CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds around

5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds

5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to

15 mph.

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

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in

the evening, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of

thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of

precipitation 50 percent.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of showers in the morning, then

slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

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

showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.

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

.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Highs in the upper 70s.

 

Very light precipitation into various portions of the James

River Valley Wednesday.

A chance for showers Thursday night in the far west, with increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms western and central ND Friday through

Friday night.

Chances for rainshowers and thunderstorms linger over the James River Valley Saturday.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police informs the public of a convicted sex offender who has changed his Jamestown address.

Allen Luke Jamgochian is a 31 year old white male five feet nine inches tall, weighing 160 pound with blue eyes and brown hair.

He now resides at 517 4th Street NW,  Jamestown, ND

He presently does not have a vehicle.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee, of the North Dakota  Attorney General’s Office.

Offense:  Gross sexual imposition involving a 13 year old girl since she was eight or nine years old, when he was 19 year old at the time of the report.

Conviction Date:  April 2007 in  Morton County, North Dakota District Court.

Disposition:  Five years, four years suspended, 263 days credit, five years supervised probation.

Offense:  Corrupt/Solicitation of a Minor involving a 15 year old girl when he was 18.

Conviction:  July 2005, Morton  County, North Dakota, District Court.

Disposition:  Six months, six months suspended two years supervised probation.

Jamgochian is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Allen Luke Jamgochian  are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Recycling Center of North Dakota, President, Ralph Friebel in Jamestown, says  no date  has been set to implement Jamestown’s residential recycling.

The automated collection of garbage will correspond with the start of  the automated picking up of  the recycling bins, when they arrive and are distributed.

The new garbage containers distribution and collection of the old containers occurred on August 7th, to work with the automated collection system of the new trucks.

A shortage of the new containers meant returning the old green garbage bins to some residences until more new containers arrive.

The new trucks ordered in January this year are delayed due to manufacturing issues.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Atonement Lutheran Church in Jamestown hosts the annual Music Fest of Sunday August 27, 2017, from 3-p.m., to 7-p.m., at the church in Northeast Jamestown.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Pastor Jamie Desai said a tent will be set up at the church grounds, and along with music the event includes a picnic meal of sloppy joes, along with brats and bars and refreshments.

He asks those attending to bring a non-parishable food item that will be donated to the Community Action Region VI food pantry.

Entertainment includes four local bands:  Bernie and the Other Guys, Buffalo Road, Old Friends, and Intrigue.

Also on Tuesday’s show, Bernie Madsoe said the band will play and blend of music genres.

Jamie pointed out that proceeds from free will offerings will go to the Community Action Region VI, Weekend Backpack Program, for kids, along with the James River Community/Senior Center, and the Atonement Lutheran Church’s sanctuary lighting project.

 

 

(CSi)  The North Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC (NDSP) has announced several more meetings in the state for accredited investors.

In July, NDSP initiated a $120,000,000 non-brokered private placement offering of units of the company at a price of $10,000 per unit.

NDSP is offering a minimum of 9,000 total units and maximum of 12,000 total units in the Offering with an anticipated close of the subscription period on August 31st, 2017

NDSP plans to use the net proceeds to pay for a portion of the construction and start up costs of the 125,000 bushel per day soybean crush and refinery facility in the Spiritwood Energy Park.

Several area meetings continue this week and include:

August 23, 2017, Wednesday • 7:00 PM • Appert’s Shop • 755 Highway 34 Hazelton, ND 58544

August 23, 2017, Wednesday • 7:30 AM • JSDC-Lower Level • 120 2nd St SE Jamestown, ND 58401

August 24, 2017, Thursday • 7:30 AM • Pingree Cafe • 1760 ND Hwy 281 Pingree, ND 58476

August 24, 2017, Thursday • 7:00 PM • Chieftain Conference Center • 60 4th Ave S Carrington, ND 58421

For more information on meetings and the project, call Brandy Johnson at 701-368-3131.

 

Valley City(CSi) The Valley City Out of the Darkness Community Walk on September 30, 2017 at VCSU’s Lokken Stadium. Registration begins at 2:30pm and walk starting at 3pm to 5pm.

