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LIVE: Support Bison With Online Auction For National Buffalo Museum

National Buffalo Museum Bringing "Bid For Bison" Auction Online For 2nd Straight Year
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  North Dakotans love their bison. And now you can help support the iconic North Dakota museum dedicated to the animal. The 2nd annual “Bid for Bison” auction starts Thursday and runs through July 16th. The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown has hundreds of bison-themed items up for auction from clothes and jewelry, home items and art and collectables. The…

Jamestown TRUCK FIRE
Local News, North Dakota News

Fire destroys recycling truck in Jamestown

Jim Monk,

courtesy, KFGOJAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Smoke could be seen for miles after a recycling truck caught fire in Jamestown. Jamestown Rural Fire Chief Brian Paulson says it took 7 trucks and 17 firefighters to put out the blaze.  Crews were on the scene for about 90 minutes. The fire started behind the cab of the truck. The truck was destroyed….

Cody Martin
Local News, Morning - Features, North Dakota News

Motocross Racer Dies After Crash During Race In Jamestown

GoFundMe Set Up To Help Family Of Cody Martin
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A motocross racer from Bismarck has died after a crash while racing in Jamestown. Now, you can help support the family. That’s according to a GoFundMe page set up for the family of Cody Martin. The page says he died June 13th from injuries he sustained during a race. The GoFundMe organizer writes, “No matter if it was detailing or…

Soc Dis Buffalo
Morning - Features

Social Distancing: Baby Bison!

National Buffalo Museum Welcomes 1st Babies Of The Season
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  Spring is the time of rebirth, and it feels like that this year a lot more than last year, with vaccines available and stuff reopening. Last week in our Discover North Dakota series we visited Jamestown. And perhaps their most famous attraction has some new additions just waiting for a socially distanced hello. New baby bison! This is the…

Stabbing
Crime, North Dakota News

Jamestown man woken up and stabbed

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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) – Police are searching for a man after they say he broke into a trailer, stabbed a man and rode away on a bike. It happened around 7:30 Sunday morning in the Sunnyside Trailer Court. Authorities say a man stabbed a 47-year-old man while he was in bed and threatened him. The victim was taken to the…

Discover Jamestown
Morning - In The Community

Discover North Dakota: Jamestown

Jamestown Is Much More Than A The World's Largest Buffalo
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Discover North Dakota heads to Jamestown. Jamestown is perhaps best-known for the World’s Largest Buffalo and the National Buffalo Museum. But there have been a lot of additions in the past few years. The city added an arts park downtown with weekly arts markets in the summer. The State Historical Society operates an 1883 courthouse museum that played in part…

Samuel Mittleider
Local News, North Dakota News

Jamestown Man Arrested In Alleged Sexual Assault

TJ Nelson,

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A Jamestown man is arrested on suspicion of gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and aggravated assault. Police say 23-year-old Samuel Mittleider is in the Stutsman County Correctional Center while the State’s Attorney reviews the case. The investigation began on Friday with the report of a sexual assault at a home in Jamestown. They say Mittleider was armed with…

Jamestown Nurses
Health, Local News, North Dakota News

JRMC has robust unit of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners

The hospital has eight SANE nurses available 24/7
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JAMESTOWN, N.D. — For those who’ve gotten sexually violated, the hours that follow can be some of the most painful of their lives. A team of nurses at Jamestown Regional Medical Center is working to make those moments less traumatic. “After an assault or rape, the first step towards a conviction, you know, before any evidence, testing, charges, before a…