CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the ValleyCity area. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms.

Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph shifting to the

north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers

after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Chance of precipitation 50 percent, 60 percent in the Valley City area.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds

around 10 mph.

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

winds around 10 mph.

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

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy

with a 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance

of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in

the mid 70s.

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

.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 70s.

Lows in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 80.

 

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to expand into central

North Dakota and continuing through the night. Severe weather is

not expected.

 

Chances for thunderstorms will continue through Wednesday.  A few

thunderstorms could be strong to severe in the southeast in the afternoon and evening.

 

Chances for thunderstorms return Friday through Saturday. Severe

weather is not expected at this time.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a 79 yer old Jamestown man was injured Tuesday afternoon at 3:21-p.m., when the Kenworth he was driving popped a right tire traveling northbound on Highway 281 five mile south of Jamestown.  The report says, the truck and trailer loaded with corn entered the east ditch and overturned onto the driver’s side coming to rest in a parking lot.

79 year old Thomas Oxtoby of Jamestown was transported by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, for treatment of minor injuries.

The semi was totaled.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents that the water main break in Southwest Jamestown was repaired, and water service restored about noon, on Tuesday.

Water  Department Superintendent Steve Suko says, a sleeve was installed at the break.

On Tuesday morning Public Works informed residents in that affected area to expect a temporary water outage, in the area of 18TH & 19TH St SW between 9th Ave & 12th St SW.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Plans are set for a community-wide celebration of the Hansen Arts Park in Downtown Jamestown, August 25-26, 2017 in Jamestown, called “ArtSpark.”

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 the new Arts Center Director, Larry Kopp said artist, William Fritts has finished his sculpture of the Arts Park’s Stage and Pavillion.

Next the sound and electrical systems will be installed.

Kopp pointed out,the activities start at 5-p.m., on Friday, August 25th with the Arts Park Ribbon Cutting, and continuing through the evening, and then through the day on Saturday the 26th.

On Friday the 25th, at 4:45 p.m., the celebration starts with the Jamestown High School Pep Band performing.

Larry Kopp’s Welcome followed by speakers and the Ribbon Cutting starts at 5-p.m.

Invited speakers will include:

Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen’s presentation, from the ashes of the Orlady Building, that burned on the site to the present Arts Park, and to acknowledge emergency personnel, who battled the fire.

Former Arts Center Director, Taylor Barnes will talk about the broad vision and ideas and dreams for the space.

Donor Jo-Ida Hansen, will explain why she gave to the project.

The Ribbon Cutting will then be held, led by Jamestown Fine Arts Association Board, Chairman, Bob Toso.

Then Larry Kopp will invite the community to events and activities at the Hansen Arts Park through the weekend.

Wrapping up the program will be the Jamestown High School Band.

Other invitees are schedule to include:

  • Chamber Ambassadors
  • Jamestown Fine Arts Board (new & former)
  • Jamestown City & Rural Fire Fighters, Police, Ambulance
  • King Studio
  • Donors including Jo-Ida Hansen
  • Park Committee & Former Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish
  • Artist Owen Fritts
  • North Dakota State Legislator, Bernie Satrom
  • Steve from Northern Lights
  • Sharon from Arts Midwest
  • A representative from ArtsPlace
  • A representative from The Bush Foundation
  • Taylor Barnes
  • Cyndi Wish
  • Jamestown City Council Members
  • The Jamestown Downtown Association board
  • Jamestown Tourism board

Also on Saturday August 26th the JFAA Annual Show Reception will be held at the Jamestown Arts Center from 1-p.m., to 3-p.m., with prizes for the show awarded at 1:30-p.m.

Kopp added that the JFAA Annual Show runs from August 19 – October 7, 2017, at the Arts Center.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Patriotic Council sponsors its annual All Vets Indoor Picnic on Sunday, August 13, 2017, starting at noon at the All Vets Club.

There will be music by the Drum and Bugle Corps, bingo, games and a fried chicken picnic lunch with a freewill offering. The event is open to all area veterans, families and friends, and no membership is required.

A special welcome is extended this year to all Gulf War and Afghanistan veterans.

For more information, contact council Chairperson Phyllis Denchfield or the club at 252-8994.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Ave Maria Village in Jamestown’s  Bike Run Benefit, is on Sunday August 27, 2017, starting from Stutsman Harley-Davidson.

Registration is from 10-a.m., to 11:45 a.m., with kickstands up at noon.

The cost is $20 per rider, and $10 per passenger.

At the ending location there will be food, drinks, and a silent auction.

Proceeds benefiting Phase One of the Capital Campaign for Private Rooms.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper,  Monday afternoon, stopped a vehicle for minor traffic violations and discovered 183 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle, one of the North Dakota Highway Patrol’s largest drug busts.

A Dodge minivan was eastbound on I-94 between Mandan and Bismarck in a construction zone. The driver, 71 year old Harold Miller, of Sacramento, California, was stopped for traffic violations. During the stop, the trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana.

