wbPM4CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY…INCREASING CLOUDS. 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST

WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND

5 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.

.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER

80S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL

NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS

CONTINUES SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Public Works Department will spray mosquitoes on Thursday, August 25, 2016,  after 7-pm weather permitting.

The spraying may continue early morning, on Friday August 26th,  weather permitting.

Parents are advised to keep children and pets out of the streets and away from the spray machines.Motorists should use caution in the area of the spray machines.

Call Valley City Public Works office at 845-0380 has more information or to answer questions.

 

Jamestown (CSI)  The Jamestown City Council’s Public Works, and Police & Fire Committees met Thursday evening at City Hall. All members were present.

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

The committee recommends entering into a proposed engineering services agreement with Interstate Engineering, Inc. for Cell 4A Construction at the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill.

Darrell Hournbuckle said the total project cost is $4.5 million, including closing the present cell and opening the new cell.

The committee recommends the proposal received from Integrity for the Water Plant Lime Slacker Replacement, and recommends approval to engage a contractor for installation.

The committee recommends approval of the 5th Street Northeast Utilities Plans and Specifications and to authorize the advertisement for construction of the same.

An update was given on the progress on a possible road from Menards to JRMC.

Mayor Andersen said a negotiated agreement has been reached for the annexation of land owned by the Anne Carlsen Center, along with another adjacent property owner.

The Liechty and Associates property, is still in negotiations with the city.

The city is looking at proposing a 75% city, and 25% to properties benefited, split, on Special Assessments,which the committee recommends.  Council Member Buchanan voted in opposition.

The committee recommends the formal acceptance of the JRMC Roadway and Street Lights responsibility to the city, with documents to be drawn up by the City Attorney.

The committee considered a No Parking Zone(s) along West Business Loop, 10th Street SE, and East Business Loop.

Council Member Brubakken favors the entire length be designated No Parking.

The committee recommends the entire Business Loop East and West be designated No Parking.

Mayor Andersen voted in opposition.

POLICE AND FIRE COMMITTEE BUSINESS:

Considered introducing the First Reading of an ordinance to amend and re-enact a Section of the City Code pertaining to use of fire department equipment outside of the city.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther explained equipment such as the under water search equipment (ROV) and boat is backed up locally when the city’s units are called to assist in another area.  Valley Water Rescue from Fargo with an ROV and Gun & Reel with a boat.

He said other entities served by Jamestown have reimbursed the city fire department for their expenses.

The committee recommends amending the Ordinance to read that JFD may to go to another jurisdiction to provide services upon informing city officials.

The Committee recommends renewing the Joint Powers Agreement with the Jamestown Public School District No. 1 relative to a School Resource Officer with the renewal of five years.

Police Chief Edinger said the present agreement is ending.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Atonement Lutheran Church in Jamestown on Sunday August 28, 2016, will host the Annual Community Music Festival from 3-p.m., to 7-p.m.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Pastor Jamie Desai said the event hosts local bands, and features concessions, playground equipment for the kids, all out on the church lawn.

He asks those in attendance to bring along a non-parshable food item to be donated to the Community Action Food Pantry.  The is no charge for admission, however, free will offerings are welcome, with proceeds going to the Jamestown High School Choir, and the Jamestown Arts Center.

He said those attending should bring a lawn chair, and blanket to sit on.

Also on our show was Bernie Madsoe, whose band Bernie and the Other Guys will perform.

He added other bands to perform will include, Blue Zone, Old Friends, along with Steve and Nancy Kuykendall, and the Jamestown High School Choir.

He pointed out that the entertainment features a wide range of musical styles, for the family-friendly outing.

 

Update…

CROSBY, N.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol has identified three members of a Noonan family who died when their car was rear-ended by a pickup truck at a construction zone in Divide County.

Authorities say 2-year-old Shayleigh Gunderson and 8-year-old Shelly Gunderson were passengers in a car driven by their father, 31-year-old Lesley Gunderson. The girls died in the crash Tuesday morning about 3 miles east of Crosby, and their father died of his injuries Wednesday.

Four-year-old Shelton Gunderson also was a passenger in the car. He was flown to a Minot hospital with serious injuries.

The Chiefland, Florida, man driving the truck suffered minor injuries. A woman working as a flagger in the construction zone was struck by debris but not seriously injured.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A new high school has opened in the western North Dakota oil patch hub of Williston.

Students began attending classes on Wednesday in the 225,000-square-foot, three-story building. The school is divided into three main sections — one for classrooms, one for administration and arts, and one for the gymnasium area.

