CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs inthe mid 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds

around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny, warmer. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to

10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in

the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 10 mph

shifting to the west after midnight.

.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 90s.

Lows in the lower to mid 60s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers in the morning,

then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the

afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of precipitation

30 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper

80s. Lows in the mid 60s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

Friday is expected to be the hottest day with several locations in western and

central ND breaking 100 degrees.

 

Jamestown (CSi 7-12-17))  Jamestown Police is warning residents of a high risk sex offender, who has changed addresses in Jamestown.

Kyle Greenough now resides at 1018 4th Aveue, SW # 20, Jamestown, ND

He presently has no vehicle.

He is a 21 year old white male,  5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 169 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair.

Greenough has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Attorney General’s risk level committee.

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition, when he was 19 years old engaging in a sexual act with a 14 year old female.

Conviction: July 2015 in Dunn County, District Court.

Disposition:  7 years suspended, 42 days credit, 3 years supervised probation.

Offense: Gross Sexual Imposition.  When he was a juvenile  he had sexual intercourse with several juvenile females.

Conviction date:  November 2012 in Dunn County Juvenile Court.

Disposition: 1.5 years.

Greenough is currently on probation with North Dakots Parole and Probation.

He is currently on GPS Monitoring.

Greenough is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Kyle Greenough, are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Minnesota Soybean Processors cooperative capital construction fund raising drive continues for the $240 million soybean processing plant in Spiritwood.

Investors interested in the project is invited to attend a meeting on Thursday, July 13,2017 at 7:30-a.m. at the Valley City Eagles Club.

The Spiritwood plant will be an integrated soybean crush facility and refinery, crushing 125,000 bushels of soybeans per day. The plant would produce about 900,000 tons of soybean meal annually and have 55 full-time employees while supporting soybean price paid to local farmers.

The Minnesota Soybean Processors cooperative owns and operates a soybean crush facility and biodiesel operation in Brewster, Minnesota.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) “Marketing 101: How to get the word out about your small business” is set for 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., July 20, 2017, at Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd Street Southeast. Tickets are $ $20 Space is limited. Tickets available at http://bit.ly/Marketing101Jamestown.

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are hard-working, passionate individuals who are experts in their craft. But one of the challenges of owning your own business is marketing.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 SCORE volunteer, Dave Smette of Jamestown says, “It’s not easy for a new business to compete with larger and more well-known organizations. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”

He added that SCORE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing and maintaining small businesses. SCORE volunteers are business leaders who deliver services at no charge. SCORE volunteers like Smette are organizing a workshop called

Leading “Marketing 101: How to get the word out about your small business.” are Janna Bergstedt, vice president of marketing at First Community Credit Union and Katie Ryan-Anderson, marketing manager at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Also on our show, Ryan-Anderson pointed out that Marketing 101 will help answer the questions of: Why is marketing important? What’s my target audience? How do I reach them? Marketing 101 will also offer inexpensive tools and tricks to help with project management, graphic design, social media and advertising. Those interested in attending should prepare for a day of learning, networking and dialogue.

In addition to managing a business, managing a budget is also a challenge, and on our show SCORE volunteer, Ken Astrup said that SCORE can put prospect and current business owners in touch with successful business people and other contacts, who can be “The eyes and ears,” of individuals in the marketplace .

Costs for the Jamestown event are kept low, thanks to the generosity of: SCORE, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals of Jamestown and the Jamestown/Stutsman County Development Corporation.

Agenda:

10 a.m.: Introductions & Welcome
10:30 a.m.: How to Build a Brand, Janna Bergstedt, VP of Marketing, First Community Credit Union
Noon: lunch courtesy of Young Professionals of Jamestown
12:45 p.m.: Free and Inexpensive Tools to help you Plan, Manage and Design, Katie Ryan-Anderson, Marketing Manager, Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

More information and to register for the Jamestown seminar by calling the Jamestown SCORE office located at the South Central Dakota Regional Council office, at Legacy Center in Downtown Jamestown at 701-252-8060.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   – Interstate Engineering informs residents that Border States Paving will be wrapping up Phase 1 of the 5th Stree NE project which consists of the area between 12th Ave NE and 17th Ave NE. Paving, striping, signing, and seeding is anticipated to be completed by July 19th, 2017.

