Jamestown Sun

BISMARCK — State regulators granted a permit Wednesday for a high-voltage power line that will cross the area of an 1864 battle between American Indians and Army soldiers in western North Dakota. The Basin Electric Power Cooperative project still needs federal approval. The three-member...

April 1 came and passed without a lot of fanfare covering new regulations for North Dakota’s gathering pipelines which transport oil and gas from the well pad to interstate pipelines and processing facilities. The new rules are important and a sign that the industry is taking responsible...

I am tired of thinking about what is happening to people every day who use tobacco. I know that this is a free country, but why do we let people sell things that can kill you? I am asking if people could help shut down tobacco companies. It sure would make the world a better pla...

 Fargo once again finds itself in the national spotlight, thanks to the recent launch of “Fargo,” the television series airing on FX, a nod to the 1996 Coen brothers movie “Fargo.” As with the movie, the series’ connection to Fargo is slim. There’s a strikingly different...

Back surgery is a spooky proposition for any athlete, even a young guy. It hasn’t done much to slow down Rudy Strnad, however. After sitting out last season after going under the knife, the junior from Parker, Colo., has returned to play a key role for the University of Jamestown...

Three Jamestown High School football players have been selected to play in the North Dakota Shrine Bowl. Rob Bollinger, Taylor Orr and Marc Wagner have been chosen to play on the 11-man West team in the game, which will be played July 13 at 4 p.m. in Fargo. The games are being played...

    April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. food and grain-handling companies ConAgra Foods Inc,Cargill Inc and CHS Inc have moved closer to sealing a deal to merge their North American flour mill operations by agreeing to sell four mills to a Japanese company. Miller...

  WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Thursday that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18, but would not restrict flavored products, online sales or advertising, which public health advocates say attract...

    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota State Lottery's Internet ticket sales either are the wave of the future or will devastate families, a state House committee heard Thursday before approving a bill to ban the practice. The bill would shut down Internet lottery ticket...

WILLMAR, Minn. — A 76-year-old Lake Lillian man died after an all-terrain vehicle accident reported just after 8 p.m. Tuesday along Big Kandi Drive on Big Kandiyohi Lake. According to a news release from Kandiyohi County Sheriff Dan Hartog, Cyrus Flann was trapped under the ATV...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved Anne Blackhurst as the next president of Minnesota State University Moorhead. Blackhurst is currently MSUM’s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, a position she’s...

LaMoure County Relay for Life is hosting a Junk in the Trunk fundraiser Saturday at The Field in Adrian. The ladies-only evening includes a live auction and silent auction of vintage and handmade “junk” from Wildflowers Inc. of LaMoure. Owned and operated by mother-daughter pair...