CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast

winds around 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast

winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the south around 25 mph in the

afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.

Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and slight chance of

thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers likely and chance

of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. South

winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain

showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.

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

.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower

40s. Highs in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent

chance of rain showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper

50s.

 

Thunderstorms will be on the gradual increase Saturday afternoon into the evening. Greater chances will spread over the area on Sunday.

For much of next week, daily chance for precipitation in the forecast along with cooler conditions

 

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The James River Valley Library System’s, Friends of the Library on September 21, 2017  held it’s First Annual Meeting.

JRVLS Development Director, Bill Kennedy says, reports were given and Library

Library Director Joe Rector, who described the Centennial Initiative project that will renovate Alfred Dickey in time for the Library’s 100 year anniversary on President’s Day, 2019.

 

Amendments to the Friends bylaws were approved by the attending members.

 

Other topics covered at the First Annual Meeting and Social of the Friends of the James River Valley Library were the Friends Treasurers Report by Katie Webster, Love Your Library Week by Jill Shaffer, Adult Programs and Library Stories by Bill Kennedy.

 

A collection of Raggedy Ann and Andy items was a recent donation by a Friend of the Library.  Friends board member Zenithe Leininger described how the collection would be available at an auction to benefit the library. The Auction is in the planning stages.

 

The Friends are currently looking for community members interested in serving on the Friends Board. Those interested should contact Bill Kennedy at 701 252-2217 or send him an email at billkennedy0@gmail.com.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Today, as part of the Valley City High School Homecoming activities on today, the Valley City High School,  cross country team will run game footballs from Jamestown to Valley City along the Old Highway 10 route, to delivering them to the Hi-Liner Activity Center, before the football game at Hanna Field, expected to arrive by 1:45-p.m. at the start of the Pep-Fest.

The  homecoming football game is between the Hi-Liners and Jamestown.

Team captains Courtney Lloyd, Dakota Tahren, and Eliza Schuenemann will give the game balls to the three Senior Valley City Football players, Luther Zeltinger, Sam Ihry, and Rylee Bjork.

Later, the Cross Country team will run the ball onto the field, presenting it to officials about 6:45 -p.m.

Motorists are alerted to be watchful Friday of the cross country team running along Old Highway 10, and in Valley City be cautious of elementary students walking from Jefferson School, and St. Catherine’s to Valley City High School.

Washington Elementary School student will take the bus to the high school, all for the Pep-Fest, starting at 1:45-p.m.

The Homecoming parade starts at 4-p.m.,  and be watching for students also between 3-p.m., and 4-p.m.

At tonight’s football game, the first matchup between the Jays and Hi-liners since 2001, the winner will receive a new traveling trophy, ” The Iron Helmet Trophy,” presented by Farmers Union Insurance.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  To support October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Jamestown Post Office will be promoting the sales of the semi-postal stamps.

The semi-postal stamps is $12 and $2.20 of the purchase price will be sent to provide funds for research.

70% of the net amount raised from its sales goes to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent goes to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.

Since the first sales of the semi-postal stamps, more than $86 million has been raised in voluntary contributions.

Stamps can also be purchased by phone at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) or online at usps.com.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Minnesota-based health insurer Medica plans to leave North Dakota’s health insurance exchange in 2018.

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread said Thursday that Medica does not intend to sign an agreement with the federal government to offer individual health insurance through the North Dakota exchange next year.

Godfread says Medica cites the uncertainty over cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act. The federal government makes those payments to insurance carriers to help low-income customers with out-of-pocket costs, such as co-payments and deductibles.

Medica asked the North Dakota Insurance Department to approve premium rates for 2018 assuming cost-sharing reductions would not be paid. But the department declined.

Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Medica says it remains hopeful it could be available on North Dakota’s exchange next year if the federal government provides clarity.

 

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

Brooke Crews showed no emotion Thursday during her brief appearance in East Central District Court. She is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and giving false information to officers. Her boyfriend, William Hoehn (HAYN), pleaded not guilty earlier this week to the same charges.

Crews and Hoehn 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.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police have arrested a suspect in an attempted robbery at a convenience store.

Authorities say the 22-year-old man entered a Cenex store about 3:45 p.m. Thursday and demanded money. He fled when the clerk refused, and employees followed him until officers arrived and took him into custody a few blocks away.

