wbPM2CSi Weather….

.TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH.

.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS

AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHEAST

WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS

AROUND 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.

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

.MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER

MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

LOWS AROUND 40.

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

AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents that due to Utility Service Work, WATER SERVICE WILL BE TEMPORARILY SHUT OFF beginning at 7:30 am tomorrow – THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 2016, in the following areas:

East of Hwy 281, North of Lloyds Motors to the north side of I-94 and
17th St SW to the Frontier Village.

Water outages will be temporary – water service will be resumed as soon as is possible.
PLEASE CALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 252-5131 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City High School Student Council in cooperation with  Marketplace Foods  promotes  “Stuff a Truck with Holiday Spirit” food drive.

Food items collected will go to the Barnes County Food Pantry prior to holiday season.

The Food Drive will run October 25th  through November 10th this year, with the  Stuff a Truck collection day set for the HAC Lobby on Thursday November 10th.

Students will start off  collections on Tuesday, October 25th at the Hi Liner volleyball game versus Grand Forks Central.

There will be free admission for those  bringing  four canned food items for the Barnes County Food Pantry.

 

Bismarck (CSi)  The NDDOT reports that Carrington Roundabout ribbon cutting has been rescheduled for Wednesday October 26, 2016, at 1-p.m.

The event will be held at the east Jct. of ND 200 and US 52 in Carrington. Parking for the event is available on the north frontage road in front of Shopko and the south frontage road in front of Erickson Implement.

In case of inclement weather: The event will be held at the Carrington Armory, located at 1000 1st St. North in Carrington.

Speakers include:

Mayor Neil Fandrich

NDDOT Director Grant Levi

Other state and local officials

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) €” Actress Shailene Woodley has pleaded not guilty in a North Dakota court to criminal trespass and riot charges after her arrest in a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline.

Court records show the “Divergent” star entered her pleas on Tuesday through her attorney Alexander Reichert.

Woodley and 26 other activists were arrested Oct. 10. She livestreamed her protest on Facebook.

The Standing Rock Sioux want construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline halted, saying it could taint the water supply and encroach on tribal burial sites. Protests supporting the tribe have been going on for months.

Woodley could face 60 days in jail and $3,000 in fines if she is convicted of criminal trespass and engaging in a riot.

 

Updated

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified four people who died after the car they were in collided with a pickup truck on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

The Highway Patrol says all of the victims were from Mandaree. The agency identified them as 23-year-olds Jasmin White Owl and Matthew Yellow Wolf, 21-year-old Robert White Owl and 27-year-old Mario White Mountain.

They were in a car that authorities say failed to stop at the intersection of Highways 23 and 8 shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday and collided with a Minot Air Force Base vehicle.

Jasmin White Owl was driving, and the other victims were passengers in the backseat. A front seat passenger in the car suffered serious injuries.

The two airmen in the pickup weren’t hurt. They’re assigned to the base’s 91st Missile Wing.

 

Updated

DRAKE, N.D. (AP) — A two-vehicle crash in McHenry County killed a 73-year-old Drake woman.

The Highway Patrol says Jacqualine Richter was driving a sport utility vehicle that turned in front of a car at an intersection on U.S. Highway 52 at Drake. The two vehicles collided shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Richter was flown to a Minot hospital, where she later died.

The two people in the car were taken to a Harvey hospital with unspecified injuries.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux’s tribal council has voted to make tribal land available for those protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, though an organizer from another tribe says many likely won’t move.

Standing Rock chairman Dave Archambault II says the tribal council voted 8-5 Tuesday to use reservation land so that permanent structures can be built to protect protesters from winter weather.

But protest organizer Cody Hall, who is part of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in South Dakota, said Wednesday that the offer has come too late because many of the several hundred protesters are hunkered down on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property near where the four-state pipeline is being built.

The tribal land made available is about two miles south of the current camp.

 

In sports….

Bismarck  (CSi NDHSAA)  – The October 2016 meeting of the North Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors on Wednesday, October 19 was highlighted by the formal approval of the NDHSAA Football Plan for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Division AAA consists of 14 teams with two regions. The top four teams from each region (8 total teams) will qualify for the AAA state playoffs.

Division AA consists of 10 teams and will feature a statewide schedule. The top six teams in the statewide standings will qualify for the AA state playoffs.

Division A consists of 32 teams with four regions. The top four teams in each region (16 total teams) will qualify for the A state playoffs.

The 9-man division consists of 43 teams with six regions. The top four teams in each region (24 total teams) will qualify for the 9-man state playoffs.

Division and region alignments for the 2017 and 2018 seasons are as follows:

Division AAA (14 teams)

Region 1 (East Region): West Fargo, Fargo Davies, West Fargo Sheyenne, Grand Forks Red River, Fargo South, Grand Forks Central, Fargo North.