Proceeds benefit local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Learn more at outofthedarkness.org <http://outofthedarkness.org/> or call 888-333-2377.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  After packaging its one millionth meal in 2016, Jamestown Kiwanis is looking to package $25,000 worth of meals again in 2017.

Kids Against Hunger is an annual event in which more than 300 volunteers pack meals for hungry families in North Dakota and Minnesota. The meals contain vegetables, vitamins, rice and soy and are distributed through the Great Plains Food Bank. Meal recipients need only to add water and boil the dried ingredients for 20 minutes. This year’s packing event is set for Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at Stutsman Harley-Davidson.

Jamestown Kiwanis past-president and Kids Against Hunger organizer, Janna Bergstedt, says, “We’re proud of Jamestown and the surrounding communities. Every year, when we talk about hungry children, the community says ‘we won’t stand for that.’”

Last year, Great Plains Food Bank served more than 94,000 people including nearly 34,000 children.

At 25 cents a meal, raising $25,000 means Jamestown Kiwanis could potentially pack 100,000 meals.

Bergstedt says, “By all accounts, the meals we pack hit the shelves at food pantries and within a few months, they’re gone.”

To help raise money or package meals for Kids Against Hunger, email jamestownkiwanis@gamail.com. Donations can be made at First Community Credit Union or at https://www.gofundme.com/kids-against-hunger-2017. For more information, call 251-2237.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s state-owned flour mill’s annual profit rebounded slightly a year after the Grand Forks factory sustained big losses due to depressed wheat prices.

The mill on Tuesday reported making $9.7 million during its last budget year, which ended in June. That’s up from $9.3 million profit set the prior year.

The mill set a record $16.7 million profit three years ago.

The mill sells most of its flour in bulk to bakery customers. It also sells small bags of flour through grocery stores.

Most of the mill’s profits go into North Dakota’s general fund, which finances a variety of state programs.

The state Industrial Commission is the mill’s board of directors. Its members are Gov. Doug Burgum, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that built the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is suing Greenpeace and other groups, alleging they disseminated false information about the project and interfered with construction.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners alleges the groups’ actions interfered with the company’s business, facilitated crimes and acts of terrorism, and violated racketeering and defamation laws.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in North Dakota seeks unspecified damages.

A Greenpeace spokesman says the group hasn’t seen the lawsuit and declined to comment.

The 1,200-mile (1930-kilometer) pipeline began moving North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a distribution point in Illinois June 1, after months of delays caused by legal wrangling and on-the-ground protests by tribes and groups that feared environmental harm. Police made 761 arrests in North Dakota between August and February.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot man accused of firing a gun at his girlfriend as she fled a mobile home with her young son has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.

The Minot Daily News reports that James Blue II appeared in district court in Minot on Monday related to incidents at the Northland Trailer Park on Jan. 16-17.

He entered not guilty pleas to 17 felony counts, including reckless endangerment for allegedly firing in the direction of two Minot police officers outside the home. One officer returned fire but missed.

Blue also pleaded not guilty to physically assaulting two paramedics on scene.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a new North Dakota law meant to protect farm equipment dealers.

Four major manufacturers of farm implements have filed a lawsuit challenging the law that permits North Dakota implement dealers to sell generic rather than name-brand replacement parts. They say the law is unconstitutional.

The order directs state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to refrain from enforcing the measure until the issue can be resolved.

The complaint was filed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and manufacturers Agco, CNH, Deere & Company and Kubota. The companies contend the new law interferes with federal right-to-contract and copyright protection claims.

A spokeswoman for Stenehjem’s office says the attorney general does not comment on ongoing lawsuits.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Industrial Commission has committed more than $5 million toward research aimed at storing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

The University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center will lead the 14-month study that also will look at cleaner technology to make electricity from the state’s lignite. It also will study whether carbon dioxide could be used to boost oil output in some fields.

State money approved Tuesday from the commission headed by Gov. Doug Burgum comes from North Dakota’s lignite research fund, which is financed by a tax on the abundant but low-grade coal.

The federal government is expected to provide most of the money for the $12.7 million study, with the industry contributing about $1 million.

