CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with chance of showers a 30 percent  chance of thunderstorms after midnight in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers in

the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the

lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.

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

winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the

mid 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.

.LABOR DAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

Highs around 70.

 

There is a chance of thunderstorms  Thursday night. Severe weather is not

expected at this time.

The chance of thunderstorms lingers in the James Valley Friday

morning.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The 2017 Lutefisk and Meatball Supper is set for Wednesday October 4, 2017 from 4-p.m., to 7-p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, at 4th Avenue, and 5th Street, Southeast in Jamestown.

Tickets in advance are $14 for adults, $15 at the door.

Children 6-11 years old are $4, preschoolers eat free.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown’s Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC)  is set to open on Tuesday September 5, 2017.

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller points out that the Ribbon Cutting is set for Wednesday September 13, 2017 at 4:30-p.m.

TRAC is a state-of-the-art recreation center, designed to support health and wellness for all ages, with programming, recreational and leisure activities, and youth development.

The 135,000 square feet of space includes the gym, tennis/turf area, aquatic center, group fitness rooms, cardio and weight room, and learning center for children.

The Adventure Space, Drop-In Child Care is available for Children ages 6 weeks to 12 years, while a parent uses the TRAC facility at a cost of $3 per child for members and $5 per child for non-members.

Hours for Adventure Space are Monday-Friday 8-a.m., to 11-a.m., and 3-p.m. to 7-p.m.  Weekend drop-in care will be available  upon demand.

The hours of operation are:

Monday through Saturday 5-a.m., to 10-p.m.

Sunday Noon to 8-p.m.

TRAC officials point out that the staff is fully trained, knowledgeable and able to assist guests.

The entire staff is CPR and First Aid certified to quickly respond if the need arises.

The TRAC Fitness Professionals have the proper credentials to help meet the personal wellness goals of their guests.

Call TRAC at 701-952-8722,  for membership rates and one time enrollment fee information.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The 2017 Lutefisk and Meatball Supper is set for Wednesday October 4, 2017 from 4-p.m., to 7-p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, at 4th Avenue, and 5th Street, Southeast in Jamestown.

Tickets in advance are $14 for adults, $15 at the door.

Children 6-11 years old are $4, preschoolers eat free.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  CHI Mercy Health announces the Radiology Department’s new CT Scanner open house, set for Wednesday October 4, 2017 from 2-p.m., to 4-p.m, at the Radiology Hallway.

The ribbon cutting is set for 2-p.m., with the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors along with Radiology Department tours, and treats.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The Jamestown Harvest Showcase on October 21-22, 2017 at the Jamestown Civic Center is being organized by Pride of Dakota in Bismarck.

Saturday October 21 from 9-a.m., to 5-p.m., and Sunday the 22nd from 11-a.m., to 4-p.m.

It’s promoted as North Dakota’s premier local business shopping event.

Admission is $2, however, bring a fresh produce product donation and save $1, and bring your own reusable cloth bag and save another dollar.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Seven companies with experience in other states have expressed interest in testing medical marijuana in North Dakota.

The response pleases state officials who were concerned about how much interest there would be among in-state labs that focus mainly on agricultural and environmental testing.

North Dakota voters approved medical marijuana last year, and the state Health Department is setting up a system for legally getting it to qualified patients.

The agency ultimately will register two centers to make medical marijuana, eight more to dispense it and one lab to test it. The lab will have to set up a facility within North Dakota.

Medical Marijuana Division Director Kenan Bullinger says the drafting of administrative rules is taking longer than expected, but he still anticipates the drug being available sometime next summer.

 

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — The body of a missing Grand Forks man has been recovered from a lake in Otter Tail County.

The sheriff’s department says sonar equipment from Crow Wing County helped locate the body of 39-year-old Peter Akinboro Wednesday afternoon. He had been reported missing Saturday evening after taking a Jet Ski out on West Battle Lake. The Jet Ski and his life jacket were recovered earlier from the lake.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  – Beginning September 1, 2017 North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers are saturating Interstate 94 and U.S. Highway 2 in a border-to-border enforcement effort with the Montana Highway Patrol and Idaho State Police.

Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Troopers will be on patrol to enhance safety. All traffic laws will be strictly enforced.

Please make responsible driving decisions: obey the posted speed limit, drive sober, and buckle up.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — There has been little change in drought conditions in the Dakotas over the past week.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 66 percent of North Dakota in some stage of drought, up slightly from 63 percent last week. Twenty-two percent of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought, unchanged.

