CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny.  Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south around 15 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers

after midnight in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around

15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs

around 70. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. West

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the afternoon. Highs around 70.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the upper 40s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the

morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s.

.MEMORIAL DAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the mid 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.

Highs in the mid 60s.

 

Showers and cool temperatures through Memorial day weekend, especially Sunday.

 

 

Valley City, ND (CSi) – Ross Powell was electedby Valley City voters Tuesday in the Special Election to fill the unexpired term of City Commissioner Richard Ross, who resigned the position earlier this year.

Ross was elected to the City Commission in June of 2016 for a four year term.

Powell is  a personal banker at  Wells Fargo’s Valley City branch.  He presently serves as a member of the Valley City Park Board.

The unofficial results at of 8pm Tuesday with all ballots counted according to City Auditor Avis Richter:

  • Ross Powell……..415
  • Lloyd Nelson…….60  (write-in)
  • other write-in…….2

477 ballots were cast and there were 78 absentee ballots cast.

The vote canvass will take place, on Tuesday May 30, 2017 at 9-a.m. at the Valley City Commssion Chamber at City Hall.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s Finance & Legal, and Building Planning & Zoning Committees met Tuesday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

 

FINANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

 

The committee recommends approval of the request from JSDC for PACE Economic Development Funds for JK Holdings, LLC, in the amount of up to $215,000, with the City Share to be $172,000 and paid for from the City Sales Tax Fund.

 

The committee also approved of the request from JSDC for Flex PACE Economic Development Funds for JK Holdings, LLC, in the amount of up to $86,000, with the City Share to be $68,800 and paid for from the City Sales Tax Fund.

 

The committee recommends  approval of the request from the JSDC for a loan extension to Dunwoodie Developments extending the loan of $121,305.76 at the original interest rate of 5%, with the first payment due February 1, 2017, which has already been paid.

 

The committee recommends  approval of the request from JSDC to lease office space to the MN Soy Processors in the Economic Development building in Downtown Jamestown at $500 per month for eighteen months, with a month to month lease of $575 at the conclusion of the original term.  This is the final space available in the building

 

The committee recommends  approval of the request from the JSDC for reimbursement for 2016 JSDC Real Estate & Special Assessment costs from Economic Development Funds, in the amount of $7,261.42, with the City Share to be $6,584.30 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

 

The committee recommends approval of the request from Accessible Space Jamestown, Inc., for the City of Jamestown to act as the sponsoring unit of government for a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $94,000.

The dollars are earmarked for improvement to doors, windows and the roof at the Dewey Apartments.

 

The committee recommends approval of the request from James and Debra Schumacher for a deferred special assessment, pending

development, on their property located in Section 30-140-63, Auditors Lot 30-02, for the costs for the roadway construction of 5th Street NE from 12th Avenue NE to 27th Avenue NE.  A time limit of not to exceed five years or if a development occurs first, was recommended in the approval.

 

The committee recommends accepting the offer of Monte and Connie Morast to purchase Lot 6, Block 1, Homestead Addition, in the amount of $6,100.

 

The committee recommends  recognizing the Jennifer Lindsey Benefit as an other public spirited organization and to authorize the issuance of a raffle permit with the drawing to be held July 11, 2017.

 

The committee recommends authorizing the issuance of a $2,500,000 Definitive Improvement Warrant with an interest rate of 2.5% and a term of 30   years to finance the construction and engineering costs on 5th St NE between 12th Avenue NE and 27th Ave. NE. (Paving District #16-42).

 

The committee recommends  authorizing the issuance of a $3,347,000 Definitive Improvement Warrant with an interest rate of 2.5% and a term of 30 years to finance the construction and engineering costs on 20th Ave SW from Menards to the JRMC (Paving District #16-43).

 

Informational: Credit Opinion issued by Moody’s Investor service on May 17, 2017, regarding the City of Jamestown $4,090,000 Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2017, Series AA, to be authorized for sale at the June 5, 2017, City Council meeting.

 

Informational: Departmental and financial reports.

 

BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE

Introduced for  the First Reading  an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code to change the zoning of approximately 5.3 acres, including Blocks 3, 4, and 5 of Mall Woods Addition, all being within the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from P-O-C (Public, Open Development and Conservation District) to C-2 (General Commercial District). The property is located at: 900 23rd St SW, 912 23rd St SW and 1024 23rd St SW.