Miller admitted to having marijuana inside the vehicle. A subsequent search revealed 183 pounds of marijuana with an approximate street value of $700,000.

Miller was placed under arrest for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A photo of the seizure is available on the NDHP Facebook page.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A hay donation lottery program set up in North Dakota to help drought-stricken ranchers is being expanded to producers in South Dakota and Montana.

The effort was launched last week by North Dakota’s Agriculture Department , North Dakota State University and the Michigan-based nonprofit Ag Community Relief. Officials set up a site near the NDSU campus to accept hay donations that will be doled out to needy producers through a lottery process.

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring on Tuesday said the lottery will be opened to ranchers throughout the tristate area. The application deadline is Aug. 31.

Ag Community Relief is organizing a large hay donation convoy to North Dakota later this month. The first hay drawing will be in early September. More drawings will be held as donations allow.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Devils Lake man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for dealing drugs.

Forty-year-old Jeremy Crist pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.

Authorities say an informant working with a narcotics task force arranged a methamphetamine deal with Crist, who was later arrested. Officers say Crist was in possession of 12 bags of meth, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson ordered Crist to serve eight years of supervised release after his prison term.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A 53-year-old North Dakota man has been sentenced for biting off a co-worker’s ear during a fight.

Authorities say Gary Eiland and the other man were fighting over where to place merchandise at a Minot lumber and hardware store in September 2015 when Eiland bit off 80 percent of the other man’s ear. Doctors weren’t able to reattach it.

Eiland said he was acting in self-defense, but he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.

He was sentenced Monday to time served of two days and ordered to spend three years on supervised probation. He also was ordered to pay nearly $3,000 in restitution and $1,100 in court costs.

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An unnamed couple has donated $6.5 million to Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.

The organization says the donation is lead gift in a three-year initiative to expand and update 19 health care clinics throughout the region, including its Uptown location in Minneapolis.

The clinic serves 13,000 people and Planned Parenthood says demand for services has increased. Planned Parenthood says the regional clinics provide family planning and reproductive health services to 66,000 people each year.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian tribes fighting the Dakota Access pipeline want a federal judge to shut down the line while more environmental review is done.

Judge James Boasberg in June ordered federal officials to do more study on the pipeline’s impact on the Standing Rock Sioux — even though the $3.8 billion line began moving North Dakota oil to Illinois June 1.

Boasberg is now considering whether to shut down the line while the review is done. Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners and the Army Corps of Engineers don’t want that.

Tribal attorney Jan Hasselman says the pipeline should be shut down to ensure tribal safety. He also “reluctantly” proposed “alternative relief” including implementation of a spill response plan at the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, from which the tribe draws water.

 

In Sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s early Canada goose hunting season is set, with bag limits and licensing requirements the same as last year.

The state Game and Fish Department says one change is that the west boundary of the Missouri River Canada Goose Zone north of state Highway 200 is extended to state Highway 8.

The season opens Tuesday, Aug. 15, and continues through Sept. 15, except in the Missouri River Zone where the season ends Sept. 7.

Limits and shooting hours for the early season are different from the regular season. The early Canada goose season has a limit of 15 birds daily and 45 in possession. Shooting hours are half an hour before sunrise to sunset.

More information can be found on the Game and Fish website .

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post is reporting that U.S. intelligence officials assess that North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles. That would mean North Korea has passed a crucial threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. The Post story, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence officials, said the confidential analysis was completed last month by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee want to know how much money federal agencies are spending on businesses still owned by President Donald Trump. The lawmakers are making their request for documents as Trump spends much of August at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

DENVER (AP) — An ex-Denver disc jockey who claimed Taylor Swift falsely accused him of groping her has testified that he wants to vindicate himself after being fired from his dream job over the claim. David Mueller took the witness stand Tuesday at the trial of dueling lawsuits involving the groping claim that stems from a photo session before a concert.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A convicted felon who graduated from Yale Law School is being forced to prove he has the moral character and fitness to practice law in Connecticut. Reginald Dwayne Betts passed the state bar exam in February. But his three felony convictions for a carjacking he committed in Virginia two decades ago as a teenager has triggered additional proceedings before the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California. That’s according to Marine Corps officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. If approved by senior Marine leaders, the change could happen as soon as next spring. Some officials say that giving male Marines greater exposure to females during training could foster better relations.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Glen Campbell, the grinning, high-pitched entertainer who had such hits as “Rhinestone Cowboy” and spanned country, pop, television and movies, has died. He was 81.

Campbell’s publicist Sandy Brokaw says the singer died Tuesday morning in Nashville. No cause was immediately given. Campbell announced in June 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and that it was in its early stages at that time.

Campbell was one of the biggest stars of the late 1960s and 1970s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 12 gold albums and 75 chart hits. He co-starred with John Wayne in the 1969 movie “True Grit” and had a weekly audience of some 50 million people for the “Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” on CBS from 1969 to 1972.