In South Dakota, 69 percent of the state is in some stage of drought, down from 72 percent. Forty-three percent of the state is in severe or extreme drought, unchanged.

The Drought Monitor says precipitation was below normal for much of the High Plains over the week. However, eastern South Dakota is an exception and crop conditions there are good.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s attorney general says a financially troubled independent foundation of Dickinson State University is officially shut down.

Wayne Stenehjem filed legal action last year in Stark County District Court seeking to dissolve the Dickinson State University Foundation. The attorney general’s complaint came after a court-appointed receiver for the foundation issued a report calling for it to be dissolved because of financial issues.

Stenehjem says a Stark County judge on Wednesday approved a settlement reached between the attorney general’s office and the foundation’s major creditors.

Assets from the old foundation will be transferred to the newly established Dickinson State University Heritage Foundation.

Stenehjem says the resolution of the issue and the transfer of assets will help “kick start the new foundation and help restore confidence of potential donors.”

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Native American music and prayers filled the Bismarck Capitol Mall where hundreds of people gathered to honor homicide victim Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind.

Many in the crowd Wednesday evening wore red to honor of indigenous women who are missing and murdered.

LaFontaine-Greywind was eight months pregnant when she disappeared Aug. 19. Her body was found in the Red River eight days later. Police found a newborn believed to be LaFontaine-Greywind’s baby at a neighbor’s upstairs apartment in Fargo. The couple who live in that apartment have been arrested and charged.

Communities across North Dakota are holding vigils for LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Spirit Lake Dakota tribe. Another gathering is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday in New Town. A vigil is also planned for noon on Friday at the tribal office in Fort Yates.

 

In sports…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Thursday for their fourth straight win.

Trailing 4-3 entering their final at-bat at Target Field, the Twins came back and held their slim lead for the second AL wild-card spot. The Twins completed a three-game sweep with their first hop-off win since current Minnesota manager Paul Molitor was plunked in the 10th at the Metrodome in 1996 to beat Kansas City.

Pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza opened the ninth with an infield single off closer Juan Minaya (2-2). After a one-out walk, Eddie Rosario hit a tying single.

Joe Mauer then walked to load the bases and Jorge Polanco lined back to Minaya. With the crowd on its feet, Minaya’s first pitch hit Kepler in the front foot for the winning run.

Alen Hanson hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth to give the White Sox a 4-3 lead. He connected off Matt Belisle (1-2).

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he’s releasing 500,000 barrels of crude oil from an emergency stockpile in a bid to prevent gasoline prices from spiking in the wake of disruptions caused by Harvey.

Perry says he’s authorized immediate shipments of crude to the Phillips 66 refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He says the Energy Department will review other requests for oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an emergency stockpile that guards against supply disruptions.

The petroleum reserve was created in the wake of the 1970s Arab oil embargo. The reserve stores oil at four underground sites in Texas and Louisiana.

Gasoline prices have increased by at least 10 cents a gallon since Harvey came ashore and caused record flooding, shutting down oil refineries along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

HOUSTON (AP) — The county in Texas that has had the most deaths from Harvey says its morgue is close to capacity because of storm-related bodies and deaths that are not related to the flooding. Tricia Bentley, spokeswoman for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences says Thursday that funeral homes have been unable to retrieve the bodies in the aftermath of the storm and it has asked for a large refrigerated 18-wheeler to store more of them.

CROSBY, Texas (AP) — The Harris County sheriff says 15 deputies sought medical attention for eye irritation after a fire started at a Houston-area chemical plant but most were quickly treated and released. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says 13 had already been released and the other two were expected to be released soon. He says the 15 deputies were in the evacuation area but near the plant.

ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says the nation has been inspired by the resilience of Texans dealing with the storm damage from Harvey. Pence is joining with state and local officials and community members in Rockport, Texas, which was severely damaged by the storm. The vice president spoke outside First Baptist Church, where a side of the building was blown out by the storm.

UNDATED (AP) — Hurricane Harvey hammered one of America’s most powerful local economies. Houston produces the plastic that goes into everything from sports cars to baby bottles and is part of a low-lying coastal region that accounts for nearly a third of U.S. refining capacity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of Russia’s parliament is accusing the U.S. of a sharp escalation in diplomatic tensions. Leonid Slutsky is head of the Russian Duma’s foreign affairs committee. Slutsky is criticizing the U.S. decision to close the Russian consulate in San Francisco and scale back consular operations in Washington and New York. Slutsky is quoted by Russian news agencies as saying, “It’s a highly unjust step. It means that the U.S. is declaring the hot phase of diplomatic war.”