wbam1CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY..MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF

RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 20 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 60 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 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 MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH

WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER

50S. HIGHS IN THE 80S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60.

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

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.

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

 

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND

CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE

WEATHER WILL BE LOW.

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES SATURDAY ACROSS THE JAMES

RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT

EXPECTED.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH

THURSDAY.

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-94 ON

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON

SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…THIS TIME GENERALLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK NEXT WEEK…WITH THE BEST CHANCE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

 

 

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP-CSi) — Bond was set Thursday afternoon, in Southeast District Court in Jamestown,  at $250,000 for  registered high-risk sex offender, 59 year old Walter Grant, Jr., of Jamestown accused of invading a Southwest  Jamestown apartment and sexually assaulting a woman inside.

In addition, Grant was ordered not to have a weapon in his possession , and not to have contact with the victim and not leave the state.

Grant’s court appearance, was set for 2:30-p.m. Thursday,  but was delayed until 4:30-p.m., because he was uncooperative with the judge, Jerod  Tufte .

His next court appearance has not be set.

Grant, Jr. is charged with gross sexual imposition, burglary, aggravated assault, terrorizing and felonious restraint in the alleged incident.

 

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.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A fire that heavily damaged a downtown Minot apartment and business building has been blamed on a carelessly discarded cigarette or cigar.

The fire broke out Sunday night in an upstairs apartment in the building that also houses Ebenezer’s Irish Pub and Restaurant. No one was hurt, but eight people had to be evacuated.

The fire caused extensive damage to the upper level of the building.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a Williston woman has violated the state’s consumer fraud laws by selling spots to a bogus vendor show.

Stenehjem has issued a cease-and-desist order against Mandi Pankowski. She allegedly used Facebook to recruit people who operate home-based businesses and sold spots to them for a vendor show scheduled in Dickinson. The show did not take place.

The attorney general says Pankowski did not issue any refunds to people who paid $75 to reserve a spot at the event. Efforts by consumer protection investigators to contact Pankowski have not been successful.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Juries in Minot and Bismarck next week are to hear the cases of two men charged with animal cruelty under a relatively new state law that makes the crime a felony.

The 2013 Legislature decided to allow state’s attorneys to prosecute cases of cruelty to animals as felonies rather than as misdemeanors. In the past three years there has not been a jury conviction in such a case.

James Music of Minot is accused of taping shut a dog’s mouth, beating the animal, shooting it in the head and throwing the carcass in a garbage bin last fall.

Kristofer Gilliam of Bismarck is accused of shooting two cats with arrows late last year.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Two people face numerous felony charges after a drug bust in Williston that authorities say netted more than 300 grams of methamphetamine worth about $27,000.

Agents with the Northwest Narcotics Task Force recently arrested 28-year-old Julio Gutierrez and 21-year-old Porsche Martin after a bust of neighboring apartments that authorities say also turned up drug paraphernalia, prescription pills, five guns and ammunition.

Gutierrez faces the most serious charges and could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted.

Court documents don’t list attorneys for either suspect, and home telephone listings couldn’t be found. They could enter pleas at an Oct. 13 hearing.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of plaintiffs suing to abolish North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law has expanded.

The North Dakota Farm Bureau, a Wisconsin dairy farmer and a Wisconsin dairy company seeking to expand into North Dakota sued in federal court in June. They want a judge to declare the law unconstitutional.

The original plaintiffs have now been joined by a North Dakota hog farmer with ties to a hog operation with partners in North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa; the North Dakota Pork Council; a North Dakota cattle rancher; and a company that provides cattle consulting and export services and also owns two ranches in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is defending the law. He says the addition of plaintiffs exacerbates problems with an overly vague lawsuit.

 

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board has denied landowners’ request to halt construction of an oil pipeline beyond this week.

The three-member board voted Thursday afternoon against a lengthy stay of construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on parcels of 14 landowners while a court considers a lawsuit they’ve filed. That lawsuit challenges the board’s authority to allow eminent domain for a privately owned pipeline project.

Chairwoman Geri Huser says the board concluded landowners have little likelihood of success in their court case and that Dakota Access would be financially harmed by construction delays.