 

Informational: A Public Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinance No 1494, introduced by Council Member Gumke, to amend Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of a portion of Lot 1 within the NE ¼ of Section 26, Township 140N, Range 64W, lying and being north of a line extended from the intersection of the south boundary line of 9th Street with the east boundary line of said lot westward to the middle of the James River at right angles with the east boundary line of said lot, Lands in Jamestown, consisting of 8.4 acres, from P-O-C (Park/Open Space/Recreation District) to R-1A (Single Family or Duplex Residential District) The property is located at 901 4th Ave NW.

 

 

CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE

 

Jamestown Tourism Director Searle Swedlund request was recommended for approval for  dollars from the Capital Improvement Fund. The  committee recommends approving funds for construction of a donation receptacle, for the “Feed The Buffalo,” project, in the amount up to $8,000 from the fund. The “Feed the Buffalo,” donations will go toward future monument projects for the World’s Large Buffalo at Frontier Village in Jamestown.  An account will be set up to show the dedicated funds.

Dan Poland Machine Inc. and Bohl Iron Works submitted designs of a bison silhouette cutout of steel with an opening at the bison’s mouth where people can place money for a donation. The bison cutout would be interactive and “speak,” whenever money is put  into the receptacle’s mouth.

The committee also recommends approving placing the receptacle in the area of the buffalo monument.

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

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Stutsman/Development Corporation (JSDC) board has approved the plan for two additional industrial parks in the city and county.

The board has approved the strategic plans for 2017-2020

The strategic plan, recently approved by the JSDC Board of Directors involves  a new industrial park near Jamestown Regional Airport, south of UTC.

The new strategic plan calls for JSDC to identify another location for a manufacturing industrial park by January 8, 2018

Those are in addition to The I-94 Business Park and the Spiritwood Energy Park

The JSDC currently owns two other business parks.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Master Gardeners presents The First Annual “Garden Morning,” a free event for the public on Saturday June 3, 2017.

The event runs from 9-a.m. to 1-p.m., at the Stutsman County Extension Service Office, at 502 10th Avenue, Southeast.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Amy Leonard said, presenters will be  Theresa Podoll, Kara Kramin and Jerry D’Amour talking about Garlic, Hostas, and Pollinator Gardens.

Vendors include: Riverside Greenhouse,of Valley City, Country Gardens, Garden District, Prairie Road Organic Seed, Bees at Work Honey, with Gerry D’Amour, plus Caroline Zacher,  Jennifer Moldenhauer, and Tom Geffre.

Door Prizes by vendors and The Dakota Store.

There will be kids crafts, and food served all day by the Stutsman County Prairie Pals  4-Hers, and Sew and Sow from LaMoure.

A free will donation will be accepted to the Wildfire Relief Fund.

The Seed Library is located at the Alfred Dickey Public Library in Downtown Jamestown.

Also on our show Robert Ness said that the Stutsman County Master Gardeners are organized through the North Dakota Extension Service.  Those joining pay a $150 tuition fee, and study and listen to speakers areas of flowers and landscaping,

And during internships perform 48 hours of community service assisting in gardening in the community.

He added that nationwide five million hours of community service is donated.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Three people who were charged and then cleared in the drowning of a 5-year-old girl in the city swimming pool in Velva have settled claims against the state for the costs of defending themselves.

An open records request shows the three claims were worth more than $72,000.

The former McHenry County state’s attorney filed the charges accusing the employees of negligence in allowing a day care to remain open even though its license had lapsed. The charges were later dismissed.

Attorney Mark Friese of Fargo represented Julie Leer, a former lawyer for the North Dakota Department of Human Services in Bismarck. KFGO says Leer will be paid more than $28,000.

Friese says the charges should not have been filed in the first place.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot woman is accused of helping her husband plan the murder of his ex-wife.

Twenty-six-year-old Cynthia Louise Wilder is charged with criminal conspiracy to committee murder and accomplice to escape. She faces life in prison without parole.

Richie Wilder Jr., was sentenced this month to life without parole for stabbing his ex-wife, Angila Wilder, 44 times in her bedroom on Nov. 13, 2015. The 30-year-old Angila Wilder was pregnant when she was murdered.

Cynthia Wilder told Judge Gary Lee Monday that she did not understand the basis of the charges against her. Defense attorney Andrew Schultz told Lee the charges seemed based on the word of a single confidential informant.