Police say store employees believe the man had a weapon, but that wasn’t immediately verified.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A jury has convicted a man accused of fatally assaulting a woman behind a Bismarck store last year.

Jurors delivered a guilty verdict on felony murder charges for Morris Brickle-Hicks Thursday afternoon following a four-day trial. Brickle-Hicks was accused of beating 40-year-old Misty Coffelt and leaving her to die behind Runnings in April 2016.

The defense called no witnesses at the trial. Attorney James Lorass argued there was reasonable doubt about whether Brickle-Hicks was guilty.

A sentencing date will be scheduled later after Brickle-Hicks has mental and chemical dependency evaluations.

 

 

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — The state Board of Higher Education has rejected a request for a special meeting to discuss the contract of the North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott.

Board member Mike Ness said during Thursday’s meeting in Devils Lake that he wanted to talk about Hagerott and possible legal action that “could be related to the events of the last couple of weeks.” Ness was not specific.

Hagerott earlier this week asked for an investigation into what he said was pressure from people who wanted interim University of North Dakota president Ed Schafer punished for endorsing a governor candidate. Hagerott’s request came on the heels of his decision to fire vice chancellor Lisa Feldner.

The motion by Ness failed because of a 4-4 vote.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An English instructor who helps immigrant students and others who are not native English speakers is North Dakota’s Teacher of the Year for 2018.

Fargo South High School’s Leah Juelke was selected from a group of five finalists for the award, which she received Thursday during a ceremony at the school.

Juelke has taught at Fargo South since 2013. Three years ago, she started a writing project for her immigrant students called “Journey to America.” They wrote essays about growing up in refugee camps, hiding under beds while their villages burned, and having family members killed in wars.

Anthologies of their stories have been published.

Other finalists for the award were Heather Jane Tomlin-Rohr of Jamestown, Sandra Evenson of West Fargo, Thomas Klapp of Hunter, and Lynae Holmen of Minot.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he’s grateful that the company that built the Dakota Access pipeline has given the state $15 million to cover the costs of policing months of sometimes violent protests.

Burgum says the state will use the money to pay down debt it took on during the pipeline struggle. The state has a line of credit of $43 million to cover its costs.

The Standing Rock Sioux opposed the pipeline out of fear it would endanger water. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including many from out of state, helped police protests that included a months-long encampment in North Dakota.

Burgum says he’s committed to pursuing other avenues so North Dakota taxpayers don’t have to pay costs alone.

The company, Energy Transfer Partners, had long offered to help pay but former Gov. Jack Dalrymple had feared it might not be legal. Legislators passed a bill this year that called for accepting reimbursement.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian activist Chase Iron Eyes says new leadership for the Standing Rock Sioux might bolster efforts to repair relations with county, state and federal officials that were strained during tribally led protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Dave Archambault, the tribe’s chairman and the face of the protests, lost his bid for re-election on Wednesday.

Iron Eyes is a Standing Rock member who at times clashed with Archambault over protest tactics. But he says he and Archambault shared the same goal and that Archambault represented the tribe well.

John Floberg has been an Episcopal minister on the reservation for 26 years. He doesn’t think the handling of the protests was the main issue in the election. He says incoming Chairman Mike Faith has long been a respected leader on the reservation.

 

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The five children of the late Chester and Joy Reiten have donated half a million dollars to the Hostfest Heritage Foundation.

The gift honors the memory of their parents and boosts the Norsk Hostfest Scandinavian heritage festival that draws about 60,000 people from around the world each year.

Chester Reiten was a principal founder of Hostfest, which is in its 40th year this week. He served as president until his death in 2013. Joy Reiten died two years later.

The $500,000 donation in their memory is being made by David Reiten, Steven Reiten, Kathleen Reiten Hruby, Timothy Reiten and Melanie Reiten Shonkwiler. David Reiten succeeded his father as Hostfest president.

The donation comes a year after the Reitens donated $400,000 from their parents’ estate.

 

In sports…

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Mandan is officially opening its $23 million sports complex.

Officials plan a Friday morning ribbon-cutting ceremony. A high school football game against Bismarck Legacy on Friday night will be the first athletic competition at the complex just north of Interstate 94.

The 84,000-square-foot Starion Sports Complex includes two skating rinks, a gymnastics facility and 2,000 seats overlooking a track and turf football field.

