Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City budget committee meeting was held Wednesday morning at City Hall, to further discuss the 2019 city budget. At the last budget meeting, the committee left the preliminary budget with an mill levy increase of 24 mills, in order to have nearly $2 million dollars in […]
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State ballot measures assigned numbers
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s fall lineup of measures have been assigned ballot numbers by Secretary of State Al Jaeger. Voters in November decide four initiated measures that allow residents to bypass the Legislature and put proposals directly to a vote. Measure 1 would ban foreign money from North […]
Guard Unit receives alert notification
Bismarck (NDANG) – A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization. Based in Bismarck, the unit has about seven Soldiers who were placed in an alert status. The decision to mobilize this unit has not yet occurred, but upon a final decision, an […]
JFD responds to natural gas leak
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the area adjacent to Red Head Rebel Storage on Highway 281 North, about 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, where a natural gas leak was reported. MDU was called to the scene to shut off the gas. Lt. Sheldon Mohr says damage was […]
Semi truck fire Monday p.m., near Spiritwood
Spititwood (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out about 2:20-p.m., Monday, to a semi fire eastbound on I-94. Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says the vehicle caught fire while it was on the highway, with the operator exiting at Spiritwood. He says the truck cabin was totaled, with […]
Driver Sober Campaign starts in North Dakota
Bismarck (NDDOT) Drivers on North Dakota roads are reminded to always drive sober, or to always find a sober driver. In an effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road, law enforcement agencies across North Dakota will run extra patrols, as part of the Drive Sober or […]
Man who stole, crashed plane, former VCSU student
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The man who stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane from Sea-Tac International Airport was Richard Russell, a U.S. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press. WDAY reports Russell attended VCSU for three semesters, and in 2008, and was a Red Shirted football player. Previously… […]
ND, Hoeven host Energy Secretary Perry
Bismarck (Sen. Hoeven’s Office) – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, Monday hosted Energy Secretary Rick Perry for tours of the Falkirk Mine and Great River Energy’s (GRE) Coal Creek Station and a roundtable with the […]
Legalizing recreational marijuana on Nov ballot
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year. Proponents submitted more than the required 13,452 valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot, Secretary of State Al Jaeger […]
Jamestown receives school reading federal dollars
Bismarck (DPI) The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction announces that 15 North Dakota School District will receive over $27-million toward improving students reading ability, and literacy skills of disadvantaged students, in elementary, middle schools, and high schools, while providing teaching training and technical assistance. Jamestown’s first year’s grant amount: […]
























