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Barnes County Inmate Walks Away While On Work Release

Michael Dickinson Hasn't Been Seen Since Sunday Evening

September 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Barnes County officials are asking for the public’s help in finding an inmate who walked away while on work release. Michael Dickinson did not return to the Barnes County Corrections Facility in Valley City after his scheduled work release on Sunday at 9 p.m. Dickinson is described as a 6’02’’ white male, 190 pounds with gray…

Community Center In Pingree Destroyed By Fire

Authorities say the building that burned Sunday evening was nearly 90 years old

September 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

Courtesy: Trish ThomasPINGREE, N.D. — Fire has destroyed the historic community center in Pingree, North Dakota, north of Jamestown. Authorities say the building that burned Sunday evening was nearly 90 years old. At one time it had been used as a school gymnasium before it became the community center. Troy Thomas says he had been in the building before it caught…

Historic Building Destroyed By Fire In Pingree, ND

The cause has not been determined however local resident Troy Thomas says he smelled smoke, went outside to check it and saw smoke coming from the roof of the building and believes the cause may have been faulty wiring.

September 10, 2018

Site Staff,

PINGREE, NORTH DAKOTA (KFGO) – Fire destroyed the nearly 90 year old community center in Pingree, North Dakota Sunday evening. The cause has not been determined however local resident Troy Thomas says he smelled smoke, went outside to check it and saw smoke coming from the roof of the building and believes the cause may have been faulty wiring. Thomas…

Jamestown Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

September 6, 2018

Site Staff,

UPDATE: Police say Travis Allcock was arrested in Clay County Friday morning. A time and exact location of where it happened wasn’t given by police. JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Police identify the suspect of the armed robbery of a Jamestown truck stop. Police are looking for 34-year-old Travis Allcock of Valley City. He’s five feet ten inches tall and weighs two hundred pounds….

Jamestown Police Release Photo of Gas Station Robbery Suspect

A clerk at SuperPumper says the man entered the store about 12:30 a.m. and showed a weapon

September 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Police in Jamestown are investigating a reported armed robbery at a convenience store. They released this image of the suspect. It appears to be a white male wearing a blue sweatshirt. A clerk at SuperPumper says the man entered the store about 12:30 a.m. and showed a weapon. He got away with an undisclosed amount of money….

Man Dies Two Weeks After Crashing His Motorcycle

Stanley Spitzer lost control of his motorcycle on I-94 near Medina on August 8

August 21, 2018

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A Streeter, North Dakota man has died two weeks after crashing his motorcycle. The highway patrol reports 68-year-old Stanley Spitzer died on Monday. He lost control of his motorcycle on I-94 near Medina on August 8 and was thrown from the bike. He was taken to Jamestown then to a hospital in Fargo where he died. Categories:…

Wife Of Man Who Accidentally Cut Off His Hand Says It Won’t Be Reattached

Cel Schlafman says there's no chance doctors will be able to reattach the left hand of her right-handed husband

August 21, 2018

TJ Nelson,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The wife of a Jamestown man who cut off his hand while making sausage in his garage believes the quick actions of emergency responders likely saved his life. But Cel Schlafman says there’s no chance doctors will be able to reattach the left hand of her right-handed 69-year-old husband, Myron. She says it isn’t known yet it…

Jamestown Man Severs Hand In Meat Grinder

They applied a tourniquet to the arm of the 69-year-old man, and an ambulance crew took him to a hospital.

August 20, 2018

Site Staff,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Jamestown police say a man severed his hand while operating a meat grinder in his garage. Officers were called to the home Friday afternoon. They applied a tourniquet to the arm of the 69-year-old man, and an ambulance crew took him to a hospital. KQDJ radio reports that officers put the severed hand in a special…

Make-A-Wish Surprises Five-Year-Old in Jamestown

Arianna Walch was diagnosed with Batten disease in April

August 8, 2018

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JAMESTOWN, N.D. — It doesn’t take long for Arianna Walch to get hooked to the slides at the playground, especially now that she has one of her very own right at home. “She doesn’t daredevil out by herself too much and walk on her on because she’s afraid of falling. But when she saw the slide, she was ready to…

Woman Accused of Bogus Native American Adoptions Turns Herself In

Betty Jo Krenz of Woodworth is accused of taking money for adoptions and never following through

August 1, 2018

TJ Nelson,

STUTSMAN COUNTY, N.D. — A Jamestown area woman wanted for bogus adoptions of Native American children has turned herself in. 47-year-old Betty Jo Krenz of Woodworth is accused of taking money for adoptions and never following through. Several families say she used her background as a Spirit Lake social worker to produce phony adoption papers. Krenz told one woman that…