CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph.

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

around 10 mph.

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

with slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the

mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. 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. Southeast winds 5 to

10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

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

showers in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph.

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

Highs in the mid 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the

mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.

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

the morning. Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers

and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs

around 80. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

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

slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper

50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

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

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that Due to the annual street maintenance project, the following street WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED over the next TWO WEEKS beginning  Friday morning, August 11, 2017:

3rd St NE (College Hill) between 9th Ave NE & 12th Ave NE

Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering these construction maintenance areas. The public should consider alternate routes.

The road maintenance activities are contingent on changing weather conditions.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The last day Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department will be offering lap swimming at the Jamestown High School swimming pool will be August 31, 2017.

The Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) will be opening in September for swimming.

For more information about the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) call 952-8722 (TRAC).

 

 

Valley City (CSi)  Plans are in place for the Welcome Window Project and the Back to the City Night.

The Valley City Welcome Window Project and Back to the City Night is on August 24, 2017.

The Welcome Window Project involves local businesses painting their storefront windows. The goal is to provide an old-fashioned welcome for VCSU students (especially  incoming students), the kind that says “we’re glad you’re back, we appreciate you, and we hope you will get to know our businesses and think of Valley City as your city.”

The Welcome Window Project will run from August 16–24 and conclude with the Back to the City Night when VCSU students, faculty, and staff will meet on the VCSU side of the footbridge and walk “Back to the City” to meet business owners and check out the many things our city offers.

For more information about these events, please feel free to contact Jackie (jacqueline.owen@vcsu.edu) or Sarah (sarah.larsen@vcsu.edu) directly.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Amazing Backpack Giveaway will be held Monday, August 14, 2017 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the New Life Assembly of God Church located at 520 Winter Show Road SW in Valley City.

Pastor Lucas Aufenkamp says students can register by visiting www.newlifevc.com/backpack or by calling the church at 701-845-2259. He said the first hour is for registered students the second hour is for those who walk in.

Anyone who would like to financially support the backpack giveaway, please visit www.newlifevc.com/support

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A fired Fargo police officer is appealing his termination, with his attorney stating that claims made by his supervisors were trumped up and disparaging.

David Boelke is appealing to the city’s Civil Service Commission.

Chief Dave Todd fired the 15-year veteran saying he made “intentional and willful decisions” not to respond to calls, not to collect evidence and showed disrespect and discourteous behavior toward other officers and lacked patience with the public.

 
Bismarck  (CSi) – Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, August 13, 2017, in observance of the burial of Navy Fireman 1st Class Lawrence Fecho.
Fecho, who was a 20-year-old sailor stationed on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor when the ship was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, will be buried with full military honors during a service in Willow Creek.

Fecho is the second North Dakotan this year whose remains have been identified through DNA testing by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Gunners Mate 1st Class Arthur C. Neuenschwander was also on board the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked. His remains were identified earlier this year and returned to his hometown of Fessenden for burial in June.
Fecho was the 10th of 12 children of William and Katherine Fecho. The family lived on a farm near Willow City. The youngest and only surviving sibling, Betty Fecho Anderson, is now 90 and lives in Mesa, Ariz. The family’s military roots trace back to World War I, when an uncle on each side of the family served. Three of Lawrence’s brothers also served in World War II, one of whom died in action in Sicily.
Burgum says, “We are grateful for all those of the Greatest Generation who served our nation and who are now coming home at last.  We join the family of Navy Fireman 1st Class Lawrence Fecho and the community of Willow City in honoring our North Dakota hero.”

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The latest crop production report from the federal Agriculture Department shows North Dakota crops are feeling the effects of widespread drought.

The state’s staple spring wheat crop is forecast to be down 31 percent from last year, to 186 million bushels. Durum production is expected to be down 56 percent, to just under 26 million bushels. Winter wheat production is projected at 1.5 million bushels, down 74 percent.

Other projected drops are barley, down 44 percent, oats, down 37 percent, alfalfa hay, down 21 percent, corn, down 19 percent, soybeans, down 5 percent and sugar beets, down 1 percent.