The facility is funded by sales tax revenue and private contributions. It’s owned and operated by the Mandan Park District.

 

High School Volleyball…

Jamestown def. Mandan, 25-16, 23-25, 25-15, 28-30, 15-7

Oakes def. Barnes County North, 26-28, 25-14, 25-23, 25-14

 

Bismarck Century def. Bismarck St. Mary’s, 30-28, 25-16, 25-18

Bismarck High def. Dickinson, 25-16, 25-17, 25-20

Bismarck Legacy def. Minot, 25-15, 26-28, 25-17, 25-14

Bottineau def. Towner-Granville-Upham, 3-0

Carrington def. Benson County, 25-14, 25-21, 25-11

Center-Stanton def. Grant County, 19-25, 25-23, 25-15, 22-25, 15-7

Central Cass def. Hillsboro/Central Valley, 25-8, 25-22, 25-20

Devils Lake def. Turtle Mountain, 25-6, 25-8, 25-10

Divide County def. Burke County, 3-1

Drayton/Valley-Edinburg def. Cavalier, 3-0

Dunseith def. Dakota Prairie, 3-1

Ellendale def. Sargent Central, 25-20, 25-13, 25-16

Fargo Davies def. Wahpeton, 25-20, 25-13, 25-15

Fargo North def. Grand Forks Central, 25-11, 25-12, 25-17

Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran def. Hillcrest Lutheran, Minn., 25-15, 25-9, 25-9

Fargo Shanley def. Grand Forks Red River, 25-17, 26-24, 25-20

Flasher def. Wilton-Wing, 25-12, 25-15, 25-15

Harvey-Wells County def. Rolla, 3-2

Heart River def. Mott-Regent, 25-13, 25-9, 25-10

Hettinger/Scranton def. New England, 3-2

Lakota def. Rolette-Wolford, 3-1

LaMoure-Litchville-Marion def. Enderlin, 25-20, 25-8, 25-13

May Port CG def. Midway-Minto, 25-8, 25-15, 25-17

Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def. Kidder County, 3-0

Nedrose def. Tioga, 3-2

New Salem-Almont def. Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky, 25-14, 25-7, 25-20

New Town def. Washburn, 3-1

Park River/Fordville Lankin def. Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page, 3-0

Rugby def. Newburg-Westhope, 25-9, 25-12, 25-11

Sheyenne def. Fargo South, 25-11, 25-13, 25-20

Shiloh Christian def. Garrison-Max, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19

St. John def. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 25-13, 25-23, 18-25, 25-21

Stanley def. Ray, 21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-11

Thompson def. Richland, 3-1

Trenton def. White Shield, 25-23, 25-17, 25-9

Velva/Sawyer def. Drake/Anamoose, 3-0

West Fargo def. Valley City, 19-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-21

 

High School Boys Soccer…

Jamestown 2 Bismarck Legacy 1

 

 

Boys Tennis:

Grand Forks Central 9, Valley City 0

 

 

College Hockey…

Minot State 1 Jamestown 0

 

 

MLB…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Carrasco stuck out a season-high 14 and the Cleveland Indians got their 100th win, beating the Minnesota Twins 5-2. The Indians are 31-3 since Aug. 24 and joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as baseball’s only 100-wins teams. Carrasco moved into a tie for the league lead with 18 victories. The Twins sat some regulars after clinching a wild-card berth in the wee hours Thursday.

 

UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Red Sox’s magic number to win the AL East dropped to one last night despite their 12-2 loss to Houston. Carlos Correa went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs in support of Brad Peacock, who is 13-2 after yielding two runs and four hits over five innings. The Rays allowed the Red Sox to cut their magic number by scoring seven runs in the fifth inning of a 9-5 win against the New York Yankees.

 

Final Houston 12 Boston 2

Final Oakland 4 Texas 1

Final Chi White Sox 5 L-A Angels 4

Final Detroit 4 Kansas City 1

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers earned a 4-3 win over Cincinnati to get within two games of Colorado for the second NL wild-card. The Brewers blew a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth before Brett Phillips came through with an RBI double in the bottom of the inning. Both the Brewers and Rockies have three games remaining.

