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Winner steps forward, $758.7 million jackpot

Update… BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts woman who won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has quit her job at the hospital where she worked for three decades and says she wants to relax. Fifty-three-year-old Mavis L. Wanczyk, of Chicopee, worked at Mercy Medical Center for 32 years. She says […]

State

Foster Water Resource board’s delay violated law

Bismarck  (CSi)  Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued his opinion on whether the Foster County Water Resource Board unreasonably delayed providing requested records. The release says, the Foster County Water Resource Board received a request for copies of minutes for meetings during a certain time period where there was a […]

State

New law improves veterans claims appeal process

Washington  (CSi)  – Senator John Hoeven Wednesday announced that the President has signed into law bipartisan legislation he cosponsored to update and improve the benefit claims appeals process at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, which was passed unanimously by the […]

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Farmers Union unveils renewable energy initiative

Jamestown  (CSi-NDFU) National Farmers Union (NFU), in conjunction with North Dakota Farmers Union and other state divisions, Wednesday unveiled an initiative to advance federal policies that support U.S. renewable energy sources.   The initiative will promote legislative and regulatory solutions to expand markets for higher blends of ethanol, like E30, […]

Sports

Robert Lee not working ESPN game at Virgina

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee will not work Virginia’s season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A spokeswoman for ESPN says Lee has been moved to Youngstown State’s game at Pittsburgh on […]

Sports

Cavs send Irving to Celts in trade

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers have granted Kyrie Irving’s request and traded the All-Star guard to the Boston Celtics for star guard Isaiah Thomas, Jr.,  forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Zizic and a 2018 first-round draft pick. Irving had asked Cavs owner Dan Gilbert to trade him so he […]

Sports

Blue Jays volleyball No. 1 in preseason poll

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown High volleyball team is #1 in the  WDA  preseason coaches poll. West Region Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll (First-place votes in Parenthesis) Team Points 1. Jamestown (6) 75 2. Century (3) 73 3. Bismarck 63 4. Legacy (1) 61 5. (tie) Minot/Mandan 44 7. Dickinson 33 8. St. Mary’s […]

Obits

Margaret Rose Pfeifer – Aug 22, 2017

Margaret Rose Pfeifer, 90, Fargo, N.D., died Tuesday, Aug. 22, in St. Aloisius Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4-7:30 p.m., with a vigil service at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24 at Maryvale Convent Chapel in Valley City, N.D. Visitation will continue from 2:30-3:30 p.m., followed by the funeral Mass […]

Jamestown

Child car seat safety checkup Aug 23

Jamestown  (CSi)  Ninety percent of car seats are used incorrectly, according to Head Start and Jamestown Regional Medical Center Family BirthPlace. Two groups are sponsoring a free car seat safety checkup from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 at Head Start 1411 12th Ave. NE (N.D. Highway 20 […]