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Board of Adjustments meets May 18 Island Park variance

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Board of Adjustments will meet Thursday May 18, 2017 at 8-a.m. in the City Hall conference room. Members will address variance requests for property at 1514 Island Park Drive. At the May 1, 2017 City Council meeting the Council heard from Greg Spenningsby, concerning more transparency […]

Sports

Fall deer licenses increasing

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of licenses being issued for North Dakota’s 2017  fall deer hunt is increasing for a second straight year, after seven years of declines from a record high. The 54,500 licenses approved by the Game and Fish Department are 26 percent higher than the recent […]

State

Six legged calf born near Beulah ND

BEULAH, N.D. (AP) — A calf born seemingly healthy at a North Dakota ranch has an extra set of limbs hanging off its neck. State Veterinarian Susan Keller says that the calf could’ve been born with one of two disorders, polydactyly or polymelia. With polymelia the extra limbs are often […]

State

GM extends some warranties, older vehicles

DETROIT (AP) – General Motors is extending the warranty on thousands of older cars and SUVs after the U.S. government began investigating complaints that the headlights can suddenly go dark. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started the probe last month after getting 128 complaints about low-beam headlight failures. The […]

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Trump threatens to end daily news briefings

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out in a series of tweets Friday morning amid a firestorm over the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, defending the shifting narrative and timeline his administration has offered for the decision. He questioned whether his administration should cancel all future press […]

Sports

VCSU Track & Field takes 2 NSAA events

VCSU  (Mark Potts)   Seri Giesler defended her championship in the javelin and Dennis Gonzalez won the 10,000 meter in the first day of The NSAA Track and Field Championships Thursday in Jamestown. The top three finishers in each event earn All Conference at the meet, while the top six finishers […]

Jamestown

More collected in this years citywide cleanup

Jamestown  (CSi) City crews collected 210 tons of items in the city wide  cleanup.  Jamestown’s Sanitation scale clerk Joey Cotton says,   there were 209.62 tons collected from residences. He adds, that’ s about 24 tons more than was collected in 2016. He notes that  items were put out that were […]

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New Town lottery player claims prize

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Powerball player has claimed a prize worth $150,000. The North Dakota Lottery says the winner from New Town claimed the prize Thursday. The winner wants to remain anonymous, but the lottery says she played her favorite set of numbers which she has played […]

Sports

Jimmie baseball gets a-large NAIA Tourney invite

Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown baseball team has received one of the 15 at-large bids into the NAIA Baseball Opening Round tournaments. The Jimmies (40-19) are the No. 4 seed in the Tabor, Kansas bracket, and plays  Concordia (Neb.) the No. 5 seed, on Monday, May 15, 2017 at […]

Obits

Dolores M. “Lory” Wanzek – May 10, 2017

Dolores M. “Lory” Wanzek, 86, of rural Courtenay, ND, passed away Wednesday afternoon, May 10, 2017 at Ave Maria Village, Jamestown, ND. Dolores was born November 19, 1930, in Corrine Township, near Courtenay, the daughter of Albert and Pauline (Stamka) Siebert. She graduated from Courtenay High School in 1948. Dolores […]