CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 80. East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast

winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

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

cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms

after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around

15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs

in the lower 80s.

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

.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs around 80.

Lows in the mid 50s.

.LABOR DAY THROUGH TUESDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower

70s. Lows in the lower 50s.

 

A round of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night into Friday.

A possible cool front possibly as early as Sunday. with forecast highs on Sunday and Labor Day are only in the 70s .

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  A Candlelight Memorial is planned in memory of Savanna Greywind in Jamestown.  Organizers Krystyl Kimmes and Brandy Watson say the event will be Wednesday August 30, 2017, at 8-p.m., at Nickeus Park in Jamestown.

They say, the Candlelight Memorial is to remember Savanna, honor her life and support her family during this difficult time.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reminds residents that due to Utility Service Work, WATER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR beginning at approximately 7:00 am – 7:00 PM ON Wednesday, AUGUST 30, 2017, in the following areas:

  • 4TH Ave NW between 13th ST NW and 15TH ST NW
  • 15th St NW between 3rd Ave NW and 5th Ave NW
  • Sunnyside Trailer Court

Water outages will be temporary  – water service will be resumed as soon as is possible.

This announcement is contingent upon changing weather conditions.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reminds residents –  That due to Utility Service Work, WATER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR beginning at approximately 7:00 am – 7:00 PM ON Thursday, AUGUST 31, 2017, in the following areas:

  • Homes in the 1100 – 1200 Block of 4TH Ave NW
  • Homes along 11th St NW between 3rd Ave & 4th Ave NW

Water outages will be temporary  – water service will be resumed as soon as is possible.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  North Dakota law enforcement agencies including Jamestown and Valley City Police Departments will be cracking down on texting and driving, in September, beginning September 5, 2017.

The campaign is being funded by a federal government grant administered through the North Dakota Department of Transportation.

Composing, reading or sending any electronic message or using a communications device to access the internet while driving is punishable by a fine of $100 in North Dakota. The law applies to any driver of a vehicle in a traffic lane, even while stopped at a red light or in a construction zone.

Jamestown Police Lt. Justin Blinsky says, “It’s up to all of us to follow the law and drive distraction-free. While we cannot control others, we can control ourselves and choose to focus more on the road than on anything else in or around our vehicles.”

Multiple law enforcement vehicles and trained observers, who may or may not be in uniform, will observe texting while driving violations and make stops. Participating agencies include: Burleigh, Morton and Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Offices; along with Bismarck, Mandan, Fargo, North Dakota State University, West Fargo, Jamestown, Valley City, Grand Forks, University of North Dakota, Dickinson, Minot, Devils Lake and Watford City police departments.

There were 3,477 deaths and an estimated 391,000 people injured in motor vehicle accidents nationwide in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. These numbers are up 9 percent from 2014.

For more information visit dot.nd.gov or ndcodefortheroad.org.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  A number of Valley City, New Rockford, and Bismarck residents, have received what are scam phone calls, claiming to be representatives from Microsoft or Windows.
The caller claims to be  a computer tech  and then with your permission remotely accesses your computer and then proceeds to lock it up. That’s followed by asking for a payment to unlock the computer.

If your phone’s caller ID shows the number 171-988-7255 hang up and report it to law enforcement.

 

 

Washington (CSi)  – Congressman Kevin Cramer announced the USDA’s Rural Development agency has awarded money to nine different North Dakota Projects.

  • One of the projects being funded is the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center, as the University of Jamestown receives $63,415, to provide technical assistance to assist entrepreneurs and innovators in developing and launching successful business in the counties of Wells, Foster,
    Griggs, Stutsman, Barnes, Logan, LaMoure, McIntosh and Dickey. With the total project cost $116,772.

Others funded include:

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Regional Medical Center and the University of Jamestown Nursing Student Association are hosting, What’s Normal?: Teens, Tweens & the College Scene on Monday, on September 11, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the University of Jamestown’s Orlady Hall.

The event is free, fun, fresh and frank.   Gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Bailey Runkles, , will discuss relevant health information for teenage and college-age women.

She says, “This is a great opportunity for young women to learn about their health in a laid-back way.  Too often, women either don’t know what’s going on with their bodies or are too uncomfortable to ask. That can lead to an unpleasant health outcome. We’d like to alleviate those by offering free educational opportunities like this.”

The night will begin with a presentation, followed by an anonymous question and answer session. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: abnormal or painful periods, contraception and cervical screenings.

Pizza, refreshments and door prizes will be provided.

