CSi Weather…

…WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING…

 

Snow will continue across south central North Dakota and into the
James River ValleyFriday afternoon. One to three inches of snow
are expected. After the snow ends, a light wintry mix of snow and
freezing rain is forecast for  Friday night into Saturday.

 

Forecast…

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Snow. Widespread fog. Snow accumulation around

2 inches. Storm total around 3 inches. Lows in the mid 20s.

Southeast winds around 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Chance of snow

possibly mixed with freezing rain in the morning, then slight

chance of drizzle and light freezing drizzle in the afternoon.

Highs in the lower 30s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of

precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the

evening. Lows around 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15. West winds 5 to

10 mph.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows

5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the upper

20s. Lows 10 to 15.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid

30s. Lows 15 to 20.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows 15 to 20.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on child pornography charges.

Federal authorities say the investigation of 56-year-old Alexander McManus began after the defendant’s wife reported finding a cell phone that contained child pornography hidden behind the refrigerator.

McManus pleaded guilty to one count of receiving materials containing child pornography and two counts of possession of materials containing child pornography.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a fire Friday about 11:17-a.m., reported in the backyard of a residence at 452 second Street West.

City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says furniture was being burned in the backyard.

No injuries reported with three city fire units, and 22 fire fighters on the scene about 35 minutes.

City Fire Chief  Jim Reuther reminds residents of  the city Ordinance prohibiting outdoor burning in city limits with the exception of approved fire pits, which may burn only wood.  The city does not allow open burning even in fire pits of other materials such as garbage or other materials.

He adds that it cost the City of Jamestown $1,000 every time the city fire department is called out, and in the case of illegal burning, it costs taxpayers unnecessarily.

He points out that before outdoor burning, residents should be sure to check with the city fire department, if the action is lawful.

He says the city’s website, jamestownnd.org has the Ordinance outlined.

 

 

Valley CIty  VCSU)  Tisa Mason, Ed.D., CAE, president of Valley City State University, has been selected to become the next president of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan., by the Kansas Board of Regents.

President Mason will succeed Dr. Andy Tompkins, former president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, who has served as interim president at Fort Hays State since December 2016. Mason will begin her Fort Hays presidency in early January 2018.

Mason began serving as president of Valley City State University Dec. 15, 2014. Prior to joining VCSU, she had served Fort Hays State University as vice president for student affairs. She previously served as dean of student life at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater in Whitewater, Wis., and as executive director of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and Foundation in Indianapolis, Ind.

She holds a Doctor of Education degree in higher education from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.; a Master of Science in Education degree from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/anthropology from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. She also holds the Certified Association Executive professional certification.

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education will direct the search for Mason’s successor at VCSU.

 

 

Valley City (CSi)  Valley City Police is seeking information concerning two deaths of Valley City males, reported this week in Valley City.

Valley City Police Chief Phil Hatcher has reported no foul play is suspected, with the bodies taken to the state’s Medical Examiner’s Office.

Hatcher said anyone with more information about these deaths is encouraged to contact the Valley City Police Department at 845-3110.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The James River Humane Society has set a record for dog adoptions and more are coming to the shelter.

On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, board member, Jay Nitchke said, at that time five dogs were available at the shelter.

Two dogs have recently come to the shelter from a “reservation roundup.”

She said both dogs are pregnant, with one going to a local foster home for care, and the other going to another shelter for care.

Two more “reservation roundup” dogs are scheduled to come to the Jamestown shelter.

She pointed out, the Jamestown Humane Society has animal exchange agreements with other shelters to support each other, as Jamestown is a “no kill” shelter.

Jay added that newly designed fund raising t-shirts and sweat shirts are now available for purchase.

The James River Humane Society is located off the I-94 Bloom Exit, and open every day from 9-a.m., to noon, and 4:30-p.m., to about 6:30-p.m., or by appointment by calling 701-252-0747.

On line: www.jamesriverhumanesociety.org  that includes links to petfinder.com

 

Washington  (CSi)   U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will speak at the homecoming for North Dakota’s very own Miss America Cara Mund to congratulate and thank her for the work she is doing representing North Dakota and the rest of the country.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017,   2:45 p.m. CT at the Bismarck Event Center, 315 5th Street

BISMARCK, N.D. (Nov. 3, 2017) – Gov. Doug Burgum has proclaimed Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, Miss America Cara Mund Day in North Dakota to coincide with homecoming ceremonies for the Bismarck native.

On Sept. 10, 2017 Mund became the first Miss North Dakota to be crowned Miss America, and only the fourth Miss North Dakota to reach the top 10 of the competition.

A 2012 graduate of Bismarck Century High School, Mund has raised nearly $80,000 for Make-A-Wish through the North Dakota Make-A-Wish Fashion Show she founded 10 years ago. She also interned for U.S. Sen. John Hoeven last year and has said she wants to be North Dakota’s first female governor.

