CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

.THURSDAY…Decreasing clouds. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs around 70. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest

winds around 5 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph

shifting to the south in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast

winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the lower 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of

precipitation 20 percent.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the lower 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance

of rain showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

 

Numerous showers and thunderstorms are forecast Wednesday after and night across all of western and central North Dakota. Severe weather is not expected.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for Friday night through

Saturday night.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Beginning Monday August 7, 2017, crews from Rehrig Pacific will begin distributing new brown garbage containers to Jamestown single family households, mobile homes and most multi-unit housing (apartment) facilities.

The new containers consist of 35 gallon, 65 gallon and 95 gallon capacities based on resident selection. Any resident who did not respond to the mailing sent out earlier and due by July 31, 2017, will receive a 65 gallon container.

The crews will be following the regularly scheduled garbage pick-up schedule as much as possible. The distribution of the new containers is anticipated to be accomplished within a week’s time; however, with the placement of approximately 5,700 containers there is sure to be some unanticipated small concerns.

The City of Jamestown  requests patience and understanding from our residents as we work to resolve any concerns as they arise. The city asks all residents for their cooperation in this effort and to leave any green containers, which they may currently be using, in place after it is emptied next week; as City crew(s) will be collecting the green containers.

Residents will be allowed to switch the size of their container at no cost one time prior to October 1, 2017. Thereafter a fee of $25.00 will be assessed for any change in container size.
Although the new automated garbage trucks ordered back in January of this year have been delayed in delivery, residents may begin using the new garbage containers immediately.
Information received from the Recycling Center of North Dakota, Inc., the city recycling contractor, indicates a delay in the starting date for the curbside recycling as well. We expect further updates as to their new schedule within a few weeks.
Any questions regarding garbage containers or garbage service may be made to 701-252-5900. Any questions relative to recycling, please call 701-320-9218.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)   — The North Dakota Development Fund, a loan program within the North Dakota Department of Commerce, awarded funding for five projects totaling $2,460,500 at its monthly board meeting held in July.

The North Dakota Development Fund was created in 1991 as an economic development tool. It provides flexible gap financing through debt and equity investments for new or expanding North Dakota primary sector businesses. Primary sector businesses create new wealth and are typically manufacturers, food processors and export service companies.

North Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC. In Spiritwood was awarded a $1,500,000 loan for construction and related cost of their new soybean crushing facility. The company will be constructing a 42.5 million bushel per year soy bean crushing plant.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Stutsman County Veteran’s Service officer David Bratton says a number of fundraisers have been set in the coming weeks.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Bratton said, on Sunday August 13, 2017 at noon, it’s the All Vets Club, All Veterans, indoor picnic, at the All Vets Club, sponsored by the Jamestown Patriotic Council.  No membership is required to attend.

A free will offered will be accepted for the chicken picnic luncheon.  There will be music, bingo, and raffles. Raffle tickets available at the All Vets Club office.

On  Wednesday September 6, 2017 R.M. Stoudt in Jamestown offers the Ford Drive 4 UR Community program, to benefit Disabled American Veterans.

From 5-p.m.,to 7-p.m., every no obligation test drive taken in a 2017 Ford model, Ford and R.M. Stoudt will donate $20 to the DAV.

Ford has been loyal friend of DAV since 1922, when Henry Ford provided 50 Model T Fords to help disabled World War I veterans attend the organization’s Second National Convention.

Other area events include, the PTSD Awareness Wheeler Run, Saturday September 2, 2017 in Enderlin, in memory of Army Staff Sgt James Dammen.  Proceeds go to Service Dogs for America in Jud to help match a service animal to a veteran with PTSD.

Donations can be made directly to www.servicedogsforamerica.org

For more information  contact Manager@Trio-Bar.com, or call Barbara at 701-437-3275.

At the event ATV’s 4 wheelers, and side by sides are welcome.

A $25 person registration fee includes a T-Shirt and pot lunch meal and music by Blue English after the run.

Registration 10-a.m., to 11-a.m. at the Trio Bar & Grill at 313 Center Street in Enderlin.

The Barnes County Veterans Service Office in cooperation with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, announces the 2017 Camp Grafton Disabled Veterans Hunt, for those veterans who are 50 percent disabled or greater.  The hunt will take place on Monday November 13, 2017, and Tuesday the 14th at Camp Grafton.  Applications due to  August 31, 2017, available at any Veterans Service Office.

Call Angela at 701-845-8511.

David Bratton can be reached at the Stutsman Count Veterans Service Office located in the lower level of the LEC in Jamestown at 701-252-9043.

