CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Valley City area.  Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the morning.

Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening in the Valley City area.  Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the lower

80s. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the lower

80s. Lows in the upper 50s.

.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.

Lows around 60.

.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the mid

80s. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.

Lows in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

 

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible late Monday afternoon

through Monday evening. Large hail and damaging winds are the

main threats.

A chance of thunderstorms continues Tuesday across southern North

Dakota. A couple storms could be severe.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The “What in the World Is Going On? Program will sponsor a fourm, Thursday July 27, 2017 at 7-p.m. at the Hi-Liner Activity Center, in Valley City.

The program will address impacts that the 2017 legislature will have on the community.

Co-event coordinator Sharon Buhr says community leaders and legislators have been invited to share what they believe these effects will be. She adds, “we believe that the community will be interested in learning about what the legislature did in a variety of areas including spending cuts.”

Invited are Senator Larry Robinson and Representatives Dwight Keifert and Daniel Johnston. Also asked to participate are representatives from the city and county, local health and human services agencies, educational planning and development, water control issues, senior care facilities and others.

Residents will have the opportunity to understand the issues and discuss them with legislators and others who have been affected by legislative action. The interactive plan for the forum calls for short summaries followed by audience questions.

The event will be moderated by Dr. Luis Da Vinha, professor of Political Science at Valley City State University.

What in the World Is Going On?  is a campus-community group  of volunteers organized  several years ago for the purpose of addressing and discussing issues of local, national and international importance. The event is free and open to all.

For more information about What In the World Is Going On? or to become a member call 845-7321.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) – Friday July 28, 2017 at 9-a.m. the Hot Rods of the James Valley Street Machines head out on The Black Top Tour. This Year They head on a 700 mile run to The Shed in  Warroad Minnesota. Along the way the cruise will stop in Fargo, for shop tours, then to Holt, Minnesota to see a Northwest Jet sitting in that town.

Once the club reaches Warroad and after a visit to “The Shed,” they will take in two activities. The first one is a guided fishing trip. The second is a trip through The Polaris Experience Center.

On the third day, the cruise stops by Midwest Rod & Custom for a shop tour, and then drive their way back to Jamestown.

The Cruise is available to anyone with any ride.  Paticipants are responsible for their own room and board each night. The Club each night will be staying a Seven Clan Casino. Join them in Jamestown or join in along the way. For more information contact Skovy at (701)-202-7067. Checkout the club at www.jamesvalleystreetmachines.com

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)   – The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDoT) and North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) are reminding citizens that on August 1, 2017, the fine for littering on state highways will be much higher.

If you litter or dispose of cigarette butts on a North Dakota highway, you’ll face a much higher fine than in the past.

During the last legislative session, House Bill 1311 was passed and raises the fine for littering on a publicly maintained roadway from $100 to $500.

The NDDOT and NDHP reminds motorists about the dangers of improperly disposing of cigarettes out the window of a vehicle, especially during dry conditions, as it can easily cause a roadside fire which can be catastrophic.

Learn more about the newest fine and law at www.dot.nd.gov.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Geologists are searching for rare earth elements in the eastern part of North Dakota in an attempt to end foreign dependence on the valuable materials used in several forms of modern technology.

90 percent of the world’s supply of batteries, hard drives, magnets and other goods are controlled by China.

Since 2015, researchers have taken more than 470 samples of elements, including europium, holmium and scandium, from 60 sites across the Little Missouri Badlands.

The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources geologists have found all of the elements in every sample, but they hope to find concentration of heavy elements.

Researchers are expected to publish their results in the fall.

 

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two women with civil disobedience arrest records are claiming they damaged valves and set fire to construction equipment along an oil pipeline that crosses Iowa and three other states.

Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya were arrested for criminal mischief at the Iowa Utilities Board office Monday after damaging a sign outside the agency’s building.

The Des Moines women released a statement before their arrest claiming they burned construction machinery, cut through pipe valves with a torch and set fires with gasoline, rags and tires along the Dakota Access pipeline route.

Both women have been arrested in the past year for protesting the $3.8 billion pipeline crossing North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. It began operating June 1.

Pipeline owner Energy Transfer Partners did not immediately respond to messages.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Civil Air Patrol is helping authorities keep tabs on developing wildfires in drought-stricken North Dakota.

Patrol Capt. Larry Regorrah says infrared cameras are used to find hot spots. That information is passed to firefighters on the ground who can then respond accordingly. Regorrah says the North Dakota Civil Air Patrol is one of only two wings of volunteer service in the country that have access to infrared cameras. The patrol is the volunteer civilian branch of the U.S. Air Force.

With the ongoing drought, the Civil Air Patrol is on high alert for the wildfire missions.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner says he did not collude with Russia. Kushner spoke to reporters at the White House Monday after meeting with Senate investigators probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible ties to the Trump campaign.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The fiance of the driver charged in the deaths of 10 immigrants packed into the back of his broiling tractor-trailer says he called her from jail to say he hadn’t known his truck was filled with 90 people. Darnisha Rose says James Bradley told her he noticed the trailer rocking back and forth. She says he opened the door and “saw the people in there, laying everywhere. He said he didn’t know what to do, which way to go.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas Republican congressman is blaming “some female senators from the Northeast” for blocking the GOP health care bill. In a radio interview, Rep. Blake Farenthold said the Senate has failed to show the courage to dismantle the Obama health care law. Female senators who opposed the bill include Susan Collins of Maine and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. He said: “If it was a guy from south Texas, I might ask him to step outside and settle this Aaron Burr-style.”

LONDON (AP) — Pope Francis is praying for Charlie Gard, the critically ill baby who is hospitalized in Britain, and the 11-month-old boy’s parents. The Vatican also that Francis “feels especially close to them at this time of immense suffering.” Earlier Monday the child’s parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, dropped their legal battle to send their son to the United States for the treatment, acknowledging that the window of opportunity to help him had closed.

SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — A member of the World of Faith Fellowship says when he moved to the mother church in North Carolina at age 18, church leaders took his passport and money, and he was forced to work 15 hours a day, usually for no pay. Andre Oliveira of Brazil says “They trafficked us up here.” An investigation by the Associated Press found that the church used its two branches in Brazil to siphon a steady flow of young laborers, who came to the U.S. on student and tourist visas.