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North Dakota wages continue to decline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Wages have declined in North Dakota for the second consecutive year.Total wages decreased 8 percent in 2016 after dropping 2 percent in 2015. The average annual wage also saw a nearly 4 percent drop to nearly $48,900 statewide. The state’s oil and gas extraction wages dropped […]

Sports

Sports teams donate millions, Harvey disaster relief

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets and owner Leslie Alexander have upped their donation to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts to $10 million. Alexander pledged $4 million to Houston mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund on Monday before announcing that he’d donate $10 million to help victims affected by catastrophic […]

Obits

Juliana Lynn Flaska – Aug 27, 2017

Juliana Lynn Flaska, 40, of Jamestown, ND died at her home Sunday evening, August 27, 2018. She was the loving wife of John; forever remembered and loved by children, Amy, Michele, Tristen, Dakotah, and Wyatt; daughter of Douglas L. Cartwright and Norma L. (Brockman) Micholes. No services will be held […]

State

Violent ending, Savanna’s life, autopsy report

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a missing North Dakota woman whose body was found in the Red River had been violently killed. Fargo police announced Tuesday that 22-year-old Savanna Greywind’s cause of death was homicidal violence. Investigators didn’t release further details of a preliminary autopsy on Greywind, who was […]

Jamestown

USDA funds Jmst Regional Entrepreneur Center

Washington (CSi)  – US Rep Kevin Cramer announced the USDA Rural Development has awarded money to nine different ND. One of the projects being funded is the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center, as the University of Jamestown receives $63,415, to provide technical assistance to assist entrepreneurs and innovators in developing and launching […]

State

Phone scammer claims to be computer tech

Valley City  (CSi)  A number of Valley City, New Rockford, and Bismarck residents, have received what are scam phone calls, claiming to be representatives from Microsoft or Windows. The caller claims to be  a computer tech  and then with your permission remotely accesses your computer and then proceeds to lock […]

State

Jmst, VC join statewide crackdown, texting, driving

Bismarck  (CSi)  North Dakota law enforcement agencies including Jamestown and Valley City Police Departments will be cracking down on texting and driving, in September, beginning September 5, 2017. The campaign is being funded by a federal government grant administered through the North Dakota Department of Transportation. Composing, reading or sending […]

Sports

Jays No. 5 in latest football poll

 The Jamestown Blue Jays  come in at the  No. 5 spot in the first  Class  A football poll of the season. The Blue Jays  were defeated by  No. 2  Fargo Shanley 14-7 on Friday. Jamestown’s  home opener  is Friday against Watford City (0-1) at 7 p.m. Bismarck St. Mary’s got […]

State

Crews, Hoehn charged, conspiracy to commit murder

FARGO, N.D. (AP) —  Prosecutors in North Dakota say a woman charged in the disappearance of Savanna Greywind admitted taking advantage of the pregnant woman in an attempt to get her baby. But charges filed Monday against Brooke Lynn Crews and her boyfriend, William Hoehn, don’t shed any light on […]

Sports

Grouse & Partridge season opens Sept 9

Bismarck  (CSi)  The State game and Fish Department advises hunters that North Dakota’s popular hunting seasons for grouse and partridge will open Saturday, September 9, 2017. State Game and Fish Department upland game biologist R.J. Gross says hunters will likely see fewer sharptails and Huns compared to last year, while […]