Carbon dioxide is thought to influence global warming.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Job Service North Dakota Executive Director Cheri Giesen has resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Gov. Doug Burgum announced Giesen’s resignation Tuesday. Her last day on the job will be Sept. 5. After that, state Labor Commissioner Michelle Kommer will handle the Job Service director duties on an interim basis.

Giesen was first appointed to lead Job Service in June 2014 by then-Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Burgum reappointed her last December to lead the state’s workforce agency, which has about 160 employees and nine regional offices.

Giesen previously worked as Job Service’s information technology manager from 2000-2005.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Rainfall over the past week in drought-plagued North Dakota helped green up pastures and allowed some ranchers to take a second cutting of alfalfa hay.

However, the weekly crop report from the federal Agriculture Department says the moisture also slowed or stopped harvest in much of the state.

About half of the state’s staple spring wheat crop is in the bin, slightly ahead of the average pace. About 39 percent of the crop is rated poor or very poor.

In the ranching community, pasture and range conditions are rated 65 percent poor or very poor. Stock water supplies are 58 percent in those categories.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 82 percent of North Dakota in some stage of drought.

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The James River Figure Skating Club will hold its Fall Open House on Thursday August 31, 2017 from 6-p.m., to 8-p.m., at John L. Wilson Arena, in Jamestown.

Also, Online Registration starts August 31st.

For more information on line visit: www.jamesriverfsc.org or check out their Facebook page: James River Figure Skating Club, or JRFSC Alumni Skaters & Parents.

Bismarck   (CSi)  North Dakota Game and Fish reports, North Dakota’s fall turkey season is set with 3,505 licenses available to hunters, five fewer than last year.

Fall turkey hunters, including gratis applicants, who are interested in applying for a 2017 license must submit an online application through the state Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. Paper applications are not available this year.

Applications are also accepted at the department’s toll-free licensing line, 800-406-6409. A service fee is added for license applications made over the phone.

The deadline for applying is Sept. 6, 2017.

Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply in the first lottery. Nonresidents can apply for fall turkey licenses that are still available following the first lottery.

As per state law, a resident who does not want to receive a fall turkey hunting license but would like to accrue a bonus point can purchase a point on the application for the same fee as the turkey license. The bonus point fee is allocated to the department’s Private Land Open to Sportsmen Program.

Hunting units 21 (Hettinger and Adams counties) and 53 (Divide and Williams counties) will remain closed to fall turkey hunting in 2017 because of low turkey numbers.

The fall wild turkey season runs from Oct. 14 through Jan. 7, 2018.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S commander for the Middle East says the first deployments of new U.S. forces will arrive in Afghanistan “pretty quickly.”‘ Gen. Joseph Votel estimates it could take days or a few weeks. He says that “what’s most important for us now is to get some capabilities in to have an impact on the current fighting season.” Votel spent last weekend in Afghanistan. He spoke on Tuesday to reporters traveling with him to Saudi Arabia.

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judicial official says two of the four surviving Barcelona suspects have identified an imam as the ideologist of the extremist cell responsible for carrying out the attacks and planning others. Only one of the suspects acknowledged being part of the cell during proceedings at Spain’s National Court on Tuesday. The official says Mohamed Houli Chemlal told a judge the cell was preparing to attack Barcelona monuments with explosives and the imam intended to blow himself up when they did.

SINGAPORE (AP) — The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says Navy divers searching a flooded compartment of the USS John S. McCain have found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing since a collision between the destroyer and an oil tanker near Singapore. Adm. Scott Swift also says Malaysian officials found one body, but it had yet to be identified and it was unknown whether it was a crew member. He says the Navy owes it to sailors and their families to find out what happened to the warship.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — After yet another deadly attack in Europe involving Moroccans, residents of that country are raising questions about why its emigres are taking up extremism. Morocco has long seen itself as haven of stability in volatile North Africa, but now many are wondering what is driving its youth to such violence.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury for Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges will likely come from the Philadelphia suburbs. Montgomery County prosecutors and Cosby’s new legal team agreed Tuesday that a local jury could hear the case. The jury that deadlocked in Cosby’s first trial came from the Pittsburgh area and spent two weeks in June sequestered 300 miles from home.