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Church offers picnic, disc golf Jul 25

Jamestown  (CSi)  Everyone is welcome as First Congregational United Church of Christ in Jamestown is holding a disc golf tournament and picnic Saturday, July 25, 2015. The family event is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., gathering in the Klaus Park picnic shelter. The Rev. Martin Nussbaum and the Women’s […]

Sports

UND nickname narrowed

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The University of North Dakota says a committee facilitating the selection of a new school nickname has chosen five possibilities to be brought to a public vote.        The school said in a news release that the committee agreed at its last meeting Tuesday […]

State

National Guard troops return home

Fargo (CSi)   Soldiers of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Fargo-based 231st Brigade Support Battalion Logistical Support Element (BSB LSE) returned home from a nearly yearlong deployment overseas today. The group of 15 Soldiers arrived on two separate flights this evening, with one landing at Hector International Airport here and […]

Valley City

Barnes Commission approves funding request

Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Commission, on a 4-1 vote has approved a funding request, from Valley City/Barnes County Development, for the National Guard facility. Barnes County Commissioner Rodger Berntson told Valley City Barnes County Director of Development Jennifer Feist he would not support a Development Corporation funding request […]

State

Corporate farming law goes to June 2016 ballot

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A group that wants to block a new law that relaxes North Dakota’s Depression-era ban against corporate farming has successfully pushed the matter to a public vote. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says his office has verified that submitted petitions have enough valid signatures to put […]

Jamestown

LUTP includes downtown library area, enhancements

Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System’s Development Director, Bill Kennedy says the Jamestown Land Use and Transportation Plan includes enhancements to Alfred Dickey Library as part of the downtown improvements. He told board members that “improvements outlined in the area includes parking, and safety, issues are being addressed, […]

Jamestown

Mosquito spraying continues in Jmst

Jamestown (CSi) Mosquito spraying continues in Jamestown in an on-going basis, with more spraying in late-summer when mosquitoes become more aggressive. Jamestown Street Department foreman, Harold Sad, says the northeast and to some extent the northwest neighborhoods of Jamestown have experienced large numbers of mosquitoes over the entire summer, He […]

Obits

Phyllis Hochhalter – Jul 18, 2015

Phyllis Hochhalter, 86, of Jamestown, ND, died Saturday, July 18, 12015 at Ave Maria Village with her family by her side. Phyllis Mae was born August 14, 1928 in Glendive, MT, the daughter of Peter and Rachel (Opp) Moser. She received her education in Medina, ND and graduated in 1946. […]

Obits

Hada Bedker – Jul 18, 2015

Hada Bedker, 100, of Edgeley, ND, passed away Saturday morning, July 18, 2015 at Manor St. Joseph, Edgeley. Hada Matilda Derry was born on February 28, 1915, in Kingsbury County, SD, the youngest of 13 children to Sherman T. and Matilda J. (Brown) Derry. She attended school in the area […]