wbam1CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF

SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST

WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST

WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND

10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.

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

AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70.

.MONDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

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

AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.

CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40.

.THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN  WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT SOME POINT EARLY NEXT

WEEK. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A MAJORITY OF NEXT WEEK WILL

HAVE RAIN CHANCES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE

OVER A MULTIPLE DAY PERIOD.

 

Update…

Jamestown (CSi)  Authorities responded to a motorcycle, pickup truck accident, Thursday afternoon, on U.S. Highway 52 at the intersection with 30th Street Southeast.

The motorcycle operator was injured and taken by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, for treatment.

The Highway Patrol reports  that 63 year-old Steve Westby of Sheyenne, ND was injured after colliding with a pickup at a stop intersection on the highway at around 2:23 PM. 24 year-old Darnell Landon failed to yield to Westby as he was pulling out onto the highway. Westby was wearing a helmet and suffered non-life threatening injuries.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called about 8:45 a.m., Thursday to 205 6th Street Southeast, to a gas leak, at the Stutsman County Courthouse, and Law Enforcement Center.

Jamestown City Fire Department Lt. Sheldon Mohr said occupants of the courthouse and Law Enforcement Center were evacuated as a precaution.  He said the gas level in the air was not sufficient to have to evacuate the 9-1-1 Dispatch area or the Correctional Center.

MDU arrived at the scene to shut off the gas supply, with the meter located in an area between the courthouse and the LEC.

The gas leak was contained about 9:22 a.m., with the building’s HVAC unit to extract the gas, as those evacuated were allowed to return to the building.

The probable cause of the leak was a malfunction in the gas meter.

Two city fire units, and five fire fighters were dispatched and were on the scene about 45 minutes, with 24 on standby at the fire hall in case they were needed to respond.

 

(CSi- JSDC)  The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) held its Annual Conference from Sept. 25-28, 2016 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This conference was the largest ever in IEDC history with over 1600 attendees. Those in attendance from North Dakota included members from the Economic Development Association of ND board of directors: Connie Ova, President (CEO for JSDC, Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation; Ellen Huber, Vice-President (Business Development Director City of Mandan) and Mark Vaux, member at large (Executive Vice-President Business Development, Greater Fargo-Moorhead EDC).
The program theme, “Economic Development through Technology, Innovation and Productivity”, highlighted the changes in the economic development industry, current rising trends and best practices. This year’s conference coincided with IEDC’s 90th anniversary, and included special events to celebrate the milestone.
Connie Ova said, “The conference featured a series of informational sessions on topics such as the sharing economy and international exchange; receptions for networking and celebrating the 90th anniversary; and workshops on topics such as ethics in the profession.
“This year’s program reflected the current priorities that every economic developer is facing, and program content will help us all build upon our individual strategic objectives, plus to tackle the unique issues of our communities,” said Ova. Ellen Huber facilitated a session for “Communities with Populations under 25,000”. This town hall meeting was for developers to drill down to those issues most impacting their jurisdictions.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Park & Rec office will be closed again today  while they move their offices into the new Gaukler Family Wellness Center in Valley City.

All business for Gaukler Family Wellness Center and Valley City Park & Recreation  memberships and registrations will be done at the new location starting Saturday, October 1st.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Saturday October 15, 2016 at  11am, at Veteran’s Memorial Park, in Valley City the   Herman Stern Historical Marker Dedication, will take place, free and open to all.

Back in February 2016, the Barnes County Historical Society was contacted by Herman Stern’s grandson, Rick Stern, regarding a proposal by Jerry Klein, President of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, to present a historical marker to Valley City, honoring Herman Stern and his actions that saved over 125 lives from certain death at the hands of the Nazis in Germany.  This is the first marker of its kind installed in North Dakota under a new program through the State Historical Society of North Dakota.  Working with the Valley City Park and Rec Department and Valley City VFW Post 2764, we are proud to receive this distinction telling this story of selfless action for generations to come as part of the great story of North Dakota’s history.

The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, President, Jerry Klinger, says, it is with sincere appreciation that the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation thanks the Barnes County Historical Society, the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the community of Valley City for the special privilege of joining with you in recognizing Herman Stern.

Stern was an immigrant to North Dakota.  He came seeking opportunity and betterment.  What was so very special about Stern’s North Dakota experience as a Jew was that he was not pre-judged because of his ethnicity. Instead, North Dakota gave Stern an opportunity to succeed, to prove his metal. Stern was able to show his energy, his integrity, and his willingness to join with all North Dakotans to build positively together their mutual community as respected neighbors.  For that unique, very American open doorway, Stern gave back to his beloved Community, State and Country in every way he could.