The contractor will proceed with Phase 2 road construction and some of the underground construction located in Phase 2 beginning approximately July 20th, 2017. Phase 2 consists of the areas between 17th Ave NE and Eastwood Drive.
The public should be aware that there is going to be temporary street closures, traffic delays and limited parking along 5th Street in this work zone.
The contractor will be issuing an announcement in the media and contacting each affected home before Phase 2 will be commencing.
Anyone with questions or comments, please feel free to contact Ben Aaseth at (701) 252-0234 or ben.aaseth@interstateeng.com.

 

Washington  (CSi)  – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of North Dakota to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from March 23 to April 29, 2017.

Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by flooding in Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, McHenry, Pembina, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Towner, and Walsh counties, and in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Reservation.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

Thomas J. McCool has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. McCool said additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by the results of damage assessments.
GLADSTONE, N.D. (AP) — A judge says Stark County can’t seize about 70 horses and 20 cattle from a Gladstone rancher accused of abusing and neglecting them.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Southwest District Judge Rhonda Ehlis says Gary Dassinger should be able to keep his animals, because of how their condition has improved.

The Stark County State’s Attorney’s Office sued Dassinger in April after a local veterinarian found some of Dassinger’s animals to be in poor shape. Two horses were severely crippled and were euthanized.

Dassinger has said health problems made it difficult for him to care for the animals.

Dassinger faces a July 31 preliminary hearing on the animal neglect charges.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A downtown bar is suing the city of Minot in federal court for the right to operate as a strip club.

Envy Gentlemen’s Club was forced to stop offering entertainment dancing in 2011 as a result of a new city ordinance restricting where such clubs can operate.

The business is suing for damages and also asking to be grandfathered into its current location so it can once again have the dancers.

The city is asking for the case to be dismissed. The Minot Daily News reports a pretrial conference is scheduled July 20.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a drone operator accused of stalking private security workers during a protest last year in North Dakota over the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Myron Dewey had been scheduled for trial Wednesday on a misdemeanor stalking charge.

Prosecutors asked to drop the charge Monday after a judge ruled to suppress evidence taken from the drone, saying the state hadn’t proved that authorities’ seizure of the drone was legal.

Morton County sheriff’s officials said Dewey tried to capture the faces and license plates of two people working for Leighton Security in October in an attempt to post their identities online. Dewey says he was just trying to record evidence that the pipeline company was working illegally.

 

Update…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A large wildfire burning in the Little Missouri National Grassland of western North Dakota is now 40 percent contained.

Nearly 100 firefighters are battling the Magpie Fire, which started Saturday in a remote area and isn’t threatening any structures, people or livestock. The U.S. Forest Service says containment went from 15 percent Monday to 40 percent on Tuesday night.

The fire did scorch some grazing land. Officials also have shut down nearly one-third of the Maah Daah Hey hiking, biking and horseback riding trail, along with two campgrounds.

Airspace over the fire remains closed to private planes and helicopters.

The cause of the blaze is still being investigated.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI director nominee Christopher Wray says he has no recollection of providing input on Bush-era Justice Department memos on the interrogation and detention of terror suspects. Wray was asked during his confirmation hearing about his role in the so-called “torture memos” detailing the use of certain interrogation tactics such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican efforts to scrap much of Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law have hit a new complication. Wary House conservatives were insisting Wednesday that the bill satisfy their goals of low-premium insurance policies with bare-bones coverage. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell planned to unveil a revised bill repealing much of the 2010 statute on Thursday despite no visible signs that leaders have rounded up enough GOP support to win its passage.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll says a wide majority of Americans think people like them have too little influence in Washington and that lobbyists, rich people and big businesses have too much power. The survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also shows none of the three branches of government earns much confidence from Americans. Congress scores worst, with only 6 percent of people saying they have a lot of confidence in the House and Senate.

UNDATED (AP) — One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, a trillion-ton behemoth more than seven times the size of New York City, has broken off of Antarctica. It has triggered disagreement among scientists over whether global warming is to blame.

HOUSTON (AP) — If the Trump administration gets its way, all U.S. citizens flying abroad will have to submit to face scans at airport security. Currently, such biometrics are gathered only for foreigners entering the U.S. Privacy advocates accuse the government of overreach, and call the plan an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state.