Medina Couple Welcomes Baby Boy at Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Randi and Jeremiah Heupel of Medina added a baby boy to their family on March 21 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center, with the infant tipping the scales at 7 pounds, 15 ounces.

The birth was among the notices the Jamestown Sun published March 23 in its regular community listings, with Jamestown Regional Medical Center reporting one birth that Monday.

The Heupels are from Medina, a farm and ranch community in the south central region of North Dakota located in Stutsman County, founded in 1899. The city has a 2026 population of 262, making a new birth a noticeable addition to a tight-knit community. Medina sits just a mile north of I-94, Exit 230, placing it roughly 45 miles west of Jamestown along the interstate corridor that connects many rural Stutsman County families to JRMC's maternity services.

The hospital delivered 341 babies in 2025, of which 176 were boys and 165 were girls, a volume that reflects JRMC's standing as the regional anchor for obstetric care across a wide stretch of central North Dakota. Families from communities without their own hospital, including Medina, regularly make that drive to Jamestown for delivery services rather than traveling to Fargo or Bismarck.

Birth notices in the Jamestown Sun serve as the public record for these milestones, reaching church networks, extended family, and neighbors who might not otherwise learn of a new arrival for days or weeks. For a community of Medina's size, where the population is 100% rural, a listing in the Sun's community section functions as the town crier for the whole county.