VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A recount was held July 1st to determine the mayor of the City of Dazey.

Barnes County Auditor Julie Mindt said the results remain unchanged with Daryl Kunze receiving 19 votes and Shawn McClintock receiving 19 votes. The contest remains tied and now goes before the City of Dazey Board of Commissioners to resolve the tie.

The population of Dazey was 78 as of the 2020 census.

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For the fourth straight month, North Dakota’s economy slowed.

Dr. Ernie Goss is an economics professor at Creighton University, and he conducts a monthly survey of manufacturing supply managers in the Mid-America Region. He says North Dakota’s reading on the business conditions index for the month of June was 45.5, which is up from May’s 40.2 – but still below a reading of 50, indicating a shrinking economy. Goss says a number of things contribute to this; he says North Dakota’s energy and agriculture industries are both slowing down. He says exports are also down – 16 percent last month as compared to the same time last year.

Despite the challenges, Goss says there are some overall positive aspects to the economic outlook.

“Well, the good news is ultimately, they’ve got to have our food, they’ve got to have our energy, and we are the most productive on the face of the earth. We will do well in the long run; this is just a tough spell we’ve got right now. USDA projected this farm income would be down for 2024, we’re seeing that spilling over into the manufacturing – for example, agricultural equipment manufacturing, not doing well, and of course we see that in John Deere and other manufacturers of agricultural equipment.”

Goss also says inflationary pressures have also slowed, and he predicts the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at their next meeting in September.

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Two juveniles were injured in a single-vehicle rollover Sunday evening, June 30, about 5 miles southeast of Valley City, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The patrol said a 13-year-old Valley City boy was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox west on 36th Street Southeast at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday with a 14-year-old Valley City boy as a passenger. The patrol said the Equinox failed to slow down for a T intersection at 121st Avenue Southeast and went through the intersection, entered the ditch and rolled. The Equinox came to rest in a wheat field southwest of the intersection, the patrol said.

Both juveniles were transported by private party to CHI Mercy Health in Valley City where they were treated for their non-life-threatening injuries.

Charges are being investigated for the 13-year-old driver who was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said. The passenger was wearing a seat belt.

The patrol said the names of the juveniles will not be released.

The patrol is investigating the crash.

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