CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny, Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds

5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds

around 5 mph.

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

around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds

5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers in the morning,

then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation

30 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.

Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the upper 70s.

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

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

the morning. Highs in the mid 70s

 

 

Friday night through Sunday, chances of showers and thunderstorms

High temperatures should be in the 70s with lows mainly in the low to mid 50s. Only modest warming next week with highs in the 70s to lower 80s.

Off and on chances of showers and a few thunderstorms Tuesday and

Wednesday.

 

 

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- NDFU) – The state’s largest farm organization is calling for federal disaster payments to assist livestock and crop producers through one of the worst droughts in North Dakota since the 1980s.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne says “There have been great efforts to get hay and forage into the hands of ranchers, but that won’t fix the financial disaster that is looming. The federal government needs to step up.” Farmers Union is proposing direct payments to both livestock and crop producers affected by the drought.

In a letter sent last week to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the heads of the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees, Farmers Union extended an invitation for them to see drought conditions firsthand in North Dakota. As of the end of July, 51 of the state’s 53 counties were in some form of drought with 15 counties incurring exceptional drought, the most intensive classification of the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Watne adds, “Crop insurance is an excellent tool for farmers [to combat disaster, but when the disaster is this severe, it will not meet our needs.  Producers are limited in what they can recover through crop insurance and there is no insurance program for livestock producers.”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts less rainfall in North Dakota in August than the limited amount received in July.

Watne adds, “If predictions hold true, crops that haven’t failed already will do so in August,” “and our feed shortage will only get worse. It’s important that federal and congressional leaders come to North Dakota to grasp what conditions are really like on the ground, so they better understanding the critical needs.”

 

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.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is coming to North Dakota next week.

Gov. Doug Burgum says Pruitt is scheduled to participate Wednesday in a round table discussion in Fargo on federal regulations involving navigable rivers and lakes. Later that day, he is set to tour the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota and hold another round table.

In May, with Pruitt’s approval, North Dakota became the first state in the nation to apply for and receive regulatory authority over carbon dioxide capture and storage.

Burgum says he’s excited for the opportunity to host Pruitt and highlight North Dakota issues and priorities.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota legislative panel has begun its work studying the impacts of refugee resettlement in the state.

Fargo Democratic Rep. Kathy Hogan chairs the 17-member committee and says refugee resettlement is widely misunderstood by many of her fellow lawmakers.

The panel is tasked with the study mandated by the Legislature. The committee on Wednesday began examining the impact of refugees on such things as the workforce, government services, law enforcement, schools and health care.

The committee is slated to meet at least five times and present recommendations to the Legislature on how to improve or modify the resettlement process.

 

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

The Bismarck Tribune reports 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.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A former school in Mandan has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Register is the federal government’s list of properties it deems worthy of preservation and recognition.

The school building at various times housed a high school, a junior high and an elementary school. It was nominated for the Register because of its architecture. The original buildings were designed in 1917 and 1924.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota contractor that damaged a natural gas pipeline in North Dakota last week has a history of striking pipelines.

The damage caused the release of 126,000 gallons of natural gas liquids and shut down a gas processing plant for three days.

State regulators who recently fined Carstensen Contracting of Pipestone, Minnesota, in another incident are investigating.

President Brad Carstensen says the company took the necessary steps to locate underground pipelines, and is still investigating what happened.

At least the second gas pipeline the contractor has damaged in North Dakota while installing water pipelines. In addition, city leaders in Fort Dodge, Iowa, parted ways with Carstensen last summer after the contractor hit 20 underground utility lines while working on a sewer project.

 

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Low oil prices and the high cost of extracting Canadian oil are casting new doubts on the Keystone XL pipeline as project developer TransCanada faces its final regulatory hurdle in Nebraska.

After nine years of protests, lawsuits and political wrangling that saw the Obama administration reject Keystone XL only to have President Donald Trump revive it, the economics of the project have worsened. Shippers have also found other ways to transport oil.

Project opponents say they’re not letting their guard down and will continue to protest.

Officials with Calgary-based TransCanada will try to persuade the Nebraska Public Service Commission to approve the pipeline during a series of hearings that start Monday. The company says it will decide whether to proceed with the pipeline in late November or early December.

 

Update…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  –   Cleanup work is expected to begin one day after a deadly natural gas explosion and partial building collapse  Wednesday at a Minneapolis school.

Fire Chief John Fruetel says a second body was recovered from the rubble at Minnehaha Academy around 8 p.m. Wednesday. Fruetel says the medical examiner’s office was working to notify relatives.