In the 1930’s, dark clouds of hatred, bigotry and ignorance filled European skies presaging the Holocaust to come. Stern turned to his friend Senator Gerald Nye and friends in North Dakota for help. The help was given without reservation or question. Over 125 lives were saved from certain death.  It was a credit to Stern but it also was a credit to all North Dakotans.

The Herman Stern marker project is the first historical interpretive roadside marker of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.  It is the first of many more to come that will proudly tell the story of North Dakota.

Jerry Klinger is the president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. www.JASHP.org

JASHP has completed projects in 27 states and in five countries reflecting on the commonality of the American experience.

 

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A Leonard man is dead after a one-vehicle crash in Cass County.

The Highway Patrol says the van driven by the 61-year-old man drifted into the ditch on state Highway 18 and a short time later struck an intersecting township road.

The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday, about 2 miles south of Casselton.

The man was not immediately identified. He was alone in the vehicle.

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Dickinson police arrested a car thief suspect after a foot chase through the city that lasted about five hours.

The incident Thursday morning began after officers tried to stop a car that had been reported stolen in Bismarck, and the driver fled.

Authorities say the man broke into a garage but fled again when the homeowners confronted him. He allegedly later broke into another home, locked himself in with the family and then jumped out a back window when officers arrived.

Police eventually caught the 30-year-old Mandan man and arrested him on charges of terrorizing and burglary. Formal charges were pending.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Police in Minot say a 14-year-old middle school student has been arrested after he threatened to orchestrate a shooting at a school.

Minot Police Department Capt. John Klug in a statement says the adolescent was arrested at 5 p.m. Thursday on three counts of terrorizing. He is being held at the Ward County Juvenile Detention Center.

Klug says the student made the threat at Ramstad Middle School.

Police say the department received information about a “potential threat” at the school Wednesday evening, but officers were unable to immediately verify the information. In response, several officers were assigned to Ramstad and Jim Hill middle schools Thursday.

Police say the incident remains under investigation, but the department believes the students are safe to attend school as scheduled.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland has rejected a request by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to order a more detailed complaint in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the state’s Depression-era anti-corporate farming law. Plaintiffs including the North Dakota Farm Bureau sued in June, and Stenehjem maintained the lawsuit was so vague that his office couldn’t even respond to it. But Hovland says the lawsuit “is more than sufficiently clear” for the state to file a response.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s top budget-writer says the state is on track to have a more than $7 million deficit when the current two-year budget cycle ends in June 2017.

Office of Management and Budget Director Pam Sharp told lawmakers Thursday that the state is “out of balance.”

The deficit comes despite the cuts to government agencies, skimming profits from North Dakota’s state-owned bank and draining a rainy day fund to make up for budget shortfalls due to depressed agriculture and oil prices.

Sharp says if revenues continue to slide, Gov. Jack Dalrymple will have to address it in his executive budget to the Legislature before it convenes in January.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has granted a sixth trial delay for a flight attendant accused of disrupting SkyWest flights in the upper Midwest and on the East Coast last year.

Justin Cox-Sever’s attorney asked for more time to prepare, and Judge Daniel Hovland moved the Arizona man’s trial from early October to early December, in Bismarck. The trial originally was scheduled for last December.

Cox-Sever is accused of making bogus bomb threats on a flight from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Chicago, and on a flight from Minneapolis to Dickinson, North Dakota.

He could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted, though prosecutors have told The Associated Press that a plea deal is likely. Cox-Sever’s defense has said only that all options are on the table.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s first crop of industrial hemp is showing promise, with returns better than a lot of other commodities. Three operations in three counties grew hemp this year under a federally approved research program. The goal is to determine whether hemp can be successful in North Dakota. Yields range from 860 pounds per acre to 1,125 pounds. Hemp is worth about $1 per pound, so its value is much higher than the $280 per-acre cost of raising the crop.

 

In sports….

BISMARCK (AP) The latest Class AAA, AA, A and 9-Man North Dakota High School Football polls have been released, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the school’s record, and total votes received.

