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Cramer named to 5 senate committees

Washington (Rep Cramer’s Office) – The Senate Republican Conference announced North Dakota Senator-elect Kevin Cramer has been named to the following five committees: Armed Services, Environment and Public Works, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Veterans Affairs, and Budget. Senator-Elect Cramer says, “I am grateful to Leader McConnell and his team for accommodating my committee requests. My goal […]

Sports

Class A Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball Polls

Class A Basketball Polls (First-place votes in parenthesis) Third poll Boys Team Rec. Pts. 1. Fargo Davies (17) 6-0 93 2. Jamestown (2) 4-0 76 3. West Fargo Sheyenne 7-0 59 4. Mandan 3-2 18 5. Bismarck Legacy 5-1 16 Others receiving votes: Minot (3-1), West Fargo (4-0), Bismarck High […]

Obits

Merlin L. Trapp – Dec 18,2018

Merlin L. Trapp, 77, Marion, N.D., died Tuesday, Dec. 18, in CHI Mercy Hospital. Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21, at Epworth United Methodist Church in Valley City. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at the church. […]

Jamestown

High Risk sex offender changes Jamestown address

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Police are warning Jamestown residents that a convicted sex offender has changed his Jamestown address. now resides at 518 9th Avenue, SE, Jamestown, ND His vehicle is a 1979 Chevrolet Scottsdale, with North Dakota License Plate:  147BZR Whitetail Sr. is a 62 year old American Indian male,  […]

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Federal Reserve hikes key interest rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year. The quarter-point hike, to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent, lifted the Fed’s […]

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U.S. to withdraw troops from Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Donald Trump declared victory in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants there. Planning for the pullout has begun and troops will begin leaving as […]

State

ND legislature to revisit lifting Blue Law

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two Fargo lawmakers say the time is ripe to repeal Sunday business restrictions in North Dakota that have been in place since statehood and rooted in religious tradition. Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson and Republican Rep. Shannon Roers Jones are sponsoring nearly identical legislation aimed at stripping […]

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ND reaches all-time population high this year

BISMARCK, N.D. (Dec. 19, 2018) – Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday welcomed the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau that show North Dakota’s population reached an all-time high of 760,077 residents as of July 1, 2018, an increase of 4,901 from last year’s revised estimate.   “We’re excited to see […]

Sports

UJ’s Purintun named GPAC Player of the Week

Jamestown (uj.edu)   Jon Purintun (SR/Linton, ND) has been selected as the Great Plains Athletic Conference/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday morning. Purintun averaged 27.3 points per game in helping the Jimmies to a 3-0 record last week. In Jamestown’s 87-73 win […]

Obits

Daisie Brooks – Dec 17, 2018

Daisie Brooks, 86, Jamestown, ND died Monday December 17, 2018 at Eventide at Hi-Acres in Jamestown, ND. Daisie Hazer was born January 2, 1932 at Jamestown, ND, the daughter of Henry and Rena (French) Hazer. She attended school at Woodworth and graduated from Jamestown High School. She and Burnett Brooks […]