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Park & Rec holds line on mill levy

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Park Board has unanimously approved keeping the property tax mill levy at 31.5 mills for 2015. Due to an increase in Stutsman County property values there will be over $78,000 in general fund budget revenue. The Park Board has certified a tax levy mill rate […]

Sports

Bison football still atop polls

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University remains atop both Football Championship Subdivision polls after an off week. The Bison got all 26 of the first-place votes in this week’s coaches’ poll and all but eight of the 161 first-place votes in The Sports Network Poll. The Bison are […]

Jamestown

Highway 281 South lane closure

Jamestown  (CSi)   The Jamestown City Engineer’s Office informs motorists that Beginning  Thursday, October 2, 2014, HWY 281 South will be reduced to one lane each way, north and south bound, in the areas of 20th St SW and 25th St SW for median repair work. The center lane each way […]

Sports

Wetland conditions good duck hunting

Bismarck (CSi)  The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey indicates good to excellent wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout most of the state. Mike Szymanski, migratory game bird biologist, said the northwest has a near-record number of wetlands, while the rest of the state has wetland […]

State

ND median income rises

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s unprecedented oil bonanza has boosted the state’s median household income to record levels.        But state demographer Kevin Iverson says the male-dominated energy industry also is widening the wage gap between men and women.        U.S. Census data show the median earnings […]

Valley City

VCSU presidential search narrows to 5

Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University presidential search committee met in Valley City Tuesday. The committee interviewed nine candidates via distance-learning technology. Each interview lasted approximately 45 minutes with a 10-minute break in between. Board Chair Kirsten Diederich who also chairs the presidential search committee, says, “Today’s interviews […]

Valley City

VCFD recruiting volunteers

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – The Valley City fire department is actively seeking recruits, for volunteers. Fire Chief Gary Retterath says people sometimes don’t want to commit because of their families, children and jobs. He says volunteers have to work harder when there is less personnel. He adds that it […]

State

Carrington bank robber to plead guilty

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man says he will plead guilty to robbing a Carrington bank in October 2013. Authorities say Antoine Williams, of Willow City, came away with more than $6,200 after handing a threatening note to a teller at Gate City Bank. He was arrested later […]

Sports

UJ Athletic Hall of Fame inductees

Jamestown  (CSi) 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Brent Krause, Brent Lucas, the late Dick Karlgaard, the 2004 Jamestown College Baseball Team, and the 2000 – 2001 Jamestown College Golf Team, plus Rollie Greeno Award recipients James Haussler and Robert Tews were recognized at the Hall of Fame Breakfast hosted […]

Jamestown Obits

Charlotte H. Hansen – Sept 28, 2014

Charlotte H. Hansen, long time resident of Jamestown, ND and Sun Lakes, AZ, passed away peacefully on September 28th at her home in St Anthony, MN. Charlotte was born on June 1, 1922 in Jamestown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon H. Hansen. Her mother and stepfather […]