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Jamestown

Frontier Village board approves quarterly audits

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Frontier Village Association, on a 6-0 vote,  has approved having internal quarterly audits.  Board members, Jay Diemert and Kay Benson were not present The results of an internal audit by board member Melody Mittleider  found no deficiencies. Secretary-Treasurer Tina Busche, told the board that  the large caboose restoration […]

State

“Grandparents Scam” reported in Devils Lake

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — Police in Devils Lake say an elderly woman has lost $8,000 in the so-called “grandparents scam.” Authorities say the 84-year-old woman got a call from someone claiming that her granddaughter had been in a crash in Ohio and that drugs were found in her car. […]

Jamestown

Deadline Tourism Capital Construction apps Oct 2

Jamestown (CSi)  A reminder from Jamestown Tourism. The application date for the fall process, accepting applications for the 2017 Visitor’s Promotion Capital Construction Fund in October 2, 2017, by 5-p.m Opportunities to apply for these funds will be awarded twice per year agencies awarded funding will have one year after […]

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ND gas prices up slightly last week

(CSi) August 14. 2017 – Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 1 cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.32/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has not moved  in the last […]

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Family, friends mourn 3 dead in Virginia, violence

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Friends and family are mourning the death of a protester and two Virginia state troopers who died Saturday in Charlottesville, where a car plowed into a group of people protesting a white nationalist rally and a police helicopter crashed. Heather Heyer, who was protesting against white […]

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$30 million water treatment plant for the City of Minot

Washington  (CSi)   Congressman Kevin Cramer attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday to mark the completion of a $30 million water treatment plant for the City of Minot. The project, which was backed by $22.5 million in federal dollars, will ensure the city’s water treatment plant remains operational during future […]

Valley City

City County Health, VC gets grant dollars, treat opioid use

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Department of Human Services has awarded grants to five communities to strengthen local efforts to treat opioid use disorder, support recovery, and save lives by preventing overdose deaths. Laura Anderson, prevention administrator for the department’s Behavioral Health Division, says, each community will receive $180,000, and […]

Jamestown

Jamestown Fire Dept Run Report

Aug 4 – 10, 2017 Call No. 169    August 4th, 6:16PM, fire department responded to 311 5th Ave NE, to a report of a vehicle on fire. Fire was out upon arrival of fire units. Cause-engine malfunction. No injuries reported. Time out 15 minutes.   Call No. 170    August 5th, […]

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Applebee’s to shutter 135 locations across US

(USA Today)  The parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP plans to close up to 160 restaurants, vastly boosting the number of eateries from the two comfort-food chains that it plans to shutter. The company declined to release a list of locations that will be shuttered. Some 105 to 135 Applebee’s […]

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U.S. engaged in “Back-Channel” diplomacy, N. Korea

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the Trump administration has quietly engaged in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months. It was known the two sides had discussions to secure the June release of an American university student. But it wasn’t known until now that the […]