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Boys hockey tourney starts

The State West Region Boy’s Hockey  Tournament Schedule, Thursday at Pepsi Arena in Minot: #1 Bismarck Century vs. #8 Williston        11:00am #4 Dickinson vs. #5 Jamestown                     1:15pm #2 Bismarck High vs. #7 Mandan            […]

Sports

Class A boy’s, girl’s Bball polls, B girl’s poll

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)- In the penultimate Class A basketball polls, the Bismarck Century girls and Fargo Davies boys teams remain unanimous top selections, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record, and […]

State

Multiple deaths shooting at Florida high school

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities responded to a shooting at a Florida high school Wednesday afternoon and the school was placed on  locked down. The school District Superintendent Wednesday afternoon indicated multiple fatalities, and that the alleged  shooter identified as Nicholas Cruz,  was taken into custody, without incident, an 18 […]

State

Mitt Romney running for US Senate in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is running for the Senate in Utah. Three people with direct knowledge of the plan say Romney will formally launch his campaign in a video on Thursday. His first public appearance as a Senate candidate will come Friday in […]

Obits

Herbert Herman – February 11, 2018

Herbert Herman, 102, formerly of Gackle and recently of Bismarck, N.D., passed away early Sunday morning, Feb. 11, 2018. Herbert was hospitalized in San Jose, Calif., at the time of his death. He was born on a farm south of Gackle on Dec. 24, 1915, to Jacob and Ottille (Roloff) […]

Celebrate

Walk the Plank, Polar Pigs nets $14K, JRMC Hospice

Update Jamestown (CSi)  The 2018 Annual Polar Pig, Walk the Plank to raise donations for the JRMC Hospice program  raised a total of $14,000. Organizer Don Wegner says the figure represents donations, plus a $4,000 matching grant, with Giving Hearts Day. He pointed out the number of plungers this year […]

Jamestown

JHS in LifeSmarts finals competition, Wed

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office reports, ten teams of students from seven North Dakota High Schools will compete in the LifeSmarts state finals in Bismarck Wednesday. In a news release Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says, the competition will be held on at the Heritage Center on the […]

Jamestown

New name, “Great Plains Housing Authority”

Jamestown  (Cassie DuBray) 50 years after doing business, Stutsman County Housing Authority has changed its name to Great Plains Housing Authority. The Stutsman County Commission approved the name change and additional housing board members at its meeting on February 6, 2018. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

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Comedian Marty Allen passes, 95

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Comedian and actor Marty Allen has died in Las Vegas. He was 95. His spokeswoman Candi Cazau says Allen died Monday night of complications from pneumonia. His wife and performing partner Karon Kate Blackwell was by his side. The baby-faced, bug-eyed comic whose catchphrase was “hello […]