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Belly Putter Ban Coming ?

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) – Golf is proposing to ban the putting stroke used by three of the last five major champions. The sport’s ruling bodies announced a new rule Wednesday that would make it illegal to anchor the club in making a stroke. The proposed rule is aimed at […]

Obits

Patricia Bracken – Nov 25, 2012

Patricia Bracken passed away peacefully at her home in Jamestown on Sunday, November 25, 2012. Patricia was born on March 17, 1934 in North Dakota. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 29, 2012 at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown. Interment: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, N.D.

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4th Person Arrested, Invasion – Burglery

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a fourth person suspected of being involved in a home invasion armed robbery in the Cass County town of Chaffee.      The sheriff’s office says the 27-year-old man from Moorhead, Minn., was arrested Monday afternoon. Three other suspects had been arrested earlier that […]

Sports

Frmr Baseball Union Leader, Miller Dies

NEW YORK (AP) – Marvin Miller, the union leader who created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized professional sports with multimillion dollar contracts, died Tuesday.  He was 95.      Miller died at his home in Manhattan at 5:30 a.m., said his daughter Susan Miller. He had been diagnosed with […]

Sports

Injury Free Deer Season

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department says no injury accidents were reported in the state during this year’s deer gun hunting season. Last year there were five hunting-related incidents reported, with two fatalities. Game and Fish hunter education coordinator Zach Peterson says more advertisements about safety […]

Obits

Clarence Schlecht – Nov 23, 2012

Clarence Schlecht, 88, Medina, ND died Friday November 23, 2012 at the Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND. Clarence was born March 20, 1924 near Fredonia, ND, the son of Rudolph Schlecht and Magdelina (Gunsch) Schlecht. In 1929 his family moved to a farm SE of Medina. He attended the local […]

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Darrel Wayne Fairfield – Nov 24, 2012

Darrel Wayne Fairfield, Jr., 72, of Jamestown, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012. Darrel “Darry” was born June 27, 1940, the son of Darrel, Sr. “Jake” and Lorraine (Kennison) Fairfield at Jamestown Hospital. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Lutheran Church.  He grew up in Eldridge, ND and […]

State

Oil Boom Affects Western Refineries

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – The oil boom in the Great Plains states is affecting refineries and a port in Washington.  Trains from North Dakota and Montana are delivering crude oil to the U.S. Oil and Refining Company refinery in Tacoma and the Tesoro refinery near Anacortes. BP has applied for […]

State

Judge Throws Out Grand Jury Probe

BISMARCK (AP Nov 26, 2012) — A petition filed in Dunn County seeking a grand jury investigation into whether oil industry campaign contributions to Gov. Jack Dalrymple amount to bribery has been thrown out by a judge. South Central District Court Judge William Herauf ruled Wednesday that there weren’t enough […]