The landowners plan to appeal the board’s action to district court.

The board’s order preventing the Texas-based pipeline owners from doing work on the 14 parcels until Monday remains in place.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Candidates for North Dakota governor tackled such issues as mental health, drug addiction treatment, and oil and property tax policy during a debate.

Republican Party candidate Doug Burgum, Democratic state Rep. Marvin Nelson and Marty Riske of the Libertarian Party laid out their priorities Thursday night as part of a Greater North Dakota Chamber-sponsored policy summit.

Nelson says the state has not handled mental health properly since the 1980s farm crisis and that he does not “see a commitment of any kind.”

Burgum says the problem will take a coalition effort and that it is “not something the state can solve itself.”

The candidates debated briefly on the Legislature’s move to change the state’s oil tax structure last session. Riske says the changes appeared to have been a good deal for North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new report says North Dakota’s crime rate per capita last year rose 9.8 percent from 2014.

The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office released the data Thursday. The annual report provides statistics for crimes ranging from murder to car thefts and other property crimes.

The report shows that crime was up in most categories and that the overall crime rate per capita has more than doubled since 2013.

There were 21 murders in North Dakota last year, up from 19 in 2014 and the most in more than a decade. The state typically averages about a dozen murders annually.

There were some bright spots. Drunken driving arrests, for example, were down last year for the third consecutive year.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is joining a growing number of lawmakers who are denouncing the sharp price hikes for EpiPens, the emergency drug injectors for severe allergic reactions.

Heitkamp on Thursday said families should not have to choose “between sending a child to school with a lifesaving EpiPen and putting food on the table.” Heitkamp and several members of Congress are demanding more information from EpiPen maker Mylan N.V. on why prices have soared.

A two-pack has risen from about $100 in 2008 to as much as $600 today.

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch told CNBC Thursday that lowering the price was not an option. The company, however, laid out a plan to expand its patient assistance program and offer $300 savings cards for its EpiPen 2-Pak.

 

 

In sports…

Valley City (CSi)  In the first football game of the season, for both teams, Thursday evening at Shelly Ellig Field, in Valley City, the VCSU Vikings held on to win over the University of Jamestown Jimmies, and claim the Paint Bucket, in the schools rivalry.

The final was Valley City State 15 the University of Jamestown 10.

VCSU and UJ meeting again this season on October 29 at 1-p.m.,  at Taylor Stadium, in Jamestown.

VCSU has now won five in a row against The University of Jamestown.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The MacLean Bottoms public shooting range and boat ramp on the Missouri River south of Bismarck is being temporarily closed for a scheduled volunteer recognition event.

The state Game and Fish Department says the shooting range will close at 3 p.m. Friday and remain closed on Saturday. It will resume normal operations on Sunday.

The boat ramp will not be usable Saturday only.

 

AA,,,

Winnipeg 14, Fargo-Moorhead 4

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Washington 4 Baltimore 0

Final Kansas City 5 Miami 2

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — James McCann had a three-run homer among his four hits, Daniel Norris pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers completed a sweep at Minnesota with an 8-5 victory on Thursday for the Twins’ seventh straight defeat.

The Tigers, trying to stay close in the wild-card race, are 10-2 against the Twins this year. They stretched their winning streak at Target Field to eight games.

Norris (2-2) struck out five in 6 1/3 innings, allowing six hits without a walk in his longest and strongest start this season. He took a shutout in the sixth, surrendering RBI singles by Robbie Grossman and Eduardo Escobar over his last two innings.

Jose Berrios (2-4) finished five innings, but he gave up six runs on six hits and five walks in his ninth major league start. His ERA actually dropped four percentage points, to an unsightly 9.24.

Final Tampa Bay 2 Boston 1

Final L.A. Angels 6 Toronto 3

Final Texas 9 Cleveland 0

Final Chi White Sox 7 Seattle 6

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final N-Y Mets 10 St. Louis 6

Final Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee 2, 10 Innings

Final Atlanta 3 Arizona 1

Final San Francisco 4 L.A. Dodgers 0

 

VIKINGS STADIUM-TICKETS

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have sold out their new stadium for the inaugural season.

