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Palmer Amaranth weed, spreading in ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The presence of a weed that researchers say can drastically reduce crop yields has been confirmed in a seventh North Dakota county, according to a state agency. The state Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it found a Palmer amaranth plant in Emmons County, south of the […]

Obits

Richard “Dick” Olson – Sept 12, 2019

Richard Olson, 85, of Apache Junction, AZ, formerly of Valley City, ND, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on September 12, 2019 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND after a courageous battle with Myositis. A funeral service will be held Friday, September 20, 2019 at 10:30 AM at Faith […]

Sports

Class A, Class B, 9-man football polls

Class A 1. Langdon/Edmore/Munich (17) 3-0 89 2. Oakes 2-0 66 3. Bishop Ryan (1)  3-0 49 4. Velva 2-0 39 5. Thompson 2-0 23 Others Receiving Votes: Shiloh Christian 3-0 Bowman County 1-1, Lisbon  2-0 Class B 9-Man 1. New Rockford-Sheyenne (16) 3-0 88 2. Cavalier (2) 3-0 74 3. […]

Obits

David “Whitey” Theodore Moser – Sept 11, 2019

David “Whitey” Theodore Moser, 77, of West Fargo, North Dakota, lost his battle with Dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia on Wednesday September 11, 2019, at Bethany Retirement Living surrounded by family.Whitey was born on May 27, 1942 in Jamestown, ND to Theodore and Esther Moser. He grew up on a […]

Sports

NAIA Women’s Volleyball Top 25 poll

NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Sept. 11 (First-place votes in parenthesis) Team Rec. Points 1. Missouri Baptist (11) 11-3 577 2. Northwestern, Iowa (9) 12-0 564 3. Park, Mo. (3) 8-1 557 4. Indiana Wesleyan 12-0 536 5. Southern Oregon 11-1 451 6. Viterbo, Wis. 13-3 473 7. […]

Sports

Lynx eliminated from WNBA in playoff game

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Jordin Canada scored a career-high 26 points and the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm beat the seventh-seeded Minnesota Lynx 84-74 Wednesday night in a first-round, winner-take-all playoff game. With Jewell Loyd adding 22 points, the No. 6 Storm, who play at third-seeded Los Angeles on Sunday […]

Sports

UJ in win over VCSU, Wednesday fall baseball

By Ryan Mikkelson, University of Jamestown Sports Information Director Lincoln Trujillo (SR/Cheyenne, WY) was 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs and four RBI while Dirk Eymundson (SO/Parkland County, AB, Canada), Chase Hacker (SR/Millcreek, WA), and Ben Pedigo (JR/Olympia, WA) also homered as the University of Jamestown baseball team opened […]

Celebrate

Oktoberfest Sat Sept 14 Hansen Arts Park

A celebration of beer, brats and lederhosen. Saturday, September 14 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm in The Hansen Arts Park. Oktoberfest is a Munich tradition since 1810, when it celebrated the betrothal of the Bavarian King Ludwig I to Princess Therese.  Since that time, Oktoberfest has grown to a worldwide […]

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Harvest Full Moon Friday the 13th!

By Tanda Gmiter | tgmiter@mlive.com It’s the kind of timing that makes kindergarten teachers and 911 dispatchers cringe: This week’s full moon will appear on Friday the 13th. While superstitiously known as an unlucky day, this Friday will be lucky for skywatchers who have been waiting for this month’s Harvest […]

Jamestown

Jamestown Planning Commission Meeting minutes

The Jamestown City Planning Commission  met September 9, 2019 – 8:00 a.m., at City Hall. Present: Paulson, Ostlie, Frye, Hillerud, Trautman, Bensch, Bayer Absent: Ritter, Rath 1. Chairman Hillerud opened the meeting. Commission member Frye made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 12, 2019 Planning Commission meeting. […]