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Otter Tail Power agrees to buy Merricourt wind farm

Merricourt, N.D.  (CSi) Otter Tail Power Company  announces that they have signed agreements to purchase a 150-megawatt wind farm in the Merricourt area, 15 miles south of Edgeley, in Southeastern North Dakota. EDF renewable Energy will design and build the wind farm, costing more than $250 million to construct.   It […]

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Jamestown airport boardings near 1000/mth

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports Jamestown airline boardings in October this year were at 991. That compares to 782 in October of 2015, 489 in October of 2014, and 246 in October of 2013. The year to date Jamestown boardings were at 9,351, compared to 6,397 through […]

Jamestown

Tourism approves grant, dollars for fireworks

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism’s Grant Executive Advisory Board met Thursday at Historic Franklin School.  Board Members present were: Janna Bergstedt, Matt Woods, and Mitzi Hager. Also present, Ex-Offico Member Jamestown City Council Member Pam Phillips, who is also on the Full Tourism Board. A grant request was approved from the […]

Sports

Vikes sign kicker Kai Forbath

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Kai (KY’) Forbath is the new kicker for the Minnesota Vikings. He replaces Blair Walsh who was cut after missing four PAT’s against the Redskins. Forbath, who has agreed to a contract with the Vikings, kicked for New Orleans in 10 games last season after […]

Jamestown

High Risk Sex Offender, again, changes address

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police is warning residents that A high-risk convicted sex offender has changed his address, again. 33 year old  Keith Lee Zonneville, now resides at 104 4th Avenue, Southwest  Jamestown, ND.  He does not own a vehicle. Zonneville is a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing […]

State

ND September oil production dips

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil production decreased by more than 10,000 barrels a day in September. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 971,658 barrels of oil daily in September, down from 982,011 barrels a day in August. The September tally was the […]

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Another round of FCA transmission recalls

DETROIT (AP) — Software designed to fix confusing gear shifters on 1.1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles didn’t work on 29,000 of them. Now the owners are being asked to return to dealers for another try. The new software was supposed to make the cars and SUVs shift into park when […]

Valley City

Heating assistance applications, being received

Valley City  (CSi)  Applications for the North Dakota Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program are being accepted at the Barnes County Social Services Office, at the Barnes County Courthouse, in Room 102. Applications are being accepted now through May 31, 2017. A new application must be completed each year to […]

Jamestown

Talking Trail gets healthy

Jamestown  (CSi)  Central Valley Health District has created a Downtown Jamestown Health Walk. It utilizes the new Jamestown Tourism, Talking Trail project to encourage more residents to participate in regular exercise, and at the same time learn more about local history. Get Fit & Explore is a 1.5-mile downtown walking […]

State

Republicans re-nominate House Speaker, Paul Ryan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have re-nominated Paul Ryan to be House speaker when next year’s GOP-led Congress starts working on President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. House Republicans picked the Wisconsin Republican at a closed-door meeting Tuesday. This, even though some hard-right GOP lawmakers say Ryan has not been a sufficiently aggressive […]