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Lorence “Larry” Bessette – Sept 15, 2018

Lorence Larry Bessette, age 79, of Valley City, ND, died Sun Sept 15 at his residence under CHI Hospice Care. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sat Sept 22 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Valley City. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at […]

Sports

Baseball – AAA teams announce affiliate changes

MIAMI (AP) — Players joining the Washington Nationals from their Triple-A affiliate will have to take some redeye flights the next two seasons. The Nationals announced Tuesday that they’ve signed a two-year player-development contract with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League. Fresno replaces Syracuse as the Nationals’ Triple-A […]

State

Robinson: Funding needed, additional cybersecurity

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota information technology officials want to more than quadruple the number of cybersecurity experts to guard against a growing number of threats to state data systems. North Dakota Information Technology Department Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley told a bipartisan panel of lawmakers Tuesday that his […]

Sports

Vikings have signed kicker Dan Bailey

(AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed kicker Dan Bailey as the replacement for rookie Daniel Carlson, who missed field goal attempts of 48, 49 and 35 yards in Sunday’s 29-29 tie at Green Bay. Bailey is the second-most-accurate field goal kicker in NFL history at more than 88 percent, […]

Valley City

VCSU sets enrollment record fall term 2018

Valley City  (VCSU)  VCSU has set an enrollment record with a total headcount of 1,547 students and an undergraduate headcount of 1,404 students, according to the official fall term 2018 figures released by the university. The total enrollment figure of 1,547 exceeds the previous record of 1,522 set in the […]

Obits

Edward Ed Spitzer – Sept 15, 2018

Edwin Ed Spitzer, age 94, of Valley City, ND, died Sat Sept 15 at  Sheyenne Care Center.  A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM on Friday, Sept 21 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Valley City.  Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM […]

State

ND Medical Response Team, to N.C., hurricane aid

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Department of Health, Emergency Preparedness and Response section will deploy two Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) medical response teams to Raleigh, N.C. this week. The teams are comprised of 28 registered nurses, paramedics and EMTs. They will assist the hurricane-impacted state in medical shelters supporting […]

Jamestown

Early Voting Special Election, School Bond

(CSi)  Early Voting for the Jamestown Public  School District’s Special Election to consider the $34.4 million general obligation school building bond started September 10, with Early Voting for school district residents Monday Through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stutsman County Courthouse. Election day hours on September 25, […]