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Update: LaMoure Police Chief charged

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A police chief in a southeastern North Dakota town is charged with sex crimes in three southwestern counties, including allegations he had sex with a minor under the age of 15. Fifty-two-year-old James Watson is the chief of the LaMoure Police Department. He was charged Friday […]

State

Traffic stop nets drug charges, Jmst. man, Clev. woman

Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a traffic stop last Saturday,  south of Spiritwood, resulted in two individuals  facing several drug charges. Trooper Wesley Maley says, around 12:41-p.m., a  stop was conducted for a vehicle that did not have current registration. Following the stop, it was learned that […]

State

15 ND counties designated drought disaster areas

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some federal aid is being made available for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers in the Upper Midwest. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is designating 15 North Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. That paves the way for emergency loans for producers in those counties and 19 contiguous […]

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Greta Van Susteren out at MSNBC

NEW YORK (AP) — Greta Van Susteren has lost her nightly show on MSNBC, not quite six months after she started at the network. Van Susteren tweeted Thursday afternoon that “I am out at MSNBC.” The network confirmed it, and said she will be replaced at the 6 p.m. hour by a show […]

Sports

Justice Dept., gives up “Redskins” legal fight

WASHINGTON  (AP) — The Justice Department is giving up the legal fight over the name of the Washington Redskins. In a letter to a federal appeals court, the department said last week’s Supreme Court decision in favor of an Asian-American band calling itself the Slants means the NFL team will prevail […]

Celebrate

Be mindful of dry conditions, using fireworks

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Fire Chief Jim Reuther reminds residents they need to be careful when setting off  fireworks this year, and mindful concerning surroundings and the dry conditions. He adds that inspection  of firework stands is on-going in  Jamestown to make sure they are suitable for sales of fireworks. […]

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Dive teams recover body, Lake Metigoshe search

LAKE METIGOSHE, N.D. — A volunteer searcher discovered the body of 56-year-old Kelly Krebsbach shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday in a northwest North Dakota lake. Krebsbach had been missing since last Saturday in Lake Metigoshe when the pontoon he was operating was discovered with the motor running and no one […]

Jamestown

Stutsman sobriety check point June 30

Jamestown  (CSi)   North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint during the overnight hours of June 30, 2017,  at a predetermined location in Stutsman County. Saturation patrols will follow through Saturday. The Patrol says, impaired driving continues to be a problem in North Dakota. This year, 17 people […]

Sports

UND, Montana agree, home-and-home series

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota and University of Montana have agreed to play a home-and-home series in football during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The teams will play in Grand Forks on Sept. 7, 2024, and in Missoula on Sept. 13, 2025. The Fighting Hawks […]

State

Pilot dies, crop sprayer crashes, Sargent Co.

GWINNER, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of crop spraying plane, 45 year old John Goerger of Barney, North Dakota, has been killed in a crash in Sargent County. Sheriff Travis Paeper says crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday about 8 miles west of Gwinner. Paeper says dense […]