JRMC is hosting more women’s health conversations this fall. Located at Sabir’s Buffalo Grill, these events include:

  • What’s Normal?: 20s, 30s & 40s-Thursday, October 5 at 5:30 p.m.
  • What’s Normal?: Hot Flash Fever-Thursday, October 19 at 5:30 p.m.
  • Kegels & Cocktails-Thursday, October 26 at 5:30 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. To learn more, visit www.jrmcnd.com/obgyn.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a missing North Dakota woman whose body was found in the Red River had been violently killed.

Fargo police announced Tuesday that 22-year-old Savanna Greywind’s cause of death was homicidal violence.

Investigators didn’t release further details of a preliminary autopsy on Greywind, who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared earlier this month. She was the subject of intensive searches before her body was found Sunday.

Police found a newborn daughter believed to be Greywind’s in an apartment in the same building where she had lived. Prosecutors have charged the man and woman who lived there with conspiracy to commit murder in what they say was a scheme to take Greywind’s baby.

The child is under the care of social services.

Police spokesman Joseph Anderson declined comment.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has pleaded guilty in a cattle theft case in North Dakota.

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association says Jeffrey Fix, of Watertown, South Dakota was accused of failing to pay a Fordville family for three purebred cows and a purebred bull in 2015. He faced a felony theft charge because the value of the animals surpassed $10,000.

Court documents show Fix pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors earlier this month and was ordered to pay nearly $30,000 in restitution to Jallo Angus Ranch. If he doesn’t make monthly payments, he’ll go to prison for three years.

Fix also is barred from the livestock industry for five years.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A California man who authorities say was traveling with $700,000 worth of marijuana has pleaded not guilty to drug charges.

Harold Miller waived his right to a preliminary hearing during an appearance in South Central District Court Monday. Court documents say the 71-year-old Sacramento, California man was arrested Aug. 8 with 183 pounds of marijuana in his car when he was pulled over on Interstate 94 near Bismarck Expressway.

A Highway Patrol trooper says that while speaking with Miller there was a strong odor of raw marijuana coming from his minivan.

Miller is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A woman is dead after falling more than 100 feet at a Hutterite colony in McPherson County.

County Coroner David Roggenkamp tells the American News that the 19-year-old woman was climbing a spiral staircase at Spring Creek Colony about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when she fell through a gap in the platform at the top and onto concrete below.

Spring Creek Colony is near the North Dakota-South Dakota border south of Forbes, North Dakota.

The woman is from Wolf Creek Hutterite Colony in Hutchinson County. Her name wasn’t immediately released.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Wages have declined in North Dakota for the second consecutive year.

Total wages decreased 8 percent in 2016 after dropping 2 percent in 2015. The average annual wage also saw a nearly 4 percent drop to nearly $48,900 statewide.

The state’s oil and gas extraction wages dropped by nearly 3 percent to an average of more than $120,400. Truck transport, petroleum and coal average wages also saw a decrease. The energy industry has the highest average wages in the state despite the drops.

In Burleigh County, the real estate and leasing industry had the biggest drop in average wages, which dropped 25 percent to more than $39,000.

Oliver County saw the highest wage average of any county in the state with more than $71,700.

 

In world and national news…

HOUSTON (AP) — Volunteers and donors are lining up outside of the Toyota Center, the downtown arena that’s home to the Houston Rockets, in anticipation that it will open as a shelter for Harvey evacuees. City officials and Red Cross spokesmen have not confirmed it will open to shelter evacuees. But several people who went to the George R. Brown Convention Center to volunteer or drop off clothes were told that the Toyota Center would open Tuesday afternoon. Around 30 people are waiting outside.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Harvey was a storm of “epic proportion.” Trump has arrived in Corpus Christi, Texas, on the first leg of a two-stop tour of the state to be briefed on the damage and the recovery efforts. He was joined at a suburban fire station by first lady Melania Trump. The first lady sat beside the president as various officials, including Gov. Greg Abbott, briefed Trump on efforts before and after Harvey made landfall on Friday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Britain’s leader is pledging to join with international partners to pressure North Korea to stop missile tests after a launch over the Japanese island of Hokkaido. On the eve of a visit to Japan, Prime Minister Theresa May says she will discuss the matter with her counterpart Shinzo Abe. In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is raising the prospect of a forceful U.S. response to North Korea’s launch of a missile over Japan. In a statement Tuesday, Trump says “all options are on the table,” implying that U.S. military action remains an option for resolving the standoff over North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons that could strike the American mainland. But Trump’s words were milder than his earlier rhetoric against North Korea, and a U.S. military strike is considered unlikely.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston megachurch led by televangelist Joel Osteen says it’s opened its doors to people seeking shelter as Harvey swamps the city. Osteen had faced criticism for not using the massive Lakewood Church as a storm shelter. The church announced on Twitter it was receiving people who need shelter late Tuesday morning.