Class AAA

1. West Fargo (16) 5-0 80
2. Minot 4-1 63
3. Bismarck Century 3-2 40
4. Bismarck 4-1 30
5. Bismarck Legacy 4-1 21
Others Receiving Votes: Dickinson (4-1)

Class AA

1. Bismarck St. Mary’s (15) 5-0 75
2. Beulah 4-1 46
3. Fargo Shanley 4-1 44
4. Kindred 5-0 41
5. Watford City 4-1 11
Others Receiving Votes: Dickinson Trinity (3-2), Hillsboro-Central Valley (3-1)

Class A

1. Larimore (16) 5-0 80
2. Bishop Ryan 5-0 59
3. Killdeer 4-1 42
4. Langdon 5-0 37
5. Hazen 4-1 11
Others Receiving Votes: Velva/Sawyer (4-1), Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm (4-1), Northern Cass (4-1), Des Lacs-Burlington (4-1).

Class 9-Man

1. Thompson (14) 6-0 78
2. Bismarck Shiloh Christian (2) 6-0 66
3. North Prairie 6-0 44
4. New Salem-Glen Ullin 5-1 21
5. Cavalier 5-1 16
Others Receiving Votes: Hankinson (5-1), Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood (5-1)

 

High School Volleyball…

Bismarck Century def. Bismarck High, 25-10, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14

Bismarck Legacy def. Dickinson, 25-12, 25-14, 25-19

Bismarck St. Mary’s def. Minot, 25-22, 25-22, 15-25, 25-20

Carrington def. Benson County, 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-6

Center-Stanton def. Grant County, 25-22, 25-16, 25-17

Central Cass def. Hillsboro/Central Valley, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 25-13

Divide County def. Burke County, 25-13, 25-15, 25-23

Drayton/Valley-Edinburg def. Cavalier, 25-14, 25-14, 25-9

Ellendale def. Sargent Central, 3-0

Eureka/Bowdle, S.D. def. Strasburg-Zeeland, 25-11, 25-12, 25-13

Fargo Davies def. Sheyenne, 25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-10

Fargo North def. Devils Lake, 23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-8

Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran def. Hankinson, 25-23, 26-24, 22-25, 25-21

Fargo Shanley def. Valley City, 25-21, 25-18, 25-7

Fargo South def. Grand Forks Central, 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21

Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page def. Park River/Fordville Lankin, 25-13, 20-25, 25-17, 25-13

Flasher def. Wilton-Wing, 25-15, 25-20, 25-11

Grand Forks Red River def. Wahpeton, 25-9, 25-21, 25-10

Harvey-Wells County def. Rolla, 25-14, 27-25, 18-25, 25-19

LaMoure def. Enderlin, 25-12, 25-18, 25-14

May Port CG def. Midway-Minto, 25-11, 25-22, 25-12

Napoleon def. Litchville-Marion/Montpelier, 25-11, 25-10, 25-9

New England def. Hettinger/Scranton, 25-19, 27-25, 25-11

New Rockford-Sheyenne def. St. John, 25-23, 25-12, 25-17

Oakes def. Barnes County North, 25-23, 25-13, 25-23

Ray def. Stanley, 25-15, 25-15, 25-13

Richland def. Thompson, 18-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-18, 17-15

Rolette-Wolford def. Lakota/Edmore, 25-12, 25-23, 25-19

Rugby def. Newburg-Westhope, 25-17, 26-24, 25-23

Shiloh Christian def. Garrison-Max, 25-22, 25-9, 25-18

South Prairie def. Parshall, 3-0

Tioga def. Nedrose, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-13, 18-16

Towner-Granville-Upham def. Bottineau, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20

Underwood def. New Town, 25-10, 25-12, 26-24

Velva def. Drake/Anamoose, 25-13, 25-17, 25-15

 

MLB…

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Byron Buxton tripled, doubled, drove in two runs and scored twice as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on Thursday night.

After Salvador Perez’s pinch-hit RBI single with two outs in the ninth pulled the Royals within a run, Terrance Gore ran for him. With Paulo Orlando, who had four hits to match his career high, hitting, Brandon Kintzler picked Gore off first base.

Gore was initially called safe, but after a 1 minute, 15 second review, the call was reversed to end the game.

Buxton’s one-out double triggered a three-run ninth off Kelvin Herrera (2-6). Robbie Grossman, Miguel Sano and Max Kepler contributed run-scoring singles in the ninth.

The Twins won for the first time in 10 games this season at Kauffman Stadium.

Cleveland at Detroit 1:10 p.m.