The office is open Monday-Friday, 8-a.m., to 12 noon, and 1-p.m., to 5-p.m.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —  School officials say all students and staff are safe following an explosion, Wednesday at a private college prep school in Minneapolis, though authorities say two people remain unaccounted for.

The Minneapolis Fire Department says a gas explosion caused the blast and partial building collapse Wednesday at Minnehaha Academy. Fire officials say contractors were working on the building at the time.

Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner says two people are unaccounted for and one person suffered critical injuries in the blast.

The school released a statement saying all of its summer program students and staff “are accounted for and safe.”

The private Christian school serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly 100 groups and businesses in North Dakota have shown interest in either producing or dispensing medical marijuana.

That pleases state officials who are establishing a network for making the drug available to qualified patients by next summer.

The Health Department in June asked those interested in being a part of the system to notify the agency by the end of the month so it could gauge interest. The request drew 97 nonbinding letters of intent.

Medical Marijuana Division Director Kenan Bullinger says that exceeded expectations.

North Dakota voters last November approved medical marijuana, and the Legislature earlier this year crafted regulations. The Health Department is finishing the process of drafting administrative rules, and then it will start accepting formal applications from potential processors and distributers.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department is considering an application from a proposed hog operation in Ramsey County.

The agency says Grand Prairie Agriculture wants to build a 2,700-hog and pig operation about 10 miles west of Devils Lake.

The Devils Lake Journal reports that some people in the area are concerned about property values and environmental problems, while others see a potential boost to the economy.

The department says in a statement that it will hold a public meeting at some point on the environmental permitting process. The time, date and location haven’t been decided yet.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Registered nurses at CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck have filed for a vote on whether to unionize.

The nurses’ request to vote on whether to be represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association will be reviewed by the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB requires at least 30 percent of the registered nurses to request a vote.

The nurses maintain that operational changes and declining care standards are harming patient care and the hospital’s reputation.

The hospital has laid off about 120 employees over the last 1 ½ years but maintains its quality of care hasn’t suffered.

The Minnesota Nurses Association represents nearly 22,000 nurses in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The wife of a former Standing Rock Sioux tribal leader convicted of sexually abusing a girl has agreed to plead guilty to failing to report the abuse.

Rhonda Krein Fool Bear signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors Wednesday in which she admitted not alerting law enforcement. In exchange, prosecutors have agreed to drop a charge alleging that she lied at the trial of Robert Fool Bear Sr.

Krein Fool Bear’s attorney declined to comment on the case.

Robert Fool Bear was convicted in April. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced Aug. 23.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Several North Dakota residents are asking for more information about a mobile oilfield waste treatment plant that’s proposed in the Bakken formation.

The North Dakota Department of Health will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss White Wing Limited’s application for a radioactive materials license.

White Wing Limited is proposing to process, filter and separate oilfield waste with naturally occurring radioactive material. The company doesn’t plan to collect or store oilfield waste, but immediately would dispose it at a special landfill.

Company officials say they expect the plant mainly to operate in McKenzie, Dunn, Williams and Mountrail counties.

The Dunn County Commission and about a dozen citizens have submitted letters to the health department that raise questions about the proposal.

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts are denying a claim by President Donald Trump that the head of the youth organization called the president to praise his controversial speech to the Scouts’ national jamboree. Trump, in a lengthy interview with The Wall Street Journal, said the “head of the Boy Scouts” told him it was a great speech. However, the Scouts said, “We are unaware of any such call.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says a proposal to place new limits on legal immigration will help protect the nation by establishing higher standards for entry and allowing authorities do more thorough reviews of each applicant. In a statement released Wednesday, Sessions also claimed the proposal would “end the unlawful abuse of our public benefits program.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin says Russia isn’t considering further retaliation against the United States following President Donald Trump’s signing of a sanctions bill. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says “retaliatory measures already have been taken.” The statement carried by Russian news agencies refers to Russia’s decision to sharply cut the U.S. diplomatic personnel and close a U.S. recreational retreat and warehouse facilities.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers safely repaired a gene in human embryos, a scientific first that targeted a heart defect _ and also raises the prospect of one day preventing a list of inherited diseases. The research team led by Oregon Health and & Science University is reporting that embryos can help fix themselves if scientists jump-start the process early enough. It’s laboratory research only, nowhere near ready to try in a pregnancy. Experts say it’s time for an ethical debate on how far such work should go.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The president of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly says the legislature will call for a probe of claims that the official turnout figure in Sunday’s election was tampered with and there was a discrepancy of at least 1 million votes. Julio Borges says findings disclosed Wednesday by voting software company Smartmatic provide “complete confirmation” of what opposition leaders and independent analysts had suspected.