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Jamestown

Regional Council looking at cell phones

Jamestown (CSi) The South Central Dakota Regional Council Personnel Policy Committee report, was discussed, Monday, looking at obtaining individual business cell phones. Executive Director, Deb Kantrud noted that last month she reached the board via text message about a canceled meeting due to weather, because she was worried members wouldn’t […]

Obits

Jacob “Jake” Dosch – Dec 18, 2015

Jacob Phillip (Jake) Dosch, beloved husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law, uncle, brother, friend to so many, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 18. Jake was born in Emmons County, ND, on May 24, 1931. Jake grew up on the family farm near Strasburg, ND, and graduated from Saint Benedict’s (Emmons County) […]

Sports State

Bison are headed to championship game, again!

Frisco Tickets and Travel Information North Dakota State University has advanced to the 2016 NCAA Division I football championship game to face  Jacksonville State  at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 9th, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.  Game is slated to air on ESPN 2,  CSi 14 or via WatchESPN app.Championship […]

State

David Troske, bound over for trial

New Rockford (CSi) The New Rockford man, accused of shooting and killing Donald “Donnie” Perleberg, of Pingree, and shooting and wounding Mary Seiler, of New Rockford, on September 6, 2015 at a wedding dance at the New Rockford Eagles Club, on Friday was bound over for trial on seven charges. Those include murder. […]

State

Christmas spirit in the oil patch

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The oil industry slump is leading to layoffs in North Dakota’s oil patch, but one resident has found some surprising support. Elizabeth Garcia of Watford City has been laid off from three successive jobs since summer. Worried about buying Christmas presents for her two kids, she […]

Valley City

Button Prize, Snowman Contest winners, 2015

Valley City, (CSi) The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce held the annual Christmas In The Valley Button Prize Event, at Dutton’s Parlor, on Thursday, December 17, 2015. Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kay Vinje thanked all of the area businesses and staff members who made the […]

Sports

Viking men fall to UND in exhibition basketball

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Drick Bernstine scored a career-high 20 points and had 10 rebounds to lead North Dakota to an 80-59 victory over NAIA’s Valley City State Thursday night.        Bernstine added three assists and four steals. Quinton Hooker had 17 points and Carson Shanks chipped in […]

State

Sebastian “Buckshot” Hoffner, passes

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Sebastian Fabian “Buckshot” Hoffner, a well-known North Dakota political figure who was a key figure in the 1950s merger of the North Dakota Democratic and Non-Partisan League parties, has died at the age of 91.        The death was confirmed by St. Vincent’s Continuing Care […]

Jamestown

Jamestown Chamber of Commerce calendar

Business After Hours Sanford Health 5th Ave Clinic 904 5th Ave Tuesday, January 12, 2016 4:30-6:00 PM   Business After Hours Fairfield Inn 930 25th St SW Tuesday January 26, 2016 4:30 – 6:00 PM   85th Annual Chamber Banquet Civic Center Thursday Jan. 28, 2016 5:30 PM Currently accepting […]

Valley City

VCSU Communications program recognized

Valley City (CSi) The bachelor’s degree program in communication at Valley City State University has recently been recognized by two independent sources as one of the top online communication degrees in the nation. The program was recently ranked fourth among the top online communication degrees for 2015–16 by Affordable Colleges […]