Water meeting: City invites parties to discuss dispute

A joint meeting between the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman Rural Water District might be skipped by the members of the Rural Water Board of Directors. The idea for the meeting was voiced by Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen at the end of an executive session of the City Council Monday. “What good is another meeting,” Geneva Kaiser, manager of Stutsman Rural Water, said in an interview Tuesday. “The board sees it as a public bickering session.”

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Former senior center may become LEC storage space

The old James River Senior and Community Center building may be converted into storage space for the Law Enforcement Center. The Stutsman County Commission decided to further investigate the possibility of using the space for cold storage at its meeting Tuesday.

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Resident speaks against building low-water crossing on road

A man accused the county of building a “death trap” and a “disaster” at the Tuesday meeting of the Stutsman County Commission. “You’re building a death trap, is what you’re building,” Richard Klose told commission members. “Who’s going to protect the people that don’t know the area?”

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School Board, JEA inch closer on salaries

Both sides moved their salary offers slightly in Tuesday’s teacher salary negotiations between the Jamestown Public School Board and the Jamestown Education Association.

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Tornado death toll less than feared in Oklahoma City

Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

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Jamestown Dam releases increasing

Releases from the Jamestown Dam increased at noon Tuesday, according to Bob Martin, dam manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Pipestem Dam.

Residents of small town asked to evacuate

The mayor of a small town in northeastern North Dakota asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily evacuate as floodwaters threaten a dam.

Diversion progress is excellent

It’s been a couple of very good months for the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project. The North Dakota Legislature appropriated sufficient funding for Fargo flood control projects, and signaled that state support for the diversion was solid. The U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act, which includes authorization for permanent flood control in the Red River Valley, which includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-favored diversion.

Letter to the editor: Session hampered by questionable priorities

Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, and House Majority Leader Al Carlson, R-Fargo, recently boasted that they “got the job done for the citizens.” If that’s the definition of getting the job done, we fully expect the people of North Dakota to decide someone else should do the job. Too often, tremendous opportunities were squandered by an overly-ideological GOP majority with seriously misplaced priorities.

High hopes for Hinton: Ellendale soph., has top marks in triple, long jumps

An Ellendale athlete has been making a name for himself the past couple of years, and he’s positioned himself for a possible breakthrough performance this weekend in Bismarck.

New show should try

Coming soon to a TV near you will be the latest in reality TV to depict a minority sports group — the die hard cheeseheads of Green Bay, Wis.

Perkins blows lead, Twins lose to Braves 5-4

The Minnesota Twins were one out away from ending their longest losing streak of the season. Glen Perkins couldn't finish the job.

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Yankees, Man City to co-own MLS team

Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.

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Super Bowl 'L' awarded to San Francisco

The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game.

Blue Jays fall 6-1 at Mandan

With one match left to play, the Jamestown Blue Jay girls soccer team finally punched a goal into that net in Mandan on Tuesday.

Timberwolves stick at No. 9 in lottery

To no one’s surprise, the Minnesota Timberwolves were unlucky in the NBA lottery once again.

Hafner drives in runs in loss

Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Chris Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.