Construction on the $57 million school began in November 2014. City voters in June of that year approved higher property taxes to help pay for it.

Officials said the school was necessary to handle rising enrollment due to the recent oil boom. Enrollment nearly doubled during a five-year span at the height of the boom.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota higher education officials say a group that handles accreditation for colleges and universities has completed a review that began three years ago.

The Chicago-based Higher Learning Commission began its investigation in July 2013 after a complaint filed by former Valley City State President Ellen Chaffee alleged poor leadership in the system. That came during a controversy surrounding then-University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, whose contract was later bought out.

A letter sent to the state’s 11 public colleges and universities says the system has met all of the group’s requirements.

North Dakota University System Vice Chancellor Richard Rothaus says the review has helped ensure that the state Board of Higher Education is directly involved in decisions “that matter most to students.”

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board has declined to take immediate action on a request by 14 landowners to halt construction of a four-state oil pipeline.

There is temporary stop on construction until Monday but the board met Thursday to hear two hours of arguments from Texas-based Dakota Access and the landowners on whether to order a more permanent delay.

The landowners have filed a lawsuit that challenges the board’s authority to allow eminent domain of their land for a privately owned pipeline project. That suit has not come before a court yet.

The $3.8 billion pipeline has generated legal challenges and protests in North Dakota and Iowa.

The board adjourned until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and will meet again Friday afternoon. It gave no indication when it would vote.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Hillary Clinton, accusing her of running “a vast criminal enterprise run out of the State Department.” Trump, who is trailing in the polls, says that revelations that many donors to the Clinton family foundation met with as secretary of state represent “one of the most shocking scandals in American political history.” He told a rally in New Hampshire, “It’s Watergate all over again.”

PESCARA DEL TRONO, Italy (AP) — Aftershocks are adding to the anxiety and despair in central Italy, a day after a quake killed 250 people and leveled three small towns. One aftershock Thursday crumbled some buildings that had already been cracked Wednesday, prompting authorities to close roads. Firefighters and rescue crews using sniffer dogs have been working in teams in the areas that were hardest hit. They’re not saying when their work will shift from saving lives to recovering bodies.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a suburban Chicago terrorism suspect is mentally unfit to stand trial on charges he placed what he believed to be a bomb outside a bar. The judge says 22-year-old Adel Daoud is sincere in his belief that aliens, the Illuminati and Freemasons are conspiring against him. Agents arrested Daoud in a 2012 sting after he placed what he believed to be the explosive device outside a Chicago bar. He also is charged with attacking an inmate who allegedly taunted him with a Prophet Muhammad drawing.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor sees progress in the state’s anti-drug efforts, despite a new report that shows another record death toll from accidental overdoses. Accidental drug overdoses killed a record 3,050 people in Ohio last year. Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) says he feels “terrible” about the deaths, but believes lives are being saved by steps taken, including increased monitoring of drug prescriptions and crackdowns on “pill mills.” He wants continued expansion of anti-drug messages to young people, beginning in their early school years.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators from Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are looking into the hacking of the website of actress and comedian Leslie Jones. The hack exposed personal information and intimate photos of the “Saturday Night Live” star, and left hateful and racist images on the website. The “Ghostbusters” actress was also targeted on Twitter last month with a barrage of racial slurs and obscene photos. She called on the social networking service to do more to curb harassment, and Twitter banned several users as a result.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Volkswagen has reached a tentative deal with its U.S. dealers to compensate them for losses they said they suffered as a result of the company’s emissions cheating scandal.

Attorneys for Volkswagen and the roughly 650 dealers announced the deal at a court hearing Thursday. The value of the settlement was not disclosed, although Volkswagen said in a statement later that it would include cash payments.

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer gave the attorneys until the end of September to submit a final proposal. The deal would require Breyer’s approval.

Volkswagen previously reached an agreement with attorneys for car owners. That deal calls for it to spend up to $10 billion buying back or repairing the majority of the roughly 560,000 vehicles involved in its scandal and paying their owners.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas jury is now deliberating on whether a General Motors ignition switch was to blame for a 2011 accident that killed one driver and injured another.

Zachary Stevens and his parents have sued GM, claiming a faulty ignition switch in Stevens’ Saturn Sky jostled off, causing him to lose control and hit another vehicle, killing its driver.

During closing arguments Thursday in a Houston courtroom, Josh Davis, one of Stevens’ attorneys, told jurors the faulty switch shut off all the car’s safety systems, including the air bags.

Mike Brock, an attorney for GM, said Stevens’ reckless driving caused the accident.

More than 30 million cars have been recalled related to the ignition switch issue. GM says it has fixed the problem.