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Almeda “Amy” Wiest – Apr 28, 2017

Almeda “Amy” Wiest, age 84, of Valley City, ND, died Friday, April 28th at her residence in Valley City. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, May 4th at Grace Free Lutheran Church in Valley City. Visitation will be held one hour before the service on […]

Jamestown

AAUW used bookstore open at 601 1st Ave S

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown AAUW Used Bookstore opened Monday May 1 at a new location. It is sharing the new location with the Dakota Store and Jamestown Volunteer Center. The new site is at 601 1st Avenue, South. Store hours are 10am – 5pm Monday through Friday and selected Saturdays. AAUW […]

Jamestown

Jamestown Citywide Cleanup May 1-6

Jamestown  (CSi)  The first day of Citywide Cleanup in Jamestown, Monday,  collected 56.66 tons of debris in Southeast Jamestown. City officials say that’s about 3 tons more than the first day picked up in 2016. Sanitation Department scale clerk Joey Cotton, reminds residents that tires and electronics including TVs, should […]

Sports

Bird resigns as Pacers President . . again

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird made it official Monday and announced his resignation as the Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations. It’s the second time in five years he has walked away from Indiana’s top front office position. General manager Kevin Pritchard will replace Bird as the Pacers’ top decision-maker. […]

Sports

UJ, VCSU post-season NSAA baseball, softball

MADISON, S.D. – (PlayNorthStar.com) –The brackets for the 2017 North Star Athletic Association Postseason Baseball Tournament are set. Jamestown and Valley City State  will be this year’s conference tournament host sites, with the opening round starting on Friday, May 5. Top eight seeds advance to the NSAA Baseball Postseason Conference […]

Jamestown

Dry conditions, rural weekend fires

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Fire Danger Index is in the high range,  as officials urge caution with burning. The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to  grass fires Saturday, April 29th. Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says fire fighters responded to two fires burning  roughly one acre each with […]

State

ND average gas prices drop last week

North Dakota, ND, May 1, 2017  (CSi) – Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.31/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.7 […]

Sports

VCSU athletes win titles, Al Cassell Relays

Valley City   (Mark Potts, VCSU)  Valley City State track and field athletes Lenzel Koskela and Seri Geisler both won individual event titles on Saturday during the Al Cassell Relays in Jamestown. Koskela ran the top time in the conference this season as he won the men’s 400 meter dash, while […]

Sports

Weekend sports

High School Baseball.. Friday… Williston 2 Jamestown 0 Jamestown 4 Williston 0   College Baseball… Saturday… Jamestown 8 VCSU 4 VCSU 3 Jamestown 2   Sunday… Jamestown 12 VCSU 2 Jamestown 5 VCSU 4   College Softball… Saturday… Jamestown 8 VCSU 1 Jamestown 3 VCSU 1   Sunday… Jamestown 8 […]

Jamestown

Weekend fire calls

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out Sunday afternoon just after 1-p.m., to a grass fire at the river bank  Klaus Park, where a small patch 25 by 10 yards was burned. Lt. Sheldon Mohr says five units and 22 city fire fighters were on the scene […]