CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Rain showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the morning, then chance

of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. North

winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of showers 70 percent in the Jamestown area, 80 percent in the Valley City area.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.

Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.MONDAY…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Highs

in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of

rain showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in

the lower 40s. Highs in the 50s to mid 60s.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

 

Chances for thunderstorms continue across the James River Valley Friday night. A few stronger storms will be possible.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota courts, Stutsman County and the Jamestown Police Department have agreed to make policy changes after failing to provide an interpreter for a deaf Bismarck woman following her arrest.

Christine Stein sued the court system, the county and the city of Jamestown last year. She said she was wrongfully arrested after calling 911 to report a man who was threating to kill himself. She was held in solitary confinement but the charges were later dropped.

The $90,000 settlement finalized Friday requires Stutsman County and Jamestown to improve their procedure for interacting with deaf and hard-of-hearing people, including annual training for law enforcement officers and on-call sign language interpreters.

Stein’s attorney, Heather Gilbert, says the county and city will jointly pay $75,000 while the state court system will pay $15,000.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that, beginning MONDAY, September 25, 2017 – 5th St NE between Eastwood Dr NE & 23rd Ave NE will be closed to through traffic due to road construction.  The closure will continue for approximately 3 – 4 weeks.  

 Motorist should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes as necessary.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works advises motorists that beginning Monday morning, September 25, 2017:

17th St SW between 2nd Ave SW & 4th Ave SW will be closed for utility improvements for approximately 2 weeks.

Motorist should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes as necessary.

 

 

Update….

Bismarck  (CSi) Beginning Saturday Morning, September 23, 2017, traffic in westbound I-94 near exit 290 just west of Valley City will be switched from the passing lane to the driving lane with speeds reduced to 25 mph as work is taking place on the roadway. Traffic is currently reduced to one lane in the area for maintenance work. Once work is complete, one-lane traffic will be switched from the driving lane back to the passing lane with speeds at 65 mph. The roadway will continue to be reduced to one lane of traffic as ongoing work takes place.

For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 from any type of phone or visit the Travel Information Map on the NDDOT website at http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Efforts to oust officials in North Dakota communities have risen for the third year in a row.

Nine recall committees across the state have targeted 11 officials, compared to seven recall efforts in 2016.

Among this year’s recalls is Julie Johnson, who was serving her second term as a member of the Kindred City Council when she ousted on Tuesday after a three-way election. Petitioners accused Johnson of aggressive and divisive behavior.

Johnson says she feels relieved, “because things are out in the open now.” Jason DuBord will take her place in October.

Some recall efforts in the state that have failed, including efforts in LaMoure County and in Bismarck where enough signatures were collected, but were invalidated after official scrutiny.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck-based Montana Dakota Utilities is building a $13.8 million pipeline to provide natural gas to a South Korea-owned manufacturing facility in southeastern North Dakota.

MDU says construction of the 12-inch, 21-mile long pipeline to the Doosan Bobcat Inc.’s factory in Gwinner will be complete in September 2018.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission earlier approved $10.5 million in financing through the state-owned Bank of North Dakota. Regulators also granted the project a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which means traditional permits aren’t necessary.

Doosan Bobcat signed a 15-year contract with MDU to get gas from the pipeline, which is fed Alliance Pipeline’s system that extends from western Canada to a Chicago hub.

North Dakota natural gas helps feed that pipeline at two points in the western part of the state.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has its first confirmed case of livestock anthrax this year.

State Veterinarian Susan Keller says the case in a Sioux County cattle herd was confirmed Thursday.

Anthrax bacteria spores lie dormant in the soil and become active under extreme weather conditions such as drought or flooding. Much of North Dakota has experienced drought this summer.

A few anthrax cases are reported in North Dakota almost every year. They’ve been most frequently reported in the northeast, southeast and south central parts of the state.

Keller says ranchers should take action to protect their livestock. Vaccines are effective, but it takes about a week for immunity to be established.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Family, friends and others gathered in a Fargo park to remember a woman who was found slain three days after police recovered her baby.

Ruth Buffalo with the Fargo Native American Commission says the Thursday night prayer ceremony for 22-year-old Savanna Greywind was set up for remembrance and healing.

Greywind was eight months pregnant when her family last saw her alive on Aug. 19. Her newborn girl was found alive in the apartment of two people charged in the case. Greywind’s body was found in the Red River on Aug. 27.

Greywind’s boyfriend has custody of the couple’s infant daughter.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A three-year infrastructure reconstruction project has wrapped up in downtown Minot.

The Minot Daily News reports that the $30 million project replaced miles of water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer pipes, streets, curb and gutters, sidewalks and street lighting.

City Engineer Lance Meyer called it “a massive undertaking” and the largest reconstruction project the city has ever done.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for early October.

 

In sports…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings say quarterback Sam Bradford will not play against Tampa Bay because of his ailing left knee.

Bradford was not at practice Friday after taking part in a limited basis Wednesday and Thursday and reporting progress from the week before.

ESPN reported that Bradford was traveling to seek a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews, the noted orthopedist who performed ligament reconstructions on the quarterback’s knee in 2013 and 2014. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer declined to comment on the report.

Case Keenum will start Sunday against the Buccaneers, as he did last week at Pittsburgh when Bradford was ruled out right before the game. The Vikings lost 26-9.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When duck hunters in the Northern Plains take to the field this fall, they’ll find fewer wetlands at which to set up their blinds and float their decoys due to a summer of devastating drought.

A North Dakota Game and Fish Department survey finds the number of duck-hunting wetlands statewide at the lowest level in nine years.

In South Dakota, Harold Bickner with Ducks Unlimited says wetlands have dried up in many areas, and ducks have moved out.

The prevalence of wetlands isn’t the only determining factor in how many ducks will be available to hunters. Weather conditions and migration patterns also are big influences.

Saturday is opening day for duck hunting in North Dakota. South Dakota’s season opens next Saturday in some areas and Oct. 14 in others.

 

In world and national news…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is thanking Arizona Sen. John McCain for rejecting the Republican bill that would appeal the Obama-era health care law. McCain’s statement of opposition Friday likely deals a fatal blow to the GOP measure in a Senate showdown expected next week. In a tweet, Kimmel thanks McCain “for being a hero again and again and now AGAIN.” Kimmel has been in a war of words with Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy over the GOP bill.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As the leaders of North Korea and the United States continue a battle of insults, President Donald Trump is calling North Korea’s Kim Jong Un “a madman who doesn’t mind starving or killing his people.” Kim earlier referred to Trump as “mentally deranged,” and warned that Trump would “pay dearly” for his recent threat to destroy North Korea. It was an unusual statement from Kim, written in the first person. In the statement, he hinted at a powerful new weapon test.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria is now moving away from the Turks and Caicos Islands as a powerful Category 3 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria still has maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph). The core of the storm was about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Grand Turk Island on Friday afternoon.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Relatives of people trapped in collapsed buildings are spending the nights in tents on the street before the damaged structure. Cristal Estrada is one of them. She’s worried about her brother Martin, a 31-year-old accountant, who is believed to be in the remains of a seven-story office building that collapsed in Tuesday’s earthquake.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is scrapping Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new interim instructions for universities. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said the Obama rules were unfairly skewed against the students accused of assault. The change is the latest in Trump’s broader effort to roll back Obama policies.