Final N-Y Yankees 5 Boston 1

Final Baltimore 4 Toronto 0

Final Tampa Bay 5 Chi White Sox 3

Final Seattle 3 Oakland 2

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Washington 5 Arizona 3

Final Chi Cubs 1 Pittsburgh 1, 6 Innings

Final Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 2

Final St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3

Final L.A. Dodgers 9 San Diego 4

Final San Francisco 7 Colorado 2

 

UNDATED (AP)_Entering the final weekend of the regular season, here’s how the American League wild card shapes up. The Baltimore Orioles moved into a tie with Toronto in the wild card race with a 1-0 victory with three games to go. Detroit is one and a-half games out of the final wild card.

UNDATED (AP) —The National League wild card involves three teams. With the Giants beating Colorado 7-2 at home last night, San Francisco moved within one game of the idle New York Mets, who lead the wild card. The St. Louis Cardinals remained one game back of the Giants by beating Cincinnati 4-3 last night.

 

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

HOUSTON (AP) — The fifth-ranked Houston Cougars routed Connecticut 42-14 last night for their second straight 5-0 start. Greg Ward Jr. threw for a career-high 389 yards and accounted for five TDs in just over three quarters.

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals reached .500 by rebounding from a 29-17 home loss to Denver on Sunday with a solid all-around game against the injury-depleted Miami Dolphins, 22-7. Bengals receiver A.J. Green caught 10 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown against the 1-3 Dolphins.

 

HOCKEY-WORLD CUP

Canada sweeps Team Europe for title

TORONTO (AP)— Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal with 43.1 seconds left and Canada beat Team Europe 2-1 to win the World Cup of Hockey. The Canadians won the best-of-three finals 2-0.

Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES’ BEHR’-zhehr-ahn) tied it with a power-play goal with 2:53 left in the third, and Marchand won it with a shot from the slot.

Canada has won 16 straight games, including two Olympic gold medals, since losing to the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics.

 

WENTZ-HUNTING

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz spent part of his off week bow hunting in his home state of North Dakota.

Wentz posted a picture on his Twitter account late Wednesday that showed himself in a field with a deer. He wrote “What do you do on your bye week? You get your first bow buck!”

Wentz hunted on land owned by former Microsoft executive and current North Dakota gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum. Burgum issued a statement to The Associated Press saying, “Congrats Carson! Browns, Bears, Steelers and a bow buck. Great start!”

Burgum was referring to Eagles victories over Cleveland, Chicago and Pittsburgh. The Eagles have a bye this week, and face Detroit October 9th.

 

RYDER CUP-PAIRINGS…

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Europe is sending the Olympic gold and silver medalists out for the first match of the Ryder Cup.

Justin Rose (gold) and Henrik Stenson (silver) are in the opening foursomes match Friday against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed. Stenson and Rose won all three of their matches in 2014 at Gleneagles, while Spieth and Reed went 2-0-1 as a team.

Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler will play together for the first time since 2010 at Wales. They will face Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan, one of six European rookies. The only other rookie in the opening session is Thomas Pieters, who will partner with Lee Westwood in the final match against Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar.

The third match is Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson against Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer.

 

In world and national news…

 

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton were among those fondly remembering the late Israeli statesman Shimon Peres at his funeral today. Obama eulogized Peres as a man who showed the world that justice and hope are at the heart of the Zionist ideal and saw “all people as deserving of dignity and respect.” Many world leaders attended the service.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — Hurricane Matthew continues to strengthen today from its Category 2 status as it swirls through a part of the Caribbean that rarely sees such storms. Rain and wind are whipped at Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao as the hurricane also heads for a brush with the Colombia-Venezuela border area near the Maracaibo oil region. The storm is expected to turn north tomorrow and head toward Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The NJ Transit portion of the Hoboken, New Jersey, station remains closed today, slowing the morning commute as federal investigators sift through the wreckage of a train to determine what happened before it barreled through the station and crashed into a barrier. One person was killed and 100 were injured. More than 100,000 people use New Jersey Transit to commute from New Jersey to New York City each day. National Transportation Safety Board investigators have recovered the event recorder from the train that they’re hoping the recorder will tell them how fast the New Jersey Transit commuter train was going.

Investigators also plan to interview the engineer and other crew members.

They’re also trying to secure the crash site and ensure it is safe for them to comb through the wreckage.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite criticism for his characterization of a former Miss Universe, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to pour it on while throwing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton into the mix. Trump unleashed a series of tweets early today, asking in one, “Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?” He’s called Alicia Machado “Miss Piggy” in the past.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media are reporting one of the bloodiest mass slayings in China in recent years. Reports say a villager is suspected of killing his parents and then 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime. The official Xinhua (shin-wah) News Agency says a police investigation found that the suspect argued with his parents over money.