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    May 18, 2019
    In the main photo, Dorothy Chouinard, center, recently received the Legendary Volunteer award at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. She is pictured with Chouinard are Lisa Jackson, JRMC Foundation director, left, and Mary Engels, JRMC volunteer coordinator. The two photos at right are of Eunice Sahr, top, the Auxilian of the Year, and Kay Hust, Volunteer of the Year. Submitted photos
    JRMC honors volunteers
    Jamestown Regional Medical Center can’t do the work it does without the work of the volunteers, said Mike Delfs, JRMC president and CEO. JRMC...
    business/healthcareMay 18, 2019 - 7:28am
    The site of Louis L'Amour's boyhood home at 113 3rd Ave. SE in Jamestown, now has a new sign with photos of what the home looked like and brochures about the life of the famous author's early life in Jamestown. The sign is part of a 1.5 mile self-guided tour of places L'Amour frequented in Jamestown. Tom LaVenture / The Sunplay button
    L’Amour tour showcases Jamestown years
    Tourism officials say a self-guided walking tour will help provide a more complete picture of Louis L’Amour’s boyhood years living in turn-of-the-century...
    business/tourismMay 18, 2019 - 7:09am
    May 17, 2019
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    Surging suicide rate among girls raises questions about role of social media
    A troubling spike in the suicide rate among girls is prompting leading researchers to question the role of social media in adolescent mental...
    lifestyle/healthMay 17, 2019 - 1:00pm
    Skip West, founder of Maxsa Innovations, this week at his warehouse in Lorton, Va., with a laser-guided parking aid he imports from China. Photo for The Washington Post by J. Lawler Duggan
    Amazon is the third superpower heightening the drama of the US-China trade war
    LORTON, Va. - Maxsa Innovations, a small business selling electronic gadgets on the outskirts of Washington, was already reeling from the U.S.-China...
    businessMay 17, 2019 - 12:33pm
    Beef cattle are seen in a pasture near Sebeka, Minn., in this 2016 photo. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    U.S. beef gains full access to Japan
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Friday, May 17 announced that the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms...
    business/agricultureMay 17, 2019 - 12:09pm
    A grain silo at the Kokomo Grain Co. Inc. transloading facility in Edinburgh, Ind., on March 28, 2019. Bloomberg photo by Luke Sharrett.
    Trump's trade war aid to farmers risks worsening crop stockpiles
    President Donald Trump's escalation of the trade war with China without a concrete plan to aid farmers could worsen the rising stockpiles of...
    business/agricultureMay 17, 2019 - 11:21am
    A customer fuels a vehicle at a Marathon Petroleum Corp. gas station in Peoria, Ill., on July 24, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Gas-tax hike is in play as Trump weighs infrastructure politics
    The Trump administration hasn't ruled out increasing the gas tax to help finance a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, but the idea has little support...
    businessMay 17, 2019 - 11:09am
    Mary Tiedeman, 70, from Walker, Minn., pets Bailey, a therapy dog owned by Sara Tungseth, at the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center in north Fargo on Wednesday, May 15. David Samson / The Forumplay button
    Therapy dogs have paw-sitive impact on cancer patients
    FARGO — Mary Tiedeman, of Walker, Minn., is a longtime dog lover, but after her pet died a few years back, she didn’t get another one. It...
    business/healthcareMay 17, 2019 - 7:00am
    May 16, 2019
    North Dakota, Minnesota farmers optimistic, worried about trade
    FERTILE, Minn. — Corey Hanson farms about 800 acres with his family in a town 13 miles southwest of Fertile, Minn., in Norman County, where...
    business/agricultureMay 16, 2019 - 3:45pm
    Mammatus clouds above a field. SUBMITTED PHOTO
    More storms expected in Midwest where planting is already behind
    Any hopes of getting corn and soybean planting back on track in the U.S. may be washed away starting Friday as a pair of storms threaten to deliver...
    business/agricultureMay 16, 2019 - 11:37am
    Forum Communications Company CEO Bill Marcil Jr.
    Forum Communications to purchase Rochester newspaper
    FARGO — Forum Communications, a family-owned company operating multimedia properties in four states, has entered into an agreement to purchase...
    businessMay 16, 2019 - 10:08am
    May 15, 2019
    FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default
    The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, May 15, proposed granting AT&T, Verizon and other telecom carriers clearer powers to...
    businessMay 15, 2019 - 8:36pm
    Ruby-chocolate KitKats produced by Nestle in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Akio Kon.
    Ruby chocolate makes its American debut
    Americans can now savor chocolate that's neither milk, white or dark, yet is an unexpectedly all-natural pink. Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut...
    businessMay 15, 2019 - 8:10pm
    North Dakota oil production grows in March as natural gas hits new record
    BISMARCK - North Dakota oil and gas production saw robust increases in March but fell shy of the state’s oil record, the state’s top oil regulator said Wednesday. Oil production grew 4% in March to 1.39 million barrels per day, a “pretty good recovery” after severe winter...
    business/energy-and-miningMay 15, 2019 - 7:00pm
    Watertown likely to gain Chicago flights
    WATERTOWN, S.D. - It appears daily flights between Watertown and Chicago are almost certain to happen beginning this fall.
    business/transportationMay 15, 2019 - 3:48pm
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