The school earlier Wednesday said longtime receptionist Ruth Berg died in the blast, and that janitor John Carlson was missing. At a news conference Wednesday night, Fruetel didn’t specify whether Carlson’s body was the one that was located.

The fire chief says the exact cause of the explosion remains unclear. The state fire marshal’s office is assisting in the investigation.

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

Hundreds of people packed a campus chapel to pray and comfort each other at the Minneapolis school.

Minnehaha Academy President Donna Harris, who was injured in Wednesday’s explosion and collapse, encouraged those gathered at the campus of the Christian school Wednesday night to trust God and they will get through the ordeal.

Four people remained hospitalized with injuries, including one in critical condition.

 

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 2,800 doe licenses remain after North Dakota’s deer gun license lottery.

The state Game and Fish Department says resident applicants who were unsuccessful in the first lottery can apply for remaining licenses.

Online applications can be made starting Tuesday. Paper applications for remaining licenses will be mailed to hunters next week. The deadline for applying is Aug. 30.

The first lottery application process had more than 107,000 applicants, and about 53,000 were unsuccessful. Results are available on the Game and Fish website .

 

AA…
Sioux Falls at Fargo-Moorhead, ppd.

 

MLB…

 

INTERLEAGUE

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ervin Santana threw a four-hitter for his major league-best fifth complete game and hit a two-run single to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. The Twins won for just the second time in nine games.

 

Final L.A. Angels 7 Philadelphia 0

Final Oakland 6 San Francisco 1

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Detroit 2 N-Y Yankees 0

Final Toronto 5 Chi White Sox 1

Final Baltimore 6 Kansas City 0

Final Texas 5 Seattle 1

Final Tampa Bay 3 Houston 0

Cleveland at Boston 7:10 p.m., postponed

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2

Final Miami 7 Washington 0

Final Atlanta 5 L.A. Dodgers 3

Final Arizona 3 Chi Cubs 0

Final St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 4

Final N-Y Mets 10 Colorado 5

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — For the first time in six seasons, North Dakota State’s media day festivities were not centered on defending a national championship. Coach Chris Klieman (KLY’-min) says it doesn’t feel any different. The Bison are coming off a season that ended in the semifinals of the Football Championship Subdivision and snapped a record run of five straight FCS titles.

 

GOLF…

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP…

 

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Martin Kaymer (KY’-mur) has withdrawn from the PGA Championship next week because of a left shoulder injury.

His brother, Phillip, says the 2010 PGA Championship winner has inflammation in the tendon of his upper biceps and has been advised by doctors to step away from golf for 10 days.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Rory McIlroy has formally announced that he has parted ways with caddie J.P. Fitzgerald and will use his best friend, Harry Diamond, as his caddie in the Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship next week.

Still to be determined is how long he uses Diamond, and what McIlroy does after the PGA Championship.

McIlroy says there wasn’t one incident that led to him switching caddies after nine years. McIlroy says they remain friends and he didn’t want their roles as player and caddie to change that.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls described by President Donald Trump that didn’t happen are the latest in a series of disputes involving his tangled relationship with facts. Polls, history and other research leave open the question of how impressions of Trump’s truthfulness affect his job approval _ hovering around one-third of Americans. Press secretary Sarah Sanders has tried to explain that compliments Trump described receiving in calls from the Mexican president and the Boy Scouts did occur _ just not on the phone.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says a Senate bill he’s endorsing would be one of “the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century” if it became law. But an AP Fact Check finds that his backing of the plan to restrict and reshape legal immigration is based on some shaky assumptions. For example, he says the current system ‘depresses wages” for the poorest workers and is a burden on taxpayers. An AP analysis shows that doesn’t reflect the weight of recent economic research.

AIN ISSA, Syria (AP) — A young Indonesian woman remembers with regret how she persuaded her extended family two years ago to follow the dream of an Islamic utopia advertised by IS in slickly produced propaganda videos and social media. Their journey took them from Jakarta to Turkey and to the heart of the Islamic State group’s caliphate in Syria. But their hopes of a better life were shattered amid terror and abuse _ and months later they started to plan their escape from the militants.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a one-day delay in the installation of an all-powerful constituent assembly, saying it will convene Friday instead of Thursday as planned. The body, elected last Sunday, is empowered to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution. Maduro vows he will use it to target his opponents and solidify the socialist system installed by late President Hugo Chavez.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A flurry of North Korean missile launches is a new and alarming fact of life for Japan and its neighbors, but is also being greeted by a sense of resignation from many in the region. Many Japanese, South Koreans and Chinese appear to share an attitude that there’s not much anyone can do about North Korea’s apparent newfound capacity to launch missiles capable of reaching much of the continental United States.