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ND 2016 crime rate per capita drops

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says North Dakota’s crime rate per capita last year dropped 0.5 percent from 2015, despite a spike in the number of drug arrests. The data from the annual crime report was released Friday and provides statistics for crimes ranging from murder to […]

State

ND jobless rate record low since 1976

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Dakota’s unemployment rate fell to 2.3 percent, a record low for the state dating back to 1976 and tying for lowest in the nation with Colorado. Tennessee’s rate of 3.6 percent is also a record low for that state. Hiring rose last month in 14 U.S. […]

Sports

United Way hosting Golf Scramble Aug. 19

Jamestown (CSi)    The United Way of Stutsman County is hosting its second annual 18-hole Four Person Golf Scramble Saturday August 19, 2017 at the Jamestown Country Club. Registration is at 11:00 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 12:00 p.m. A hamburger bar will be available for additional purchase […]

State

Latest: White House shakeup, Spicer resigns

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer is resigning his position. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus says he supports incoming communications director Anthony Scaramucci “100 percent.” His comments come moments after White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned over Scaramucci’s hiring. The Latest on changes to the […]

Jamestown

Jamestown Fire Dept Run Report

Reports for July 6 – 20, 2017 Call No. 144    July 7th, 2:46PM, ready squad responded to 2619 8th Ave SW, Cricket Wireless, to investigate smoke smell.  Firefighters checked for smoke/fire and smoke was detected. Cause-smoking materials between outside wall and inside wall. Time out 20 minutes.   Call No. […]

Valley City

Public forum 2017 legislative impacts July 27

Valley City  (CSi)  The “What in the World Is Going On?’ Program will sponsor a forum, Thursday July 27  at 7-p.m. at the Hi-Liner Activity Center, in Valley City. The program will address impacts that the 2017 legislature will have on the community. Co-event coordinator Sharon Buhr says community leaders […]

Sports

2 tennis tournaments set

Jamestown  (CSi)   The 10th annual Jamestown Youth Open tennis tournament will be held Aug. 11-13 in Jamestown. The USTA-sanctioned event is open to boys’ and girls’ singles and doubles players, ages 8 to 18. To register, go to usta.com and search tournaments for “Jamestown Youth Open” or by tournament ID: […]

State

USDA adds more emergency grazing & haying acres

Washington  (CSi)  Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Thursday announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has opened additional conservation acres for emergency grazing and haying for areas of North Dakota affected by severe drought. These […]

Jamestown

Start of residential recycling delayed until Sept 2017

Jamestown (CSi)  The start of Jamestown’s residential recycling program is delayed until September 2017. Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Becky Thatcher-Keller, on The Wayne Byers Show recorded for Friday July 21st said the city has informed her that the delay stems from an equipment issue with the new […]