The team announced on Thursday that they’ve started waiting lists for tickets and suites. The official capacity at U.S. Bank Stadium will be 66,655, with more than 60,400 seats committed for the entire season and the remaining single-game seats also sold out.

Returned tickets from visiting team allotments typically make a small number of seats available the week of each game.

The Vikings host San Diego on Sunday in an exhibition game, their first action at the $1.1 billion venue. The regular-season opener is on Sept. 18 against rival Green Bay.

 

 

MINNESOTA-SCHEDULE

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota men’s basketball team has been given a tough start for Big Ten play.

The Gophers announced their full 2016-17 schedule on Thursday, which features two matchups with perennial power Michigan State in the first five conference games. The first half of Minnesota’s 18-game Big Ten slate also includes two games against Ohio State, a trip to Purdue and home games against Wisconsin and Maryland.

The Gophers wrap up the regular season on March 5 with a rematch on the road against the Badgers. The opener is Nov. 11 against Louisiana-Lafayette, one of 12 nonconference home games.

St. John’s on Nov. 18 and Arkansas on Nov. 22 are the highest-profile opponents set to visit Williams Arena.

 

LOCHTE-INDICTMENT

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte (LAHK’-tee) with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

A police statement says Lochte would be informed in the United States so he can decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil.

The police statement says the indictment will also be sent to the International Olympic Committee’s ethics commission.

Lochte initially said that he and fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge as they returned to the Olympic Village from a party Aug. 15. However, security video suggested the four actually faced security guards after vandalizing a gas station restroom.

 

LOCHTE-SPONSOR

 

UNDATED (AP) — Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops is backing Ryan Lochte (LAHK’-tee). The company has signed on as sponsor for the controversial swimmer who lost four other sponsors this week after this lied about being robbed at the Olympics in Rio.

Pine Bros. says Lochte should be forgiven. He’ll appear in ads that say the company products are “Forgiving of Your Throat.”

 

NFL-LAS VEGAS STADIUM

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backers of a proposed NFL stadium in Las Vegas that would be a potential home to the Raiders say they have identified two possible sites.

They also say they refuse to accept any less than $750 million in public funding toward the project.

Representatives from Majestic Realty and the Las Vegas Sands casino company lamented that the price tag rises on a daily basis and is now $1.9 billion. They say they’ll walk away from the project if state lawmakers don’t meet their minimum financial demand.

 

PGA-THE BARCLAYS

 

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Patrick Reed and Martin Laird have kicked off the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs with 5-under 66s to share the first round lead at The Barclays.

Kevin Chappell, Rickie Fowler, J.D Holmes and Emiliano Grillo (GREE’-yoh) are just a shot off the pace.

Phil Mickelson opened with a 70 and Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) posted a 71.

 

 

LPGA TOUR-CANADIAN PACIFIC WOMEN’S OPEN

 

PRIDDIS, Alberta (AP) — Three-time champion Lydia Ko is back on the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open leaderboard. Ko has won the event three of the last four years.

The top-ranked Ko shot a 5-under 67 in the first round delayed for nearly three hours by storms. She is two shots behind leader Chella Choi.

 

 

In world and national news…

AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — The government of Italy has declared Saturday a day of national mourning in the wake of this week’s earthquake that killed at least 267 people. Strong aftershocks have been rattling central Italy. Hopes are dimming that rescue workers will be able to find any more survivors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investors will be paying close attention when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addresses a central bank forum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this morning. They’ll be listening for any hint of an expected timetable for the next interest rate increase. Some of Yellen’s colleagues say the time is ripe for one.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii. The result will be the world’s largest marine protected area. The national monument will contain more than 582,000 square miles, twice the size of Texas. The president will visit the area next week.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia television station is marking a year since two of its journalists were shot to death during a live remote broadcast. WDBJ-TV in Roanoke held an on-air moment of silence this morning. Today marks one year since reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed by a former co-worker who later turned his gun on himself.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man clicked “like” on a Facebook page — and now he’s back in jail. The SunSentinel newspaper says a judge in West Palm Beach ordered Paul Maida back behind bars, saying he violated a court order to avoid any contact with his ex-girlfriend. The woman is a witness in a DUI manslaughter case against him.