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1st AP Men’s College Basketball Poll

(AP) Gonzaga and Baylor remain the top two teams in first The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the regular season. The Zags received 57 first-place votes from a 63-person media panel. The Bears received six first-place votes, with Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois rounding out the top five. Gonzaga […]

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Dean Ford – Nov 28, 2020

Dean Ford, 71, Jamestown, ND passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at St. Rose Care Center, LaMoure, ND. Dean Ford was born April 12, 1949 at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown, ND to Harold and Selma (Odegaard) Ford.  He attended grade school and graduated from Medina High School in Medina, ND. […]

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Leland Wolsky – November 28, 2020

LeLand Dean Wolsky, age 78, Kensal, ND passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 in Jamestown, ND. LeLand was born on April 23, 1942 to Edwin and Lillian (Schroeder) Wolsky. He was the youngest of 3 boys, and was raised in rural Kensal, ND. Lee was joined in marriage to […]

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Richard Truax – November 27, 2020

Richard Truax, 87, Jamestown, ND passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at Ave Maria Village Nursing Home, Jamestown, ND.Richard LeRoy Truax was born June 18, 1933 in Jamestown, ND to Roy and Carrie (Fiecht) Truax.  He joined the US Army in 1956 and was honorably discharged in August 1958.One October […]

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ND Christmas Tree Lighting Virtual, Tues.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Plans to light North Dakota’s state Christmas tree have been altered this year to accommodate the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Doug Burgum and his wife, Kathryn Burgum, plan to light the tree virtually on Tuesday evening with a livestream on Facebook. The governor’s office says this year’s […]

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Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll

UNDATED (AP) — There’s no change among the top eight in The Associated Press football poll, with Alabama remaining the unanimous No. 1 team again. The Crimson Tide are spending a fourth straight week atop the poll and have been ranked for 209 consecutive weeks, tying the third-longest streak in […]

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Man seriously injured in crash near Lidgerwood

(NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  a 19 year old Lidgerwood man was injured Saturday in a crash about 8:35-p.m. westbound on Highway 11 about three miles east of Cayuga. Broden Frolek was operating his 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix when  the car left the roadway entering the north ditch, […]

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ND Antibody tests await use plan

(AP)  North Dakota has tens of thousands of COVID-19 antibody tests that still await a plan for their use, months after the state acquired them. The state acquired 178,000 COVID-19 antibody tests last spring using $3.68 million from the federal CARES Act coronavirus aid. The Bismarck Tribune reports that only […]

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Viking Women defeated by MSU Northern Sat

Saturday VCSU Women’s Basketball Helena MT. Montana State University-Northern 84 VCSU 49 HELENA, MONT. (VCSU) – The Valley City State women’s basketball team concluded play at the Carroll Thanksgiving Classic Saturday, falling to Montana State University-Northern, 84-49. Valley City State falls to 1-3 this season. Montana State University-Northern improves to […]