Final Washington 5 Pittsburgh 4

Final Miami 7 Atlanta 1

Final Chi Cubs 2 St. Louis 1, 11 Innings

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers outplayed Mike Glennon as the Green Bay Packers earned a 35-14 win over the Chicago Bears. Rodgers passed for 179 yards and four short touchdowns, including two to Jordy Nelson in the second half. Glennon finished with 218 passing yards but was intercepted twice and lost two fumbles.

 

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford has been ruled out of the upcoming game because of lingering soreness in his left knee. Case Keenum will make his third straight start. Coach Mike Zimmer says Bradford’s status remains day to day and that no surgery is needed. Bradford has not practiced in a week. The Vikings host Detroit this Sunday.

 

GOLF…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Americans have won the opening session of the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time by taking the opening three matches and rallying for a halve in the final one.

Phil Mickelson missed an 8-foot par putt on the par-3 18th at Liberty National or the U.S. lead could be even greater. The Americans still managed to build a 3 1/2-1 1/2 lead Thursday after a tough, windy day of foursomes.

The lone bright spot for the International team was Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hy-zehn) and Branden Grace, who improved to 5-0 as partners in the Presidents Cup. Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed were formidable, too, as were Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar.

The Americans have a 9-1-1 lead in these matches, their lone loss in 1998.
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer’s grandson, shot a 12-under 59 on Thursday in the first round of the Web.com Tour Championship.

Saunders closed with six straight birdies at Atlantic Beach Country Club for the seventh sub-60 round in Web.com Tour history. Stephan Jaeger set the tour record of 58 last year in the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, California, and Notah Begay III, Doug Dunakey, Jason Gore, Will Wilcox and Russell Knox also shot 59.

Saunders had 13 birdies and a bogey. The 30-year-old Saunders is trying to regain his PGA Tour card in the four-event Web.com Tour Finals after finishing 129th in the FedEx Cup standings.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — The Puerto Rico Tip-Off will be played in South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The eight-team college basketball tournament will be played at the arena of Coastal Carolina in November.

Organizers announced Thursday the event would be played on the campus of Coastal Carolina from Nov. 16-19.

ESPN senior vice president of college sports programming and events Pete Derzis says Maria’s aftermath has caused “immense hardship” to the island. He is hopeful the tournament could return to Puerto Rico next year.

 

NBA-RULES

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has eliminated the desire for teams to tank games in an effort to improve their chances for a No. 1 draft pick. The league has also made it tougher for coaches to rest their top players.

Each of the league’s three worst teams will have a 14 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick, beginning with the 2019 draft. The team with the worst record previously had a 25 percent shot of winning the lottery and could fall to the No. 4 spot in the draft. Now, that team call tumble all the way to fifth.

The Board of Governors also voted to allow Commissioner Adam Silver to fine teams that violate the league’s new guidelines about resting healthy players for nationally televised games.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will promote his plan for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code to an audience eager for the proposed change. Trump is set to address the National Association of Manufacturers on Friday in Washington. The president and congressional Republicans this week released the outlines of a nearly $6 trillion tax cut plan. It would deeply reduce taxes for corporations, simplify tax brackets and nearly double the standard deduction used by most tax filers.

UNDATED (AP) — Puerto Rican Farmer Hector Alejandro Santiago says he’ll have to “begin from zero” following Hurricane Maria. The greenhouses and other buildings on the 40 acres where he grew poinsettias, orchids and other ornamental plants were ripped to shreds when the Category 4 storm hit Sept. 20. Most of Puerto Rico’s food is imported, but government statistics show about 7,000 people working in agriculture on the island.

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Police have increased their count of the number of people injured in a deadly stampede on a crowded Mumbai pedestrian bridge to 32. Authorities are investigating what caused the stampede during Friday morning rush hour on a raised staircase of a pedestrian bridge linking two commuter railway stations in India’s west-coast financial capital.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two straight days of massive and dangerous rock falls at Yosemite National Park have left one person dead, two injured and mountain climbers stunned. A huge hunk of granite came off El Capitan on Thursday, even bigger than the major piece of rock that fell off on Wednesday. The second left just one man injured. The first killed a British man and injured his wife.

BANGKOK (AP) — The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule. Many of Myanmar’s Buddhists have objected to the way the media and international community have portrayed the crisis in Rakhine state, which has caused a half million Rohingya to flee the country in the past month.