CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45. Northeast winds up to

10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs 60 to 65. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Windy. Highs in the mid 60s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 70 percent chance of showers  and a chance of

thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 60 to 65.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the

mid 40s.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs 55 to 60.

 

Chances of thunderstorms beginning Saturday night.

On Sunday a good chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Chances for scattered to isolated showers off and on Monday through

Wednesday as well.

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that starting today, Thursday, September 28, 2017, 12TH Ave SE from 3rd St SE to 5th St SE will be closed for approximately two days.        

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

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Schools announces a public hearing concerning the district  increasing the 2017 tax levy by 7.59 percent.

The hearing is scheduled for Monday, Ocotber 2, 2017 at 6 p.m. at  the Thompson Community Room at Jamestown Middle School, which follows the  5:15 – p.m. regular school board meeting.

Superintendent Rob Lech says changes in federal and state contributions put more of a burden on the local tax base.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Head Start and the Jamestown Regional Medical Center BirthPlace will host a free community car seat safety check Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the Jamestown Head Start Center at 1201 6th Avenue NE in Jamestown from 11 AM to 4 PM.

Certified car seat technicians will be available to assist the public with child passenger safety needs.

Officials point out that “Most parents are trying to protect their children by using car safety seats, but 90% of car seats are used incorrectly.  Grandparents and guardians are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity as well.”

For more information, Marla Wegner at 701-320-1506 or the Head Start Center at 701-252-1821.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Service Dogs for America (SDA) invites the community to its first Annual Fall Volunteer Day that will be held at the SDA campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 7, 2017.

Those interested in volunteering their time is welcome to attend.

There are tasks and projects for all ages and abilities, from dog walking/grooming to painting, landscaping and minor construction.

Individuals with electrical and/or construction experience are asked to bring tools to use or would like to share. Also needed are new/unused dog toys for large breed dogs, such as Kong and Nylabone products.

Call or email attendance RSVPs.

Lunch and snacks will be provided. SDA’s Facebook page and Twitter account: https://www.facebook.com/servicedogsforamerica and https://twitter.com/ServiceDogs4USA

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Since its inception, the Master of Arts in Leadership program at University of Jamestown has seen constant growth in a traditional classroom setting.  The university has now added an online option to this two year graduate program.

Vice President of Enrollment Management Michael Heitkamp, says, “As technology advances, opportunities for professional growth are becoming more accessible to working professionals. Because of the success of the program and the high demand for leadership development in business today, it was a natural step for us to transition the success of this classroom environment online.”

Currently there are over 200 students in graduate programs at University of Jamestown.  The MA in Leadership enrollment is at an all time high, up 17% compared to last year.

Heitkamp adds,  “The growth in the program is driven by demand.  In the current business climate, companies want more than a business degree, they need their employees to possess leadership skills.”

The MA in Leadership online option for the 2018-2019 academic year is currently available.   Visit uj.edu for more information.

University of Jamestown was established in 1883 and is ranked as a top tier regional school in US News and World Report and a top Midwestern school in The Princeton Review. The school features development of the whole person through its distinctive Journey to Success experience.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — One of the two defendants accused of conspiring to kill a Fargo woman and take her infant has pleaded not guilty to charges.

An attorney for William Hoehn (HAYN) entered the pleas Tuesday on behalf of his client to conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and giving false information to officers. Hoehn’s girlfriend, Brooke Crews, is also charged in the case and is due in court Thursday.

The two were neighbors of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind. Her newborn was found in their apartment days after she disappeared. Her body was found in the Red River a few days later. The baby is in the custody of her father, Greywind’s boyfriend.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota legislators are expected to make a decision Thursday whether to challenge the new governor over his veto powers.

The Republican-led Legislature adjourned on April 27, and GOP Gov. Doug Burgum used his line-item veto during the following week to change parts of several spending bills.

Legislators contend he violated his veto powers by deleting words or phrases that would have changed the intent.

The bipartisan Legislative Management Committee will meet behind closed doors Thursday with an attorney to talk about possible litigation.

If the committee does decide to sue, it would be the first state Supreme Court challenge over vetoes in nearly four decades.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Washburn man convicted of committing sex crimes against a boy in 2011 has been sentenced to life in prison.

