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High Winds Affecting Travel Friday January 17

January 17: The North Dakota Highway Patrol is urging all motorists to travel with care. Highwinds are occurring throughout North Dakota. During these conditions, high-profile, long-load type, and permitted over dimensional vehicleshave restricted travel. North Dakota law restricts movement for these vehicles when wind or otherconditions may cause the vehicle […]

Jamestown

Garbage Pickup Change for week of Jan 20-24

Please note that due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday, there will beNO garbage or recycling collection on Monday, January 20, 2025.All routes will be delayed one day. City offices will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025. Regular hours willresume Tuesday, January 21, 2025. For questions regarding […]

Obits

Keith Rath – Wed January 15, 2025

Keith Rodney Rath, born on April 1, 1948, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to Samuel and Edna (Hoff) Rath, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2025, in Jamestown, North Dakota after a courageous battle with dementia. A devoted husband of 52 years to Jan (Thorstenson) Rath, Keith was the proud father […]

Obits

Dorothy Boom – Tues January 14, 2025

The funeral service for Dorothy M. Boom, 90, Jamestown, ND, formerly of Marion, ND, will be 1 pm Monday, January 20, 2025, at North Marion Reformed Church, rural Marion.  Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.  Burial will be in the North Marion Cemetery in the […]

Obits

Darrell Martin – Tues January 14, 2025

Darrell Martin, 80, Wimbledon, ND, died Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at CHI Mercy Health in Valley City, ND. Darrell D. Martin was born March 5th, 1944, at Petersville Township ND the first child of 6 to Johnny & Lydia Martin. When He was 3 years old, he moved with his […]

State

Ramsey County Single Vehicle Serious Injury Crash

NDHP – A 2002 Ford Ranger was westbound on US Highway 2, en-route from Lakota to Devils Lake. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway, entered the north ditch, and continued into a tree row, striking several trees prior to coming to rest within the tree row. The […]

State

Williams County North Dakota Fatal Crash

NDHP – On Thursday January 16, 2025, at 07:11 AM CT, a 1998 Jeep Wrangler beingdriven by Terrence Jones Sr. 54 year old male from Minot was traveling west on Highway 2 near mile marker 49. The vehicle entered the center median and overturned. Jones was transported by the Ray […]

State

January is National Radon Action Month

BISMARCK – During National Radon Action Month, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality reminds residents that cold weather months are a great time to test their homes for radon, a leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon-related illness claims more than 21,000 lives in the United States annually. […]