wbPM3CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGHS IN

THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST

WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 30 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH

INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHWEST

WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE

AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.

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

LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.

.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE

MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN

THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

 

Chances for scattered rain will continue for most of western and central ND

on Monday.

Thereafter, an upper level trough is forecast to deepen Tuesday

into mid next week favoring a possible cool down back to near to

slightly below normal temperatures.

 

Valley City  (CSi) The Valley City  Eagles Club fundraiser to support making repairs to the building’s foundation is Friday evening, from 5-p.m., to 7-p.m., at the Club.  Patrons need to use the east entrance during this repair project.

Repairs are being made to the sagging foundation of the Valley City Eagles Club in the southwest corner of the building.

Valley City Eagles Club board President Mitch Ludwig says the club received a $50,000 Food & Beverage grant earlier this year and some nice donations to help cover the repair work.

He adds, that  a few more dollars are needed to help pay for the repair.

The menu consists of pulled pork sandwiches, chips and Jenny’s famous cookie salad.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   The Frontier Village Board of Directors has voted 7-0 to elect Acting President, Nellie Degen, as President effective in January of 2017. The board also unanimously elected Jim Cofield as vice president and re-elected Tina Busche as secretary-treasurer.

Ms Degen pointed out that security measures at Frontier Village continue to be stepped up.

Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger has been give gate keys that allow patrols of the village. Also security cameras have been installed with the Stutsman County Communications Center now able to view the camera feeds an alert officers of possible situations before they enter the village.

The  increase in security measures was approved in light of two horses at the Village injured last summer by pellet guns.

Vandalism was also reported last summer as a fence was purposely  cut in two places and the goats temporarily got out.

 

Spiritwood  (CSi) The North Dakota State Water Commission will conduct an aerial electromagnetic survey of the Spiritwood aquifer.

The survey consist of the helicopter towing an antenna about 100 feet above ground sending and receiving electromagnetic signals that characterizes the geology beneath the surface.

The State Enigneer’s Director of Water Appropriations, Jon Patch says, the survey results will provide a high resolution map of the Spiritwood aquifer which is a major groundwater supply in the area. The map aids in identifying and optimizing local sources of available groundwater.

The helicopter flies in an area about five miles wide from Wallum, north,  south to Montpelier. Patch says the flight survey might take about two to three weeks depending on weather and the data collection will continue through October.

Patch says, AEM has proven to be a safe, dependable, and cost-effective way to collect an enormous amount of data and may revolutionize the way we do data collection in the future. It’s leading edge stuff.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sanford Health is looking to absorb another health care provider in the Dakotas.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Mid Dakota Clinic CEO Marvin Lein has told staff in an email that doctors have agreed to a merger, tentatively by the end of the year.

Mid Dakota has nearly 100 physicians who serve patients in the Bismarck-Mandan area.

Sanford Health was formed in 2009 when Sanford in Sioux Falls, South Dakota merged with Meritcare in Fargo, North Dakota. Three years later, the new Sanford Health bought Medcenter One in Bismarck.

Sanford now bills itself as one of the largest health systems in the nation, with hundreds of hospitals and clinics in nine states and three countries and 27,000 employees. It’s the largest employer in the Dakotas.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota has dedicated a new headquarters for its College of Engineering and Mines.

The $15.5 million Collaborative Energy Complex was built with about $4 million in state money and $10 million in private donations, including $5 million over five years from Hess Corp., a major player in the Bakken oil patch.

Construction on the 37,000-square-feet facility with state-of-the-art labs and multipurpose teaching centers started in July 2015. A dedication ceremony was held Friday.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The owner of Kirkwood Mall in Bismarck plans to close the facility on Thanksgiving to enable workers to spend time with their families on the holiday and also to “bring back the excitement of Black Friday shopping.”

The move by CBL & Associates Properties Inc. mirrors other retailers around the country including the Mall of America in Minnesota that are taking a stand against the growing trend of Thanksgiving shopping.

CBL & Associates also owns Dakota Square Mall in Minot, which will shut down on the holiday.

The day after Thanksgiving is generally known as Black Friday, the kickoff to the holiday shopping season and the busiest shopping day of the year.

 

In world and national news…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is criticizing the appearance of one of the women who are accusing him of sexual assault. At the rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Republican presidential nominee denied the accusations again, saying if “you looked at the horrible woman” who made the allegation, “you’d say ‘I don’t think so.'” It was unclear which of the women Trump was denigrating. Several have now come forward accusing him of groping them and forcing unwanted kisses on them.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is accusing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and liberals of seeking to impose “a gloom and a grayness” on America and pursuing a government-heavy agenda for elites. Ryan has been under siege from fellow Republicans for his unwillingness to help Donald Trump. Earlier this week, he privately told GOP colleagues that he’d no longer defend or campaign for his party’s presidential nominee.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an extension of the voter registration deadline for one county in coastal Georgia after Hurricane Matthew disrupted the final sign-up days for new voters. U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled that voters in Savannah and surrounding Chatham County must be allowed to register through next Tuesday. The storm forced the county elections board to close its offices for a six-day period that included Tuesday, the statewide deadline to register.

TARBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has been touring flood damaged towns across the state. Today, he pledged support to residents and officials in Princeville, where floodwaters as high as some rooflines swamped homes. Princeville is one of the country’s oldest towns chartered by African-Americans. It was also inundated in 1999 after Hurricane Floyd. The death toll from Hurricane Matthew has grown to 24 in North Carolina.

NEW YORK (AP) — Forty medical experts at a New York hospital successfully separate conjoined twins attached at the head. Officials at Brooklyn’s Montefiore (mahn-tih-fee-OHR’-ee) Medical Center say 13-month-old boys Jadon and Anias (an-EYE’-ihs) McDonald are recovering after the 20-hours procedure, which ended before dawn today. Hospital officials say the twins have “a long road of recovery and rehabilitation ahead of them.” The twins’ mother, Nicole McDonald, describes the atmosphere at the hospital as “celebration mixed with uncertainty.”