🌱 How did Jamestown teams stack up in Friday’s big contests?
Jamestown, North Dakota Patch AM: a 3 min readHey there, Jamestown! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How did Jamestown teams stack up in Friday’s big contests?
- Why is a decades-old “Baby Rebecca” case still awaiting trial?
Also on today's calendar: Medicare 101 Workshop.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A brief shower or two, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 64, low: 38.
- Monday: Sunny, breezy and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Sports Scoreboard (Oct. 2, 2026) (inforum.com) — Jamestown sports fans can see how local college runners fared at the Jimmie Invitational in Jamestown, where both men’s and women’s teams placed well against regional rivals. The roundup also lists Jamestown’s upcoming football matchup at Mary and highlights high school scores, including Jamestown’s narrow loss to Dickinson. 
• Continuance filed in Baby Rebecca case in Valley City (am1100theflag.com) — A woman charged with murder in the decades-old “Baby Rebecca” case remains held at the Stutsman County Correctional Center in Jamestown as her felony dispositional hearing is delayed for a fourth time. The long-running Valley City investigation, revived by DNA advances, now has a new court date set for December in Barnes County.
📸 Around Jamestown
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Medicare 101 Workshop - October 5, 2026 →
Witthauer Financial Group, 710 10th St SE, Jamestown
8:00 pm
Monday October 5
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Other local events
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Medicare 101 Workshop →
Witthauer Financial Group, 710 10th Street SE, Jamestown
7:00 pm
Monday October 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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St. Mary’s Chicken Dinner in Medina →
100 Water St E, Medina
11:00 am -
XC SCLOWM Sock Run
LITCHVILLE-MARION 46 SCHOOL DISTRICT Forman, ND
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Elementary BBB Game vs Napoleon-GS
Medina School District 3, 300 School St SE, Medina
4:30 pm -
JV Volleyball Lisbon Tournament
LITCHVILLE-MARION 46 SCHOOL DISTRICT Lisbon, ND
5:00 pm -
Elementary BBB Game vs Buchanan
Buchanan Elementary School Buchanan ND
4:00 pm -
Volleyball vs South Border V-JV-C-JH
Medina School District 3, 300 School St SE, Medina
4:30 pm -
Volleyball vs South Border @ Medina A, B, C, JH
PINGREE-BUCHANAN 10 SCHOOL DISTRICT Pingree, ND 58476
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Volleyball @ Edgeley A, B, C, JH
PINGREE-BUCHANAN 10 SCHOOL DISTRICT Pingree, ND 58476
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Volleyball vs EKM V-JV-C-JH
Edgeley High School, 307 6th St, Edgeley
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Dakota 50/50 - Futurity & Maturity Weanling Sale →
North Dakota Winter Show, 700 7th St SE, Valley City
3:00 pm
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- RTX posted a job opening for Painter II (2nd Shift) in Jamestown. Apply here.
- Maurices posted a job opening for Retail Assistant Manager - Part-Time in Jamestown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jamestown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Carrington
- Lighthouse Commodities expands ‘Birthday Beacon' Initiative to Fargo Children's Hospital in memory of infant Kade (am1100theflag.com)
- Cardinal Volleyball Sweeps Again (newsdakota.com)
New Rockford
- Lowest regular gas price in Eddy County available at $4.02 per gallon in week ending Sept. 19 (centralndnews.com)
Casselton
- Geronimo Power president addresses concerns over proposed Harmony Township data center (inforum.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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