Cynthia Wilder has been an elementary teacher for the Minot Public Schools for the past two years.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a traffic stop on Interstate 94 near Mandan netted 59 pounds of marijuana.

A trooper stopped the car for speeding Sunday morning. One of the two men in the vehicle consented to a search, and the patrol says the trooper found bagged marijuana, marijuana plants, $1,400 in cash and two fake law enforcement badges.

The trooper arrested the men on several charges and impounded their car.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The head of North Dakota’s Department of Financial Institutions is calling it a career.

Commissioner Robert Entringer is retiring at the end of November.

Entringer has served in state government for more than three decades, and was appointed to the department’s top position in January 2011.

Gov. Doug Burgum says Entringer “built a well-deserved reputation as a fair regulator who provides consistently sound oversight of our state-chartered banks, credit unions and other financial services providers.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials say 173 employees from cabinet-level agencies in state government have applied for voluntary buyouts.

In April, Republican Gov. Doug Burgum gave agency heads the option to offer buyouts to employees. In a letter drafted by Burgum’s office, agencies told employees the buyouts might limit the need for layoffs.

The deadline to apply for a buyout was Monday. It’s up to the agencies to determine which buyouts are accepted.

The applicants include Financial Institutions Commissioner Robert Entringer, Deputy State Health Officer Arvy Smith and Sheila Peterson, the fiscal management director for the Office of Management and Budget.

The options for the buyouts range from a lump-sum payout of three months’ salary to accepting no pay but staying on the state’s health insurance plan for a year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of homeless people in North Dakota increased in the past year with people in search of work accounting for the greatest number of those without housing.April Fairfield, executive director of the North Dakota Coalition for Homeless People, says volunteers counted 331 “unsheltered” homeless people during a one-day survey on Jan. 26. That’s up from 216 unsheltered homeless last year but down from a record 1,395 in 2013.

This year’s higher count comes as the state has slashed funding to combat the problem due to budget problems brought on by depressed oil and crop prices.

The Legislature included $2 million for homeless programs in the two-year budget that ended in 2015. Legislators have set aside only $300,000 in the budget that starts July 1.

 

In sports…

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Days after clinching the Big Ten regular season title, Nebraska Baseball Head Coach Darin Erstad has been named the conference coach of the year, according to the Big Ten Baseball Twitter account.

Erstad is the first Husker coach to earn the honor, and the Big Ten title is the first in program history.

The Huskers finished the season 34-18-1, and won 10 of their last 12 games, including a 21-3 win over Penn State to close the season.

Nebraska earned a No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, and will battle No. 8 seed Purdue on Wednesday at 4 p.m. on BTN CSi Cable 66.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will throw the first pitch of the Big Ten baseball tournament, facing Indiana to start the eight-team event.

The third seed Gophers will get the double-elimination bracket going Wednesday morning against the sixth seed Hoosiers, who are hosting this year .

First-time regular season champion Nebraska will play eighth seed Purdue. Second seed Michigan will face seventh seed Northwestern. Fourth seed Maryland and fifth seed Iowa will square off in the last of the four Wednesday openers.

The championship is Sunday afternoon with an NCAA tournament automatic bid for the winner, which was Ohio State last year. Minnesota and Nebraska received at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 2016.

The Big Ten tournament began in 1981. Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State have the most titles with nine apiece.

 

Girls Soccer…

Jamestown 4, Mandan 0

 

AA…

Fargo-Moorhead 4, Cleburne 1

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Washington 10 Seattle 1

Final Cleveland 8 Cincinnati 7

Final Toronto 4 Milwaukee 3

Final Arizona 5 Chi White Sox 4

Final Miami 11 Oakland 9

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ervin Santana pitched a two-hitter for his 10th career shutout, Brian Dozier homered and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 Tuesday night.

After banging out 21 hits in a 14-7 win over Baltimore on Monday, the AL Central-leading Twins relied on exceptional pitching to earn their ninth victory in 13 games.

Santana (7-2) struck out six, walked two and permitted only one runner past first base. The lone hits against the right-hander were a second-inning single by Welington Castillo and a single in the fifth by Jonathan Schoop.

It was Santana’s 18th complete game, the second this season. He finished by retiring the last 14 batters.

Minnesota became the first team this season to capture a series at Camden Yards (the Orioles were 7-0-0). Now 16-5 on the road, the Twins on Wednesday will seek to complete their first three-game sweep in Baltimore since 1996.

