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Valley City

3-Tiered Plan to Reopen state university campuses

Bismarck  (CSi) To help guide best practices as recommended by the Governor Doug Burgum’s ND Smart Restart plan as well as comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the North Dakota University System has launched a task force led by Dr. Joshua Wynne to implement a three-tiered […]

Obits

Robert Krause – Tuesday May 26, 2020

Robert ‘Bob’ Krause, 75, Bismarck, ND died Tuesday evening May 26, 2020 at Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND surrounded by his loving family. Bob Krause was born May 26, 1945 at Jamestown, ND the son of Jacob Krause and Irene (Lang) Krause.   He attended a local rural school 3 miles […]

State

Order allows schools to keep larger reserves

Gov. Doug Burgum has granted State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler’s request for an executive order that allows North Dakota’s schools to keep larger financial reserves to pay expenses from the COVID-19 pandemic. North Dakota law now penalizes school districts that keep general fund reserves in excess of a specified benchmark. […]

Celebrate

Ribbon Cutting Orr-iginals Remodel

The Chamber held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Orriginals. They recently did an extensive remodel to their store front. This business is located at 216 1st Ave. S in Jamestown.Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more […]

Obits

R.L. Munsey – Tuesday May 26, 2020

R.L. Munsey was born to Albert (Pooh) and Anna Elizabeth Munsey on April 17, 1922 in Clouds Creek, Tennessee.  Bob was the second oldest of ten children, Mary, Howard, Harold (Bud) Ben, Herb, Glen, Otis, Ralph and Claudia. Life for dad started in a sharecropper’s cabin with no electricity, running […]

Jamestown

Hydrant flushing in SE & SW Jamestown

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents that the flushing of fire hydrants, by city crews will begin in the SE & SW areas Thursday, May 28, 2020 and will continue the work throughout the City during normal working hours until completed. Please be aware of the possibility of lowered […]

State

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign Jun 1-Jul 19

Bismarck  (NDDOT)  The North Dakota Department of Transportation reminds parents and young drivers that the approaching summer months bring added opportunities for underage drinking. To combat these temptations, law enforcement will have extra patrols to enforce the law on underage drinking from June 1 to July 19. Law enforcement will […]

Obits

Betty Ann (Weisz) Mahlke – May 24, 2020

Betty Ann (Weisz) Mahlke, 74, Jamestown, ND died Sunday May 24, 2020 at Sanford Hillsboro Care Center in Hillsboro, ND. Betty Mahlke was born to Edwin Jacob Weisz and Lydia (Kienzle) Weisz on June 30, 1945 in Great Falls, Montana. She graduated from Wimbledon High School in 1963. She married […]