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CSi Weather…

 

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Areas of fog in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds around 5 mph.

Temperature steady or slowly rising after midnight.

.TUESDAY… Areas of fog in the morning,in the Valley City area. Then, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Much colder. Highs around 30. North

winds 5 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows around 20. East winds

10 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid

40s. Lows in the 20s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain and snow in

the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s.

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

.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the mid

20s. Lows around 15.

.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.

Lows 15 to 20.

 

Patchy fog will develop Monday evening and Monday night. A dense fog
advisory may be required over portions of the area.

 

Tuesday through Sunday:

A clipper system will move through the region Thursday and Friday.
This system will bring gusty southerly winds Thursday and Gusty
northwest winds Friday. A wind advisory may be needed over
portions of the area one or both days.

Another cold front quickly pushes from northwest to southeast

Thursday night with some spotty light showers along the front.

Brisk and colder Friday with highs in the mid 20s north to upper

30s south.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports Jamestown boardings for October this year increased over October 2016 numbers.

In October 2017 Jamestown Regional Airport boarded 1,042 passengers, compared to 991 in October 2016, and increase of 5.15%.

Year to date, through October 2017, Jamestown boardings were at 10,980, an increase of over 16-percent from the 9,351 through the first 10 months of 2016.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  U.S. Senator John Hoeven will be in Jamestown on Tuesday November 21, 2017, to speak at a noon luncheon at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

The luncheon is open to the public as Hoeven will give a legislative update.

To make a reservation call Delores Rath an 701-952-7170

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  Ole’s Attic will host the first ever “Junk in the Valley” at the North Dakota Winter Show Event Center on Saturday November 19, 2017 from 9-a.m. to 6-p.m.

Early Bird shopping goes from 7am to 9am and the admission is $10 per person, with a limited number of tickets available.  (Must be 21 or older with a valid ID for complimentary alcoholic beverages served.)

Regular admission is $3 per person or $10 for family limited to four family members.

There will be Antiques, Artwork, Farm Décor, Handmade items, Jewelry, Repurposed Junk, Upcycled, Vintage, and Raw Junk for sale.

For more information E-Mail olesattic@gmail.com or call 701-840-2410.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Authorities in North Dakota arrested three people after discovering what they said was 5 pounds of marijuana aboard an Amtrak train.

The Minot Daily News reports that officers responded to the Minot depot last Thursday night after Amtrak employees requested three drunk people be removed from the train. The officers discovered the drugs in several bags.

Formal charges are pending against two Indiana men and a woman from Vancouver, Canada.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state-owned Bank of North Dakota is getting out of the federal student loan business.

Bank President Eric Hardmeyer says the move will enable the bank to focus on its own student loan program, and possibly update software to improve customer service.

The bank had been making federally guaranteed student loans for nearly half a century when the U.S. Department of Education took over the program in 2010. After that, the bank continued to service the federal loans it already had made.

The bank’s federal portfolio has since shrunk to less than a third of its former size. The bank is selling it to the nonprofit North Texas Higher Education Authority.

The sale will be complete early next year. It won’t affect borrowers’ interest rates, payment amounts or due dates.

 

Marsy’s Law….South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota constitutional amendment that passed last November to provide new protections to crime victims’ rights has created conflicts for defense attorneys, law enforcement and county officials.

The Argus Leader reports that Marsy’s Law has led to several changes, including revising the process to release accident reports. The law also created new responsibilities for law enforcement officers who inform victims of their rights.

Defense lawyers also say additional hurdles of victim notification can cause avoidable jail time for their clients.

Minnehaha County Public Defender Traci Smith says a clause intended to protect victims from harassment can stand in the way of attorneys’ duty to contact victims on their client’s behalf. Smith says a victim’s constitutional rights are usurping her clients’ constitutional rights.

Experts expect legal fights over the issues.

 

FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — Finances at a casino run by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are slowly improving, after facing a $6 million shortfall during the peak of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest in February.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that blizzards and the protest’s closure of the Prairie Knights Casino’s main access road led to a decline in visitors and revenue over the end of 2016 and beginning of this year.

The tribal chairman says the casino funds programs in all eight of the reservation’s districts, including food distribution, insurance and bonding, programs for the elderly and veterans, fire and ambulance services, waste management, health programs, and K-12 education.

The casino saw a return in the number of visitors in late October, and the general manager says that they’re getting back to their peak numbers from 2015.

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The public is being given a final opportunity to tour the North Dakota governor’s mansion before it’s demolished.

The 10,000-square-foot residence on the Capitol grounds is being replaced by a $5 million mansion that’s 13,500 square feet.

The state’s Facility Management Division has scheduled an open house at the existing residence from 1-7 p.m. Tuesday.

The ranch-style home was completed in 1960 and has been home to nine governors. The new home will be the third official residence built for North Dakota’s governors. The original was constructed in 1884 and still stands a few blocks south of the Capitol.

The new home is in the final stages of construction and is expected to be ready for occupancy next month. Demolition of the old home could begin as early as February.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (UJ Sports)  — The Jimmie volleyball team has received an automatic berth to the 2017 NAIA Volleyball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa.

The top 19 seeds and host team Morningside (Iowa) advance to the final site in Sioux City, starting with three days of pool play November 28-30. The top two teams from each pool advance to the elimination bracket on December 1. The championship match will be played December 2.

Twelve National Championship Opening Round matches at campus sites will determine the remainder of the 32-team final site field. The pools will be released Sunday, November 19 by 5 p.m. CST.

Jamestown is currently 21-8 overall and ranked 19th in the Coaches’ Top 25 final regular season poll released Monday.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama’s governor says there are no plans to change the date of the special election for the Senate. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday: “The election date is set for Dec. 12.” The governor office has said since Saturday that she is not considering moving the election. Ivey says she plans for now to vote for Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, but added that “there may be some more facts to come out.” Moore is accused of initiating sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America’s federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years. That’s according to an AP analysis of his nominees to the lifetime appointments. The makeup of Trump’s choices is threatening to a reverse a slow transformation toward a judiciary that reflects the nation’s diversity. The White House says the president is focused on naming qualified judges who share his judicial philosophy.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lengthy Asia trip is down to its final days. And it’s become clear that Trump has opted to publicly prioritize strategic interests over human rights. Trump met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has overseen a bloody drug war that has featured extrajudicial killings. Duterte has even boasted about killing people with his own hands. Trump repeatedly praised Duterte on his trip, calling him by his first name and joking about the media.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Italy is sending 12 tons of tents, blankets, mobile kitchens and other assistance to victims of the powerful earthquake that struck Iraq and Iran. The Foreign Ministry said Monday an Italian plane loaded with the aid would be leaving the U.N.’s regional emergency warehouse base in Brindisi, bound for Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, in the coming hours.

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s dramatic moves to counter Iran in the region appear to have backfired, significantly ratcheting up regional tensions and setting off a spiral of reactions and anger that seemed to have caught the kingdom off guard. Now it’s trying to walk back its escalations in Lebanon and Yemen.