Dylan Bundy (5-3) allowed two runs and six hits over seven innings, striking out seven and walking three.

 

Final Kansas City 6 N-Y Yankees 2

Final L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 0

Final Boston 11 Texas 6

Final Houston 6 Detroit 2

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Chi Cubs 4 San Francisco 1

Final Colorado 8 Philadelphia 2

Final N-Y Mets 9 San Diego 3

Final Atlanta 6 Pittsburgh 5

Final L.A. Dodgers 2 St. Louis 1, 13 Innings

 

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving poured in 42 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers took a three-games-to-one lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals by downing Boston, 112-99. The Cavs trailed by 10 at halftime before outscoring the Celtics 40-23 in the third quarter, with Irving contributing 19 points in less than five minutes. LeBron James had 34 points for the Cavaliers, who are one win away from their third straight NBA Finals series with Golden State.

 

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Craig Anderson handled 45 shots and Mike Hoffman broke a 1-1 deadlock in the third period to send the Ottawa Senators past Pittsburgh, 2-1 in the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals. Anderson was perfect after Evgeni Malkin beat him early in the second period. Bobby Ryan also tallied for the Senators, who forced a Game 7 set for Thursday in Pittsburgh.

 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sylvia Fowles had 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 80-78 on Tuesday night.

Seimone Augustus added 16 points, including nine in the third quarter, for the Lynx (4-0).

Morgan Tuck hit a 3-pointer from the wing to pull Connecticut to 80-78 with 19.8 seconds left and Lindsay Whalen missed two free throws at the other end. After a timeout, Connecticut worked the ball around but a jump ball was called with 2.2 seconds left. The Sun gained possession but weren’t able to get off a shot.

Maya Moore added 12 points, six rebounds and five assists for Minnesota, which is ranked second in the AP power poll. Rebekkah Brunson grabbed seven rebounds to move into fourth on the all-time WNBA list.

Jasmine Thomas made a career-high five 3-pointers and scored 18 points for 11th-ranked Connecticut (0-3). Jonquel Jones added 16 points and Tuck finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Minnesota has won 21 straight games in the month of May since 2012.

 

Final N-Y Liberty 69 Phoenix 67

 

LYNX-OLYMPIC RINGS

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The five Olympic champions from the Minnesota Lynx are getting a little more hardware.

Team USA women’s national team director Carol Callan was in town Tuesday to give Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and coach Cheryl Reeve the Olympic rings they earned after winning the gold medal at the Rio Games last summer.

Reeve was an assistant coach on the team and all four players played key roles for the dominant USA women’s basketball team. The group went 8-0 and won the country’s sixth straight women’s basketball gold.

The presentation was scheduled to take place before the Lynx play Connecticut on Tuesday night.

 

NFL

CHICAGO (AP) — NFL owners announced a few changes during their meeting in Chicago yesterday, including the reduction of overtime from 15 to 10 minutes. The league gave the 2021 Super Bowl to Tampa Bay and announced that Los Angeles will host the event in 2022. The NFL is also cutting back on excessive celebration penalties.

 

 

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) — A school near Manchester says it is “in shock” and heartbroken as it announced that one of its students, teenager Olivia Campbell-Hardy, was killed in the Manchester concert attack. Tottingham High School, in Bury near the city of Manchester, say Olivia, reportedly 15, had been with a friend during Monday night’s attack on the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. The friend has undergone surgery to treat injuries from the bombing that killed 22 people.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has visited the Vatican’s children’s hospital, meeting with patients, painting pictures with them and taking selfies. Mrs. Trump went to the Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) pediatric hospital after she and President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis earlier at the Vatican.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he’ll consider martial law in other parts of the Philippines “in order to protect the people.” He says “if I think that ISIS has taken a foothold also in Luzon,” the main northern island, “and terrorism is not really far behind, I might declare martial law throughout the country.”

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Accidental shootings involving children have tragic similarities, including the difficult question afterward of whether any adult should face charges. An Associated Press-USA TODAY Network investigation found the question is answered haphazardly, with similar accidents often resulting in different outcomes. Prosecutors must decide if punishing adults for leaving firearms within reach of children will serve a greater good or merely inflict more punishment on people already suffering with grief.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top officials in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet are heading to Capitol Hill to defend his plans to cut domestic programs and parry Democratic criticism of his tax plans. Budget Director Mick Mulvaney appears Wednesday before the House Budget panel while Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify at the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.