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Business donates dollars, student lunch debt

Valley City (KVLY)  A Valley City  business owner has donated $1000 to pay student lunch debt at Valley City Public Schools. Corey Berwick of the Captain’s Pub says, “Christmas is a time of giving” and that he wants to support the community and give back to Valley City families this […]

Sports

High School Basketball, Hockey, Thursday

Boys Prep Basketball: Central Cass 63, Oak Grove Lutheran 47 Dakota Prairie 81,  Griggs County Central 56 East Grand Forks, Minn. 79, Grand Forks Central 74, OT Enderlin 72, Sargent Central 50 Grafton/St. Thomas 62, Midway-Minto 39 Hankinson 40, Lisbon 37 Herreid/Selby Area, S.D. 69, South Border 45 Hillsboro/Central Valley […]

Sports

Jimmie Men win over Dakota State, Thursday

(uj.edu)  The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team defeated Dakota State (S.D.) University 99-78 Thursday evening, their first win in Madison since February 4. 2015. THE BASICS FINAL SCORE: Jamestown 99, Dakota State 78 LOCATION: DSU Fieldhouse, Madison, SD RECORDS: Jamestown 15-3, Dakota State 4-11 HOW IT HAPPENED *Kevin Oberweiser […]

Obits

Clifford J. Ertelt – Weds Dec 19, 2018

Clifford J. Ertelt, age 89, of Fargo, ND, formerly of Fingal, ND, died Wednesday, December 19th at Elim Care Center, Fargo, ND. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Fingal, ND. Visitation will be held on Sunday, […]

Obits

Mary (Jerger) Lackman – Dec 19, 2018

Mary (Jerger) Lackman, 91, of Edgeley, ND, died on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her family. Mary Jerger was born on March 12, 1927, in Mitchell Valley, NE, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Schmidt) Jerger. She attended country school and grew up […]

State

President Trump signs Farm Bill into law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a massive $867 billion farm bill that reauthorizes agriculture and conservation programs without any cuts to the food stamp program.Trump signed the bill Thursday after the Agriculture Department announced plans to tighten work requirements for recipients of food aid. Negotiations over the […]

State

Farmers Union statement: 2018 Farm Bill

Jamestown  (NDFU)  – North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne issued a statement Thursday after President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill: “We applaud our congressional delegation and the bipartisan work of the conference committee in getting a farm bill […]

State

Cargill plans to sell malt operations

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cargill plans to sell its malt operations to a European business. The Star Tribune reports that the Minnetonka-based agribusiness is seeking regulatory approvals to sell the business in the second half of 2019 to Boortmalt, a subsidiary of French-based cereal grains cooperative Axereal. Cargill says in a […]

Sports

Bracket announced, Barnes Boy’s Basketball Tournament

Valley City – The bracket for the 102nd annual Barnes County Boys Basketball Tournament has been set. Eight teams will converge on Valley City State University for the annual tournament in early January. The quarterfinals of the tournament will be played on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The semifinals are on Thursday, […]

State

Top baby names for 2018, at Sanford Health

Sioux Falls, SD   – For the second consecutive year, Emma was the most popular name for newborn girls at Sanford Health. For boys, Oliver topped the list of most popular names for 2018. Emma holds on to the top spot after ranking first in 2015 and third in 2016. […]