Thirty-eight-year-old Russell Everett Jr. was charged a year ago and convicted by a jury in June.  He was recently sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Burleigh County Assistant State’s Attorney Marina Spahr had asked that Everett be sentenced to serve 20 years in prison. Judge Bruce Haskell went well beyond the recommendation, summarizing Everett’s history of substance abuse and his criminal record before handing down the life sentence.

Everett told the judge he maintains his innocence.

 

 

WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) — The city of Washburn will spend $5,550 to install security cameras in its City Hall following allegations of employee harassment by the City Commission president.

President Larry Thomas calls the allegations bogus and says the security cameras are a waste of money.

A citizens group has been collecting petition signatures to recall Thomas, and has until Nov. 6 to file for a special election.

City Auditor Joan Zimmerman recently sent an email to commissioners saying employees were “nervous” to be in the building with Thomas.

Thomas says he’s never threatened anyone.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State health officials say fewer pregnant women are smoking in North Dakota.

The Department of Health’s birth certificate records show the state had a pregnancy smoking rate of 11.6 percent in 2016. That’s down from 13.8 percent in the year prior. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the national smoking rate for pregnant women is 8.4 percent.

Health officials also say more than a quarter of the North Dakota women who say they smoked in the first trimester of pregnancy quit by the third trimester.

State child health nurse consultant Amy Burke says women who smoke while pregnant can increase their risk of health complications with the pregnancy, premature birth, low-birth weight and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

 

BOWBELLS, N.D. (AP) — Burke County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered a recreational area near Flaxton.

Sheriff’s officials say 51-year-old Melissa Osterberg, of Tolley, was found dead in the water at the Northgate Dam Recreation Area Tuesday afternoon. The woman’s body was taken to the medical examiner’s office in Bismarck for an autopsy.

The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting local authorities.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A nonprofit organization aimed at moving North Dakota’s livestock industry forward has hired a leader.

Amber Boeshans has been named executive director of the North Dakota Livestock Alliance. Boeshans previously worked with the state Agriculture Department and has experience as a herd manager and dairy insurance specialist.

The alliance that formed earlier this year includes groups representing the pork, dairy, corn, soybean and ethanol industries, with the support of the Agriculture Department and North Dakota State University.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two property owners in Bismarck whose backyards are slipping into a creek have been given more time to accept or decline help from the park board in stabilizing the slope.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Bismarck Park Board approved a 20-day extension last week for the homeowners whose properties are slipping into Hay Creek.

Negotiations are ongoing between the board and property owners Jim Hopfauf and David Wolf. The board is asking the homeowners to pay more than $81,000 for the stabilization project.

The residents and city officials still disagree on who or what is responsible for the problem, which is also affecting a public walking trail now deemed unsafe.

The board won’t continue planning or engineering a solution for the slope until Hopfauf and Wolf make their decisions.

 

 

In sports…

BISMARCK (AP) There are some significant changes in this week’s Class 9-Man and A football polls, as voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

On the 9-Man side, there’s now a tie for first between Cavailer and Wyndmere-Lidgerwood, and Hillsboro has overtaken Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm in the top spot in the A poll.

First place votes are in parenthesis, followed by the team’s record, and the number of total votes received.

Class 9-Man

T-1. Cavalier (9) 6-0 60
T- 1. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (2) 6-0 60
3. Bismarck Shiloh Christian (2) 6-0 44
4. Thompson (2) 5-1 30
5. North Prairie 6-0 16

Others Receiving Votes: New Salem-Glen Ullen (6-0), Linton-HMB (6-0), Divide County (6-0), Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter (6-0)

Class A

1. Hillsboro (4) 5-0 63
2. Ellendale/Edgeley-Kulm (8) 5-0 62
3. Beulah (3) 5-0 49
4. Langdon Area/Edmore/Munich (1) 5-0 42
5. Carrington 5-0 17

Others Receiving Votes: Velva/Sawyer (5-0), Fargo Oak Grove (4-1)

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 5 Baltimore 3

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Minnesota Twins became the first team to make the playoffs after losing at least 100 games the previous season, clinching an AL wild-card berth on Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Angles lost 6-4 in 10 innings at Chicago.

The Twins couldn’t secure their first spot in the postseason by themselves, losing 4-2 to the Indians, but that hardly mattered for a team that has overcome adversity and defied expectations while joining October’s elite.