The only crop showing a projected increase is dry beans, up 14 percent.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota received just enough rain in the past week to keep drought conditions from further deteriorating.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 82 percent of the state in some stage of drought, unchanged from last week. Most of central and western North Dakota remains in extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst categories.

The Drought Monitor says there was a small area of improvement to extreme drought in the south central part of the state, but that abnormally dry conditions expanded in eastern North Dakota.

Gov. Doug Burgum earlier this week asked President Donald Trump for a disaster declaration, saying the state is “the epicenter of drought for the nation.”

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A former Bismarck securities and insurance agent accused of defrauding investors out of more than $3 million is facing criminal charges in federal court.

The case against Kevin Wanner was unveiled in a civil matter a year ago when the government sought to freeze funds from the sale of private property. He was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on charges of mail fraud and money laundering. Court documents don’t show whether Wanner entered a plea.

Investigators say Wanner devised the scheme in about 2000 and it lasted to about 2015. Wanner allegedly bilked money from about 40 people.

Jeffrey Weikum, Wanner’s attorney, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal prosecutors declined to comment.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck is expected to be one of four sites for a pilot program aimed to help people in the criminal justice system find addiction and behavioral health services.

Although some resources exist, many offenders are falling through the cracks and going back to jail. The $7.5 million program will fund caseworkers to keep offenders on track.

The initiative is funded by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s biennial budget set aside for behavioral health.

The Corrections Department and the Human Services Department will accept applications from vendors later this month. Potential vendors that could hire caseworkers include treatment centers, health care providers and community organizations.

The pilot program is expected to launch in the fall. Programs also will launch in Devils Lake, Fargo and Dickinson.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Donald Trump says that perhaps his ‘fire and fury’ warning to North Korea “wasn’t tough enough.” Trump is issuing a new warning over the North’s development of nuclear weapons.

Trump says North Korea “better get their act together or they are going to be in trouble like few nations have ever been in trouble.”

The president was addressing reporters during his vacation at his New Jersey golf club before a security briefing with top advisers.

It’s the latest warning since he said earlier this week that North Korea faces “retaliation with fire and fury unlike any the world has seen before.”

North Korea has said it may attack Guam in retaliation.

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two U.S. allies say they’re ready to respond, if North Korea follows through with the plan it announced for an attack on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. The announcement warned that the North is finalizing a plan to fire four missiles over Japan and into waters around the island that hosts thousands of U.S. military personnel. Japan and South Korea are vowing a strong response. Japan’s defense minister says such an attack would threaten Japan’s existence as a nation.

DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift says a former radio DJ grabbed her behind underneath her skirt, not above it, during a pre-concert meet-and-greet photo session. The pop testified Thursday she tried to get as far away from David Mueller as she could but did not want to stop the event. She said couldn’t have said anything about what happened without others already in the photo area overhearing. She testified that “this was something I did not want known.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a rebuke of President Donald Trump coming from Sen. John McCain. The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman says “America is adrift in Afghanistan” _ and he’s promoting a war strategy that would expand the U.S. counterterrorism effort and provide greater support to Afghan security forces. Trump has withheld approval of a long-delayed plan for the way ahead _ and he’s resisted the Pentagon’s recommendations to send almost 4,000 more American forces to the war-torn country.

ROME, N.Y. (AP) — The throat of a severely disabled man on a breathing tube at a New York state group home was twice infected with maggots last summer. If The Associated Press had not obtained a confidential report, it’s unlikely anyone in the outside world would have known about the case. While many states provide extensive information about the conditions of hospitals and nursing homes, most are relatively silent when it comes to information on care of the disabled in state-regulated facilities.

ALAMO, Texas (AP) — Texas has cut the aid it offers to ramshackle communities along the Mexico border known as colonias. The budget changes have raised questions about the state’s longstanding commitment to improving the worst colonias and stopping new ones from developing. Since the 1990s, Texas has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the villages. But this year lawmakers did not renew a key water program. And Republican Gov. Greg Abbott eliminated a program that since 1999 has coordinated colonia projects.