CSi Weather…

 

TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Lows 15 to 20. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Areas of fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds

10 to 20 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy in the morning then mostly sunny. Highs

in the mid 30s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows 15 to 20.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs 20 to 25.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 below.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs 5 to 10.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 below.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A chance of light snow. Lows

10 to 15.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

Friday night into Saturday, a cold front into the region along with

some light snow.

 

The colder air remains over the region until early next week

 

This shot of cold air may linger through the work week.

 

Snow chances will accompany this cold front, but at this time

minimal if any impacts expected.

 

Jamestown  (Katherine Roth)  The Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center is hosting a Women’s Business Summit to be held on Tuesday, March 13th from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the University of Jamestown’s Reiland Fine Arts Center.

The first Women’s Business Summit will provide an opportunity for area women-owned businesses to learn, network and further discuss various topics from Google’s Get Your Business Online program, small business financing, North Dakota demographics, work & life balance, area business development resources.  Each presentation will be led by trainers from Bank Forward, Google, ND Compass, Mary Jo Van Horn, and a special guest entrepreneur speaker.

To register, visit www. JRECenter.com and visit the Women’s Business Summit link to view the Eventbrite link.  Registration is required for this free event.  Lunch will be provided by Bank Forward.  The Women’s Business Summit is co-sponsored by the ND Women’s Business Center of Bismarck.

For information, please contact Katherine Roth with the Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center at Katherine.Roth@uj.edu and 253-4112.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center and SCORE presents the Small Business Financing Workshop on Tuesday February 20th at the University of Jamestown’s Unruh-Sheldon Center, room 132.

Learn about start-up financing, expansion financing and managing cash flow.

Panelists will include:

Cory Shevlin, Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation

Stacy Bowerman, South Central Dakota Regional Council

Alan Haut, Director of the Small Business Administration

Kelly Rachel, President, Unison Bank

Peter Shaw, Partner at B2B CFO

Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information call”  701-253-4112

Register on line:  www.JRECenter.com

 

Jamestown  (CSi-Chamber)  –   Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and the Young Professionals of Jamestown held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Blue Frog Realty to celebrate the opening of their new business.  Owner/Broker, Jen Dockter and realtor/owner, Tricia Seckerson, joined the chamber committee members in the ribbon cutting celebration.  This business is located at 406 1st Avenue North in Jamestown.  They shared their story about the company, and stated that they are an independent realty and as such have the flexibility to market their own way.

Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for January to Marlene Hanson, employed by the Walmart Store #1649, in their photo department, for her outstanding customer service.  The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.

 

Marlene’s letters of nomination stated in part, “Walmart photo department has updated their machines several times and Marlene is always happy and willing to stop what she is doing to assist the customers.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State Sen. Bill Bowman says he will not run for re-election this fall due to poor health.

The 72-year-old Republican from Bowman, North Dakota says he’s been in and out of the hospital since last year for a variety of reasons.

Bowman says he doesn’t want to retire from the Legislature but he can’t continue. He also had major heart surgeries in 1997 and 2000.

Bowman is an auctioneer and cattleman. He represents District 39, North Dakota’s largest legislative district, which stretches from near Williston to the South Dakota border.

He was first elected to the Senate in 1990.

Bowman was the Republican candidate for agriculture commissioner in 1992, losing to Democrat Sarah Vogel. He also is former football fullback at Dickinson State University and a U.S. Army veteran.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s director of mineral resources says the state needs more pipelines to keep up with oil and gas production.

Lynn Helms says North Dakota, with its existing crude oil and natural gas pipelines, could run out of space in four to seven years. Helm told county officials gathering in Minot this week that every cubic foot of natural gas produced goes into one of two pipelines. And after 2022, those pipelines will be 100 percent full.

Minot Daily News reports Helms says because it can take four to five years to get permits for a large pipeline project, that process needs to begin now. He says the Dakota Access Pipeline, exporting crude oil, will be full by 2025.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The ND Veterans Coordinating Council which is comprised of three members from each of the following five North Dakota Veterans organizations; the American Legion, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, and VVA has approved of a design for the new North Dakota Commemorative Memorial Coin. This coin is commonly known as a “Funeral Honor Coin” and will be conferred upon a family member of a deceased North Dakota Veteran during military funeral honors.

Although the coins design has been approved the coin will not be made available to the families until the funds have been raised. ND Department of Veterans Affairs has been charged with soliciting from the public funds to purchase at least 4,000 coins. This will be enough coins to provide a two-year supply for the presentation of one coin to a family member by a North Dakota Funeral Honors team. This project originated with Senator Sorvaag of Fargo ND. With his help SB 2183 passed the 65th Legislative Assembly.

Through a bidding process the ND Department of Veterans Affairs has determined it must raise at least $12,000 before the first batch of 4,000 coins can be ordered. Once the funds have been raised the coins will be purchased and distributed across North Dakota. ND Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner stated: “Time is important as we would like to ensure as many families of North Dakota Veterans receive this token of appreciation for their loved ones military service”.

This project originated with Senator Sorvaag of Fargo ND. With his help SB 2183 passed the 65th Legislative Assembly. If you would like to learn more or contribute to this program contact the ND Department of Veterans Affairs at 701-239-7165. Mail to 4201 38th Street SW #104 Fargo ND 58104 and check out our website at www.nd.gov/veterans/Benefits/ND-commemorative-Memorial-coin

 

 

SISSETON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Minnesota woman who died in a weekend crash in northeastern South Dakota.

The Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Marrisa Mountain of Granite Falls, Minnesota, was a passenger in a pickup truck that went off Interstate 29 and rolled north of Sisseton on Saturday morning.

She died at the scene. The 28-year-old South Dakota man who was driving suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.

Authorities say charges are pending against him.

 

In world and national news…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The judge who handled the case of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar is calling for an investigation of how years of allegations against him were handled. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting girls and young women, but said “justice requires more” than what she can do. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last week accepted Michigan State’s request to investigate how the school handled complaints about Nassar.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from both parties are starting a fresh search for compromise immigration legislation. But leaders concede that the effort won’t be easy and are already accusing each other of blame should the effort falter. Around three dozen senators, evenly divided among Republicans and Democrats, planned to meet late Wednesday in what No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas said he hoped would “get people thinking about a framework that might actually work.”

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, researchers have used the cloning method that produced Dolly the sheep to create two healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans. Up to now, scientists have been unable to create babies this way in primates, the category that includes monkeys, apes and people. The Chinese scientists who pulled off the feat say they don’t want to clone people, but rather use cloned monkeys for medical research.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayors from across the country are boycotting a White House meeting with President Donald Trump after the Justice Department put new pressure on cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. New York City’s Bill de Blasio and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu are among the city leaders who say they will no longer attend Wednesday’s meeting on infrastructure and other issues.

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Prosecutors won’t yet seek attempted murder charges against the 15-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting spree at a Kentucky high school and will charge him with first-degree assault for now. Assistant Marshall County Attorney Jason Darnall told reporters Wednesday that the 15-year-old boy will face 12 counts of first-degree assault instead of attempted murder because they feel they have a better case for those charges right now.