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Carter sentenced to 15 months, encouraging suicide

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself has been sentenced to 15 months in jail on a manslaughter charge. Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in June by a judge who said she caused the death […]

Jamestown

Food Bank distributed to 223 local households

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Great Plains Food Bank July 28 Jamestown distribution provided 17,450 pounds of food. Agency Relations Manager for the Eastern portion of North Dakota, Andrea Block says around 223 households benefited. Food was given out to 263 children, 100 seniors and 326 adults, bringing the total number of individuals […]

Jamestown

Talking Trail generating more calls

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism’s Talking Trail project continues to grow this summer in terms of the number of callers accessing information about and locations of historic sites in Jamestown. On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Tourism Director Searle Swedlund pointed out that since May this year, […]

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Farmers Union calls for federal disaster payments

Jamestown  (CSi- NDFU) – The state’s largest farm organization is calling for federal disaster payments to assist livestock and crop producers through one of the worst droughts in North Dakota since the 1980s. “There have been great efforts to get hay and forage into the hands of ranchers, but that […]

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Gas explosion at Minneapolis private prep school

Update… MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  –  Hundreds of people packed a campus chapel to pray and comfort each other at the Minneapolis school where two people were killed and more than a-half dozen others were hurt in an explosion and partial building collapse. Minnehaha Academy President Donna Harris, who was injured in […]

Jamestown

Support veterans – All Vets indoor picnic Aug 18

Jamestown  (CSi)  Stutsman County Veteran’s Service officer David Bratton says a number of fundraisers have been set in the coming weeks. On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Bratton said, on Sunday August 13, at noon, it’s the All Vets Club, All Veterans, indoor picnic, at the All […]

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Housing Development Forum Kulm Aug 16

Kulm  (CSi)  The Kulm Community Development Corporation (CDC) will be hosting a housing forum on August 16, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Kulm Community Center. No registration is required and there is no fee for this event, which is open to the public. The forum will bring together […]

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Hay donations, distribution established

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Agriculture Department, North Dakota State University and a Michigan-based nonprofit are joining in an effort to help provide hay for drought-stricken ranchers in North Dakota. The department and university have set up a site near the Fargo campus to accept hay donations that will […]