“Cara Mund has represented her home state in an exceptional manner,” Burgum said. “Her hard work and perseverance, dedication to public service and commitment to improving the lives of others is a source of immense pride for people across North Dakota. We celebrate her return home and wish her a successful reign as Miss America.”

Williston, home of the Miss North Dakota pageant, will host a homecoming celebration for Mund starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at Bakken Elementary School, with Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford among the scheduled speakers. Mund will then return to her hometown for a welcome home party at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Bismarck Event Center.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reminds resident that due to the Veterans Day Holiday, there will be NO garbage pick-up on Friday, November 10, 2017.

Thursday and Friday’s route will be picked up on Thursday, November 9th, 2017.

All other pickups will be on the regularly scheduled day beginning at 7:00 a.m.

The baling facility will be closed on Friday, November 10, 2017.

All garbage pick-up routes begin at 7:00 a.m.

 

 

Valley City   (CSi)  On Friday December 1, 2017 , The North Dakota Winter show will be hosting the 18th Annual North Star Classic. The Open Show starts at 8a.m. At 7:30 pm, the Cattlemen’s

Ball and Sale will begin at the Eagles Club. The schedule is subject to change.

Saturday December 2nd, is the Pen Shows and Sale Day. Starting at 8 am, will be the Judging Clinic hosted by NDSU that will end at 10 am. 9:30- 12N Pen Shows will be held in the Frontier Arena followed by the Supreme Pen of three selections. 12N is the “Fairest of Them All” show, located in the Main Arena. The Angus Sale will begin at 1:30 pm, with the Hereford Sale will follow starting at 3pm and the Club Calf Sale beings at 4:30 all take place in the Frontier arena.

 

Also on Saturday December 2nd, is the North Star Classic Dinner Show that starts at 6:30 which is held at the Eagles. Williams & Ree, AKA “The Indian & The White Guy” will be the entertainment for the night. Tickets for the Dinner Show are being sold at the North Dakota Winter Show office {700 7th St SE in Valley City, ND}. For more information on the Dinner Show please feel free to check out our website: https://northdakotawintershow.com/northstar-dinnershow.php

 

Sunday December 3rd are the Junior Shows that will begin at 8am.

For More information on Deadlines and any changes to the schedules please follow our website: https://northdakotawintershow.com/image3/northstar_classic/2017_NSC/2017_Livestock_Exh_Info.pdf

 

 

ARNEGARD, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and three others were injured in a collision near Arnegard, in northwestern North Dakota.

The accident happened about 1:20 p.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 85. The Highway Patrol says a man driving a GMC Envoy lost control and entered the westbound lanes, where it was struck by a man driving a Toyota Highlander.

A passenger in the Envoy died at the scene. Her name has not been released.

The driver of the Envoy and two people in the Highlander were hospitalized. The extent of their injuries is not known.

The patrol says there was ice and compacted snow on the roadway and it was snowing at the time of the accident.

 

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A Georgia man is dead after a crash on an icy highway in western North Dakota.

The Highway Patrol says  81-year-old Joseph Watson from East Point, Georgia, was a passenger in a pickup truck that spun out of control on state Highway 22 north of Dickinson and collided with another pickup.

The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Watson was pronounced dead at a Dickinson hospital.

The drivers of both vehicles, including 63 year old Timothy Stroh of Manning, North Dakota,  and 69 year old Thomas Johnson of Dickinson were taken to hospitals with unspecified injuries.

 

 

Fargo  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, that on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, a vehicle traveling east on I-94 near Fargo, was stopped for a traffic violation.

A subsequent probable cause search of the vehicle revealed two duffle bags containing 70 pounds of packaged marijuana, worth an estimated $115,000 street value.

 

 

The driver, Jakeb Ward of Rio Del, CA, and the passenger, Christopher Bieniek of Fortuna, CA, were arrested

for felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and misdemeanor drug paraphernalia.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gary Adkisson has been named publisher of the Bismarck Tribune, a Lee Enterprises newspaper.

The 60-year-old Adkisson was formerly publisher of The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He joined Lee Enterprises in 2014 after serving as general manager of The Paducah Sun in Paducah, Kentucky, for seven years.

Before he moved to Kentucky, Adkisson was regional publisher of three daily newspapers and 13 weekly publications at Brown Publishing in Delaware, Ohio. He has been a publisher at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia, the Weatherford Democrat in Weatherford, Texas, and Livermore Publishing in Mineral Wells, Texas.

A native of southeast Missouri, Adkisson began his career in 1977 as a circulation district manager at The Tennessean and Nashville Banner in Nashville while still a student at Welch College.

 

MAYVILLE, N.D. – The presidential search process for Mayville State University will begin next week and include input from the public.

The firm AGB Search will direct the search process to find a successor to Pres. Gary Hagen, who earlier this year announced plans to retire after more than four decades at the university. AGB Search has conducted presidential searches in the past to select leadership for other colleges and universities within the North Dakota University System.

