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showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s.

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chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of

precipitation 50 percent.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain

showers. Lows in the lower 50s.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs around 70.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The investiture for Southeast District Court  Judge Cherie Clark was Friday, September 15, 2017, at 3-p.m., at the Stutsman County Courthouse in Courtroom number 2.

Several attorneys were on hand along with court officials and Judge Daniel Narum the Presiding Judge of District Court.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Zach Johnson, Sergeant, Air Guard deployed to the United Arab Emirates.

Remarks were given by North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum, with additional remarks and the presentation of the Gavel by Cass County State’s Attorney Birch Burdick.

The Oath of Office was given by North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle.

The presentation of the Robe was by Honorable Peter Hoff, Retired Judge from Minnesota, assisted by Greg Key, and Bijanca Clark.

The Invocation and Benedict by Monsignor Jeffery Wald

The public ceremony was followed by a reception, at the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse.

Governor Doug Burgum appointed Clark to the court this year, following being a prosecutor in Fargo since 2006.  She worked as an Assistant County Attorney in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

She’s the first woman judge in the Southeast Judicial District.

Judge Clark was nominated following the retirement of Judge John Greenwood.

Photos of the proceedings at the courthouse posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

 

Photo Courtesy Jmst Chamber

Jamestown  (CSi)  – Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller was an invited guest to hear President Trump address a gathering, in Mandan on September 6, 2017, and points out heavy security for the president’s visit, speaking on his plan to cut income and estate taxes.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 she said, her invitation came from the Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce.

Her vantage point was seven rows from the stage, on a very warm sunny North Dakota day, as she even got sunburned, out in the open.

She said security for the event was extremely tight, as the president was joined by his daughter Ivanka along with other dignitaries, and North Dakota’s congressional delegation.  She said it was good that Trump invited the entire North Dakota congressional delegation to join him on stage.

She added that those in attendance presented their invitations and had to show ID, and woman had their purses checked.

Security included a helicopter airborne over the site, and snipers were posed on nearby roof tops.

She said that Trump’s tax cut plans, if adopted and approved by congress are positive, and will make a huge difference in small businesses, bottom lines.

The backdrop for President Donald Trump’s visit to North Dakota was a refinery in Mandan, that processes up to 74,000 barrels a day of the state’s crude oil into gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and more.

The Andeavor facility in Mandan is the largest of two refineries that the company — until recently known as Tesoro — operates in the state.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The trial for a Denver woman accused of shooting at law enforcement officers during a protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota has been moved from Bismarck to Fargo.

Red Fawn Fallis has pleaded not guilty in federal court to civil disorder, discharge of a firearm in relation to a felony crime of violence, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.

Authorities allege Fallis fired a gun three times at officers during a confrontation last October near a protest camp in Morton County.

In granting a request by defense attorneys for a change of venue, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said the move is “warranted under the circumstances.” The trial is scheduled to begin on Dec. 5 in Fargo.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil production rose slightly in July and remained above 1 million barrels per day for the sixth consecutive month.

The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.04 million barrels of oil daily in July. That’s up from from 1.03 million barrels in June.

North Dakota also produced 1.87 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in July, up from 1.85 billion cubic feet daily in June.

The July tallies are the latest figures available.

There were 56 drill rigs operating in North Dakota on Friday, down two from the July average.

 

In world and national news…

LONDON (AP) — British authorities say the number of people treated at hospitals after the bombing on the London Underground subway has risen to 29. The National Health Service says 21 people are being treated and eight others have already been discharged. Police say most of those injured by an improvised explosive device on Friday suffered from flash burns. They say there have been no reports of serious life-threatening injuries.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Universities nationwide are offering emergency hotlines, free legal advice and other measures to immigrant students now facing fears of deportation. The schools are telling them to be hopeful but plan for the worst amid the uncertainty in Washington over whether to preserve protections for immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One man has been arrested during protests in St. Louis that followed the acquittal of a former white police officer who killed a black suspect. St. Louis police say a man was arrested Friday for damaging a police vehicle as protesters marched down a St. Louis street. A judge announced Friday that Jason Stockley was not guilty of first-degree murder, setting off immediate protests throughout downtown.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican and U.S. officials say a high-ranking priest working in the Vatican’s embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him to be charged there and face trial in a child pornography investigation. A source says the diplomat was suspected of possessing, but not producing or disseminating, child pornography including images of pre-pubescent children.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has said farewell to the Cassini mission at Saturn. The spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above the gas planet on Friday as planned. Radio signals from the spacecraft came to an abrupt halt shortly before 8 a.m. Cassini departed Earth in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004. It spent the last 13 years studying the planet, its rings and moons. It’s the only spacecraft to ever orbit the solar system’s second-largest planet.