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ND gas prices continue to drop

(CSi)August 31, 2015, Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 9.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.55/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 12.8 cents per gallon in the […]

Sports

VCSU defeats Jimmies 41-31 in opener

Jamestown (CSi)  Kurtis Walls completed 30-of-45 passes for 512 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Valley City State University Vikings to a 41-31 victory over the University of Jamestown in the Paint Bucket Game. Jimmie QB Beau Eriksson was 23 of 42 for 367 yards and 2 touchdowns. WR Michael Sena […]

Sports

Griz comeback defeats Bison

Missoula, MT – North Dakota State, the four-time defending national champions, opened its football season Saturday with a shootout in the haze-covered mountains of Montana. And when the dust cleared, the top-ranked Bison suffered a rare season-opening loss with a 38-35 setback to Montana before a nationwide ESPN television audience […]

Valley City

Runaway teen has been found

UPDATE:  per WDAY at 6:15pm Sunday  – the runaway teen, Juan Michale Gille,  has been found.  Authorities believed he was in the Valley City area or in Sioux Falls, S.D. Previously:  Valley City (CSi)  The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public if they have information as they seek […]

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Kelley: “North Dakota” not a nickname vote option

 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley says going forward as just “North Dakota” will not be an option when people affiliated with the university vote on a new nickname.        A committee in July submitted five potential nicknames that didn’t include “North Dakota.” […]

Valley City

VCSU V-500 campaign starts

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University V-500 Board of Directors kicked off the 2015-2016 campaign.  The V-500 organization conducts an annual membership drive to support academic scholarships at the university. Last year, V-500 allocated over $250,000 to academic scholarships for incoming Valley City State University students. This year […]

Sports

‘Chocolate Thunder’ Darryl Dawkins, passes

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer   Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force. The guest was Grammy Award winner Stevie Wonder. The entertainer is blind, yet even he […]

Sports

Blue Jay volleyball 2nd in preseason poll

The Jamestown Blue Jay volleyball team is picked by the coaches to finish second, this season in the WDA. Bismarck Century is picked to finish first, the Patriots have reached the state title match in each of the past four seasons. In 2013, Jamestown won the state championship and reached […]

Jamestown

Motorists reminded, detours

Jamestown (CSi) Traffic detours will remain in place through the weekend in Jamestown. Traffic traveling down 5th Avenue, hospital hill, will detour around work to replace a barrel-shaped catch basin under the street. The catch basin, part of the storm-sewer system, that recently collapsed. The concrete needs to cure before […]

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Worker falls & dies at new Viking stadium

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The contractor for the Minn Vikings stadium under construction says one worker has died and another has been injured while doing roofing work. Mortensen Construction executive John Wood says two employees of Berwald Roofing fell while working on the north side of the partially constructed stadium Wednesday […]