tues afternoon

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to an oven fire about 1:20-p.m., on Tuesday at 143 Sunnyside Trailer Court. City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says a neighbor attempted to put out the fire, and the fire department was called. He says the fire was caused by a […]

State

Bid for Fam Dollar upped

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General upped its bid for the rival Family Dollar chain and addressed an earlier roadblock, saying that it will more than double the number of stores it would shed to tamp down the antitrust concerns of its takeover target. The newest bid is worth $9.1 […]

State

ND gas prices up slightly

(CSi)  North Dakota, September 2, 2014 Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 2.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.42/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.7 cents per […]

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Land use meetings, Noon & 5pm Wed Sept 3

Jamestown (CSi) The City of Jamestown reports that the next series of Forward Jamestown, the Land Use and Transportation Plan has been announced. The public is invited to attend the following meetings & presentations: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Noon Hour presentation Wednesday, September 3, […]

Valley City

Prairie Waters grant

Valley City (VCSU)  Valley City State University’s Prairie Waters Education and Research Center has received a $9,900 grant from the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust to start a wetlands education program for North Dakota high schools. Prairie Waters will use the funding to create a standards-based education curriculum focusing on […]

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Break-ins Friday night at three storage facilities

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Police is seeking the public’s assistance for information concerning break-ins  of several storage units in Jamestown. Lt. Jim Hunt says  sometime Friday night  storage units were broken into at:  Storage Space Center in the 1700 block of U.S. Highway 281 North,  Central Storage, in the 600 block of […]

State

Oil fueled surplus grows

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s oil wealth-fueled general fund surplus continues to grow.        The Office of Management and Budget released updated revenue projections for the 2013-2015 biennium Friday.        Officials estimate the surplus will be at $614 million when the two-year budget cycle ends on June […]

Jamestown

JFD run report

Run Reports Jamestown Fire Department 2013 Total Calls – 259 August 22 – 28, 2014 Call No. 185 August 23rd, 7:44AM, ready squad responded to 1404 1st Ave North, Care Facility, to investigate fire alarm activation. Firefighters checked for smoke/fire none was detected. Cause-systems malfunction. Fire alarm was reset. Time […]