Region 2 (West Region): Minot, Bismarck Century, Bismarck Legacy, Bismarck High, Williston, Mandan, Dickinson.

Division AA (10 teams)

Statewide: Jamestown, Devils Lake, Bismarck St. Mary’s, Fargo Shanley, Watford City, Turtle Mountain, Wahpeton, Grafton, Valley City, Central Cass.

Division A (32 teams)

Region 1: Fargo Oak Grove, Hillsboro/Central Valley, Kindred, Milnor/North Sargent/Sargent Central, Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier, Lisbon, Northern Cass, Enderlin/Maple Valley

Region 2: Park River-Fordville-Lankin/Valley-Edinburg, Barnes County North/Griggs County Central/Midkota, Langdon/Munich/Edmore, Carrington/Pingree-Buchanan, Bottineau, Harvey/Fessenden-Bowden, Rugby, Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn

Region 3: New Town, Stanley, Lewis & Clark Berthold/North Shore/Minot Our Redeemer’s, Des Lacs-Burlington, Velva/Sawyer, Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Central, Minot Bishop Ryan, Nedrose

Region 4: Beulah, Washburn/Wilton/Wing, Dickinson Trinity, Hazen, Garrison/Max Belfield/South Heart, Bowman County, Killdeer/Halliday

9-man (43 teams)

Region 1: Thompson, May-Port/CG, Northwood/Hatton, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood, Hankinson, Richland, Hope-Page/Finley-Sharon

Region 2: Cavalier, Larimore-Emerado, Lakota/Dakota Prairie, Four Winds, North Border (Walhalla/Pembina), Midway/Minto, New Rockford-Sheyenne

Region 3: Oakes, Steele-Dawson/Tappen, Linton/HMB, Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter, LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, South Border (Wishek/Ashley), Strasburg/Zeeland

Region 4: Dunsieth, Rolla/Rolette/Wolford, Towner-Granville-Upham, Leeds/Maddock, North Star/Starweather, Drake-Anamoose, St. John

Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh Christian, Mott-Regent/New England, Underwood/Turtle Lake-Mercer/McClusky, New Salem/Glen Ullin, Richardton-Taylor/Hebron, Beach, Grant County/Carson/Flasher, Hettinger/Scanton

Region 6: Trenton/Williston Trinity Christian, Tioga, Ray/Powers Lake, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood, Sur

rey, Divide County, Parshall/White Shield.

 

So that means,  tonight’s Blue Jay football game at Ernie Gates Field will be the last for Jamestown at the state’s highest level of high school football, as the North Dakota High School Board of Directors has  given final approval on the new four-class system today, based on enrollment.

The action will  move Jamestown from Class AAA to a new 10-team Class AA division.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — University of North Dakota President Mark Kennedy says the school will continue to sponsor 20 sports.

The Grand Forks school in April announced it was cutting men’s golf and baseball from its athletic offerings due to state budget cuts.

UND in August reinstated men’s golf after the program secured the necessary $144,400 in funding for the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. But Kennedy that month asked a committee to examine the school’s overall athletics program, including number of sports and the cost of the programs.

Kennedy says the committee this week recommended retaining all 20 sports currently offered, and he’s going along with that.

The decision does not reinstate the baseball program. And Kennedy says the long-term fate of the golf program will depend on fundraising.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says the fight to retake Mosul could take months and will likely feature periods of fierce combat. Army Gen. Joseph Votel (voh-TEL’) says the duration of the battle will be determined in part by how the Islamic State group reacts to the Iraqi offensive. So far, the militants have put up significant resistance in villages surrounding the Iraqi city. Iraqi forces are being supported by U.S. air power and advisers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a man charged with gunning down an imam and his assistant as they left a New York City mosque says his client’s DNA doesn’t match that found on the weapon. That hasn’t been confirmed by police. Oscar Morel has pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the Aug. 13 attack and remains jailed without bail. Prosecutors yesterday handed over surveillance footage that they say shows Morel fleeing the scene.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says economic growth accelerated slightly as summer ended and fall began. The Fed’s “Beige Book” survey of economic conditions in its 12 regional bank districts found that growth was modest or moderate in eight districts, slight in three, and flat in one. The slight improvement could be enough to encourage Fed policymakers to raise short-term interest rates by their December meeting.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two firefighters and two civilians have been injured in a gas explosion in Portland, Oregon. Utility officials say it happened after a construction crew hit a gas line. The officials say a building was heavily damaged, but the people inside were evacuated before the blast occurred.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists have discovered that the most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco Bay Area is connected to another fault — and together, they could produce a major quake. A team from the U.S. Geological Survey found that a previously unknown strand of the Hayward Fault connects to a less active fault to the north. The Hayward Fault has long been considered a threat because it runs under densely populated neighborhoods east of San Francisco. Scientists say if the two faults were to break simultaneously along their combined 188 miles, they could produce a magnitude 7.4 quake.