They won only 59 games a year ago, and it seemed as if the young Twins would be lucky to be competitive when the season began. But they got hot in August and haven’t looked back in becoming the 13th team — and first since the 2009 Seattle Mariners — to go from 100-plus losses to a winning record the following season.

Nearly two hours after losing, the Twins began a celebration that seemed unimaginable two months ago.

Minnesota will play at either Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park in the wild-card game Tuesday night. Boston holds a three-game lead over New York in the AL East race.

Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sano took his first swings in more than a month, raising hope that he might able to play in the postseason. Sano, who is not traveling with the club, has been on the disabled list since Aug. 20 with a left shin injury. Sano has missed 37 games, and it’s still not clear if he would be able to play in the wild-card game on Tuesday.

Reigning AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello struggled in his final playoff tuneup, and David Price relieved him to solidify his role on the postseason roster as the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 10-7 on Wednesday night to lower their magic number to two.

Final Houston 12 Texas 2

Final Oakland 6 Seattle 5

Final N-Y Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 1

Final Chi White Sox 6 L-A Angels 4, 10 Innings

Final Kansas City 7 Detroit 4

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee rookie Brandon Woodruff was chased in a five-run third inning and the Brewers’ postseason hopes took another hit when they fell 6-0 to the last-place Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers have lost five of seven. They’ve dropped 2 ½ games behind Colorado for the second NL wild-card spot with only four games left.

Addison Russell hit a 3-run homer and John Lackey pitched six strong innings as the Chicago Cubs clinched their second consecutive National League Central title with a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs reached the postseason for the third straight year for the first time since 1908.

Final Colorado 15 Miami 9

Final Arizona 4 San Francisco 3

Final Philadelphia 7 Washington 5

Final N-Y Mets 7 Atlanta 1

Final L-A Dodgers 10 San Diego 0

 

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Final Atlanta 3 Philadelphia 0

 

College sports…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The University of Miami president says a member of the coaching staff is being investigated as part of the federal probe of basketball recruiting at seven universities. President Julio Frenk says school officials are “alarmed and disappointed” by the development. An attorney for head coach Jim Larranaga (la-ra-NAY’-gah) says Larranaga has no involvement with any accusations in the investigation. Meanwhile, Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave.

 

MLB…

MIAMI (AP) — Major league owners have unanimously approved the sale of the struggling Miami Marlins franchise by Jeffrey Loria to an investment group led by former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman. The deal needed 75 percent approval. The $1.2 billion agreement was submitted to Major League Baseball last month. The closing on the sale is expected within a few days.

 

NBA…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dwyane Wade has made it official, signing his deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers and reuniting with LeBron James.

Wade tells The Associated Press that he “wanted the challenge of being back on that big stage,” and he wanted to play with James again. James says having Wade as his teammate again is like walking into class on the first day of school and seeing a best friend.

 

In world and national news…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Playboy magazine says its founder Hugh Hefner helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation. Hefner died Wednesday night of natural causes at age 91. Hefner published the first issue of Playboy in 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives, when the word “pregnant” was not allowed on “I Love Lucy.” By the 1970s, the magazine had more than 7 million readers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s economics adviser is asserting that the administration’s proposed tax cut is “purely aimed at middle class families.” Gary Cohn says in a nationally broadcast interview that a hypothetical family of four should have “a substantial tax decrease.” He said the administration is confident that “Americans are getting a great deal.”

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The aftermath of Hurricane Maria has resulted in a near-total shutdown of Puerto Rico’s economy that could last for weeks. Many people are running seriously low on cash and they worry that it will become even harder to survive. There are long lines at the few banks that are open with reduced hours, ATMs that are operational are scattered and there’s been a near total loss of telecommunications amid the islandwide power outage.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There are incredible stories of survival in Mexico’s earthquake. Sixty-seven-year-old Conrad Vazquez Martinez was working on the roof of a four-story building in Mexico City when the quake hit Sept. 19. The building collapsed, but he grabbed a nearby branch. The branch broke and he fell to the ground, breaking a hip and leg. But Vazquez Martinez says the grill of a metal balcony fell on top of him, protecting him from falling rubble.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media giant Twitter will visit Capitol Hill Thursday as part of the House and Senate investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Twitter’s closed-door meetings with staff follow similar briefings from Facebook earlier this month.