The search process will begin with a listening session from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 in the MaSU Campus Center Luckasen Room. Members of the public are welcome to attend and provide feedback regarding the university’s strengths and challenges, as well as the kind of leadership that is a best fit for the four-year institution.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A search committee reviewing applicants for a new North Dakota land commissioner has narrowed the field to three people.

Incumbent Lance Gaebe (GAY’-bee) was appointed in 2010 by then-Gov. John Hoeven and his term expires at the end of the year. He reapplied for the position and is a finalist.

The others are Douglas Lee of Bismarck and Jodi Smith of Bismarck. Lee most recently worked as general manager of KLJ Progress Solutions in Bismarck and Smith worked as a Sanford Health Foundation vice president.

The commissioner manages the state Land Department. The agency leases rights for grazing rights and rights to produce oil, coal and gravel from state lands.

The state Board of University and School Lands oversees the Land Department. Gov. Doug Burgum is chairman of the board.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Trial likely will be delayed for an American Indian activist accused of inciting a riot during protests in North Dakota against the Dakota Access pipeline.

Attorneys for Chase Iron Eyes said Friday they want to gather more evidence for their effort to present a “necessity” defense — arguing a crime was justified because it prevented a greater harm.

Part of Iron Eyes’ argument is he was trying to prevent a “civil rights conspiracy” to portray pipeline opponents as terrorists. His defense team wants more information on the peacekeeping efforts of law enforcement and pipeline private security.

Iron Eye’s Feb. 8 trial is likely to be delayed until next summer and likely lengthened to several days. Judge David Nelson called Iron Eyes “one of the premier cases” of the pipeline protest.

 

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Thirty-six attorneys general have signed onto a legal brief in support of South Dakota’s bid to collect sales taxes from out-of-state internet retailers.

South Dakota is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they lack a physical presence. The case could have national implications for e-commerce.

State Attorney General Marty Jackley said Thursday that Colorado filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting South Dakota’s petition to the high court. The state is seeking to overturn legal rulings issued mostly before the online shopping boom.

The brief from 35 states — including neighboring Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming — and the District of Columbia says the jurisdictions all rely on consumption taxes to fund essential government operations.

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Students in the central part of North Dakota have raised $1,400 to help their peers and others affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that students in foreign language clubs at Mandan High School held a bake sale and charged $1 for the cause. They presented a check to the disaster program manager for the Red Cross of Western North Dakota, Rob Stotz, on Wednesday.

Stotz says the money will go directly toward aid in Puerto Rico.

The hurricane ravaged homes and left 3.4 million people on the island without electricity. About 30 percent of electricity has been restored, and efforts are ongoing.

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The birthday of both Dakotas has role in a friendly wager between North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard for Saturday’s football game between the Bison and the Jackrabbits.

Each governor has agreed to donate $128 to the foundation of the other school’s foundation if they lose the matchup between the North Dakota State University and South Dakota State University football teams. The dollar amount honors the 128th anniversary of both Dakotas celebrated this week.

Kickoff for the 14th annual Dakota Marker game is at 2 p.m. Saturday in Brookings, S.D. The trophy is a 75-pound model replica of the original quartzite monuments placed at half-mile intervals along the border in 1891-1892.

 

In world and national news….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of lines of raw data associated with the theft of Hillary Clinton campaign emails show how the Russia-linked hackers dodged strict security measures to pull it off. Minute-by-minute logs gathered by cybersecurity company Secureworks and recently shared with The Associated Press tell the tale. It took the hackers just over a week of work to zero in on and penetrate the personal Gmail account of campaign chairman John Podesta.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A soldier who was wounded searching for Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan says the lack of prison time in his sentence is “unacceptable.” Jonathan Morita of California still doesn’t have full use of his dominant hand after bones were shattered when he was hit by an RPG, which didn’t explode. Referring to the lack of prison time, he said: “That’s the one that’s completely unacceptable. It should have maybe not been the life sentence, but it should have been something.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is encouraging members of Congress to complete sexual harassment training and require such training for their staffs. Ryan calls reports of sexual harassment by public figures “deeply disturbing” and said Congress “can and should lead by example” to combat harassment. Ryan says lawmakers have approached him in recent days to express concerns about House policies against harassment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is “disappointed” with the Justice Department and won’t rule out firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions if Sessions won’t investigate Democrats. Trump says he’s “not really involved” with the Justice Department, saying he’d like to let it run itself. Asked if he would fire Sessions if DOJ doesn’t focus its investigative powers on Democrats, Trump says, “I don’t know,” and added: “A lot of people are disappointed in the Justice Department, including me.”

BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abdi is congratulating Iraqi forces on liberating the town of Qaim, the last Islamic State group-held town in Iraq. In a statement released by his office Friday evening, al-Abadi’s announcement comes just over a week after the operation _ closely backed by the U.S.-led coalition _ to retake the area was launched, a pace the Iraqi leader described as “record time.”