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Stutsman County state ranking, investments

(SmartAsset)  Local investment and economic expansion are positive signs for communities because of the quality of life improvements they signify. In light of this, financial technology company SmartAsset released a study on the counties receiving the greatest amount of investment in their local economies. Stutsman County ranked among the top […]

State

Accounts set up, baby died in Tornado Tuesday

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $13,000 for a couple who lost their week-old baby when a tornado hit a North Dakota town. McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger says the boy died after the storm flipped his family’s trailer Tuesday morning at an RV […]

State

Burgum, Sanford, tour Watford City tornado damage

Update… BISMARCK, N.D. (July 11, 2018) – Gov. Doug Burgum, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford and Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, surveyed tornado damage in Watford City on Tuesday evening and met with local officials and residents displaced by the storm to discuss local […]

Jamestown

Lange transferred to Stutsman County jail

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman Correctional Center inmate roster lists 25 year old Justice Lange. She was transferred Monday from a Fargo hospital, for undisclosed medical treatment. She is being held on unpaid Jamestown Municipal Court fines in the amount of $56, and a hold from Foster County in an unrelated […]

Jamestown

Virtual tours of Jamestown sites, from Jamestown Tourism

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism has established a virtual tour of sites in Jamestown. On line go to https://tours.bemorecolorful.com/v/d5VjYM8ljob and click on the drop down to menu to visit selected site for the virtual tour. This link is also available on our website www.discoverjamestownnd.com Explore the tour on desktop, tablet and […]

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All 12 boys rescued from Thailand Cave

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world. The SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort, said on their […]

State

Trump nominates Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court Monday night, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. A favorite of the Republican legal establishment […]

Jamestown

Lange, charges pending, baby’s death

(KFYR TV) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Department says it is still awaiting  autopsy  results of the baby found dead near Woodworth on Saturday. After a two day search, law enforcement officials found the body of the 4-month-old near a slough in rural northwestern Stutsman County Saturday. Law enforcement say they were unsure […]