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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then cloudy with
snow after midnight. Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Lows 5 to
10 above. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east after
midnight. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the
morning. Snow in the morning, then slight chance of snow in the
afternoon. Light snow accumulations. Highs around 15. Northeast
winds around 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below. North winds
10 to 15 mph.
PRESIDENT’S DAY…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Highs 5 to 10 above.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows around 5 below.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Highs 5 to 10 above.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.
.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 15.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows zero to 5 above.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s.
Widespread accumulating snow is expected across most of western
and central North Dakota Saturday night through Sunday morning.
The areas most favored to receive at least 3 inches of snow are
between US Highway 2 and I-94. Lesser amounts are favored
elsewhere. A light glaze of ice is possible south of I-94 as
freezing drizzle may mix with the snow. Some uncertainty in
potential snowfall amounts and locations remain. Hazardous travel
conditions may develop.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police warns the public about a High Risk sex offender who has again, changed his Jamestown address.
22 year old Taylor Nare Tabcum,now resides at 1530 6th Avenue, Southwest, Starlight Motel No. 17 Jamestown, ND.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee, Office of the Attorney General.
He presently does not have a vehicle.
Tabcum is a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 260 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Tabcum was convicted of sexual contact – no consent in 2013 in Douglas County District Court in Colorado and in 2009 for sexual assault on a child/indecent exposure in Adams County District Court in Colorado.
Tabcum is on probation with North Dakota Probation and Parole.
Tabcum is not wanted by law enforcement and has served the sentences imposed by the courts.
Printed handouts with his demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
Bismarck (Jamestown Chamber) – Mayor, Katie Anderson; Tammy Dillman, Central Valley Health; Corry Shevlin, Jamestown-Stutsman Development Corporation; Dr. Polly Peterson and Tena Lawrence from the University of Jamestown; Kendra Krueger, American Heart Association; David Klein and Cassie DuBray from Great Plains Housing, and Becky Thatcher-Keller, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce were some of the Jamestown participants who attended the 2018 Main Street ND Summit on Feb. 12-13 at the Bismarck Event Center.
The Main Street ND Summit was a gathering of local and national community development experts and advocates to share best practices and engage community leaders, entrepreneurs, students and interested citizens in envisioning North Dakota’s future.
Chamber Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller says, “It was a very informative conference, with some outstanding speakers from around the country. It gives me hope that Jamestown is on the right track with what we are doing, but we do have a long way to go before we can embrace the quality of life I would like to see for our residents, new employees and visitors. We currently have some great anchor tenants on our main street, but we need to work on filling in the gaps to bring a good diversity of business to the community. It is important to provide a “walkable” community as well, and with some of the projects that are happening or will happen soon, I believe our walkable score will improve.”
The Main Street ND Summit served as a forum for information on the community planning principles behind the three pillars of Burgum’s Main Street Initiative: a skilled workforce; smart, efficient infrastructure; and healthy, vibrant communities to help North Dakota compete in a 21st century economy in which rapid technological advancement is changing every job, industry and organization. Additional information is available at www.MainStreetND.com.
Governor Doug Burgum says, “The Summit provided us an opportunity to work in concert with leaders to shape the future of North Dakota, by facilitating resources and providing the tools to help businesses grow and communities thrive. Reinvigorated communities are the key to a strong future in North Dakota.”
The Main Street ND Summit was hosted by Gov. Burgum and the North Dakota Department of Commerce.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation is urging the community to participate in Governor Doug Burgum’s Main Street Initiative.
JSDC/CEO, Connie Ova says, community leaders have chosen to participate in Governor Burgum’s Main Street initiative. Every community has unique opportunities and challenges, and a survey is available and is one tool being used to help identify strategies for the community.
This survey asks questions about livability, why you live in your community and what amenities would make it better.
She says, by joining the process it will help shape the future of the community. The insight gathered will help leaders and a cross-agency state team, develop collaborative strategies to create vibrant cities poised to attract and retain a 21st century workforce.
She pointed out that the better the response rate, the more on-target future goals will be.
She asks that the survey be completed ASAP and preferably before 2/23/18. Take the survey now at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J8CLQ53
Ruthville (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a two‐vehicle crash that occurred Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 near Ruthville in Ward
county has resulted in a fatality.
The crash between a 1996 Toyota Corolla and a 2007 Kenworth occurred at 10:43 a.m. on Highway 83 at mile marker 210.
The driver of the Toyota, 21 year old William Buchanan, was stationed at Minot AFB. He was injured in the crash and taken to Trinity Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. Buchanan is originally from Raleigh, NC.
The driver of the Kenworth, 31 year old Dennis Surprenant, of Minot was not injured in the crash. Surprenant was attempting to cross 83 going west when he failed to yield to Buchanan. Please see the previous media release for additional details.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot woman who left her two preschoolers in a car outside a bar for about an hour while she and her boyfriend drank and gambled inside in December 2015 might be going to prison.
The Minot Daily News reports the state has filed to revoke the probation of 24-year-old Chelsea Erie. Her probation officer says Erie pleaded guilty on Jan. 4 to leaving the scene of a property damage accident last September, and Erie also has allegedly failed to pay fines and court supervision fees.
A court hearing is scheduled Thursday.
Erie pleaded guilty to felony child neglect in the bar incident. She was given a two-year deferred prison sentence and 10 days in jail.
Police say Erie’s 3- and 5-year-old children weren’t harmed.
COLFAX, N.D. (AP) — A small North Dakota school where alleged student misbehavior is the subject of a criminal probe has decided to have an independent investigation conducted.
The board of the Richland 44 School in Colfax approved the move Tuesday night.
School district Superintendent Tim Godfrey has said the alleged misbehavior happened in the boys’ locker room. Neither the school nor the sheriff’s department will comment on rumors that younger students were sexually violated in a darkened locker room by older students.
Some students were suspended last month after a school investigation. The county sheriff’s office and state crime bureau are continuing their investigation.
The grade 7-12 school has about 160 students. About 150 people live in the town 30 miles south of Fargo.
Bismarck (CSi) – About 30 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers with the Bismarck-based 191st Military Police (MP) Company will be honored at a send-off ceremony at 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory. The Soldiers are deploying for a yearlong mission in Afghanistan.
The unit is led by 1st Lt. John Mazur, of Pingree, North Dakota, and the senior non-commissioned officer in charge, Sgt. 1st Class Cody Johnson, of Menoken, North Dakota. Soldiers in the unit hail from more than 18 communities across North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Among those scheduled to address the Soldiers and their families are Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, North Dakota’s Congressional Delegation and the North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann.
The event is free and open to the public.
Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 798 rigs drilled for oil this week and 177 for gas.
Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Oklahoma increased by five rigs, Alaska gained four and Pennsylvania increased by three.
New Mexico decreased by three rigs; Louisiana, Ohio and West Virginia each lost two; and Colorado and North Dakota each decreased by one.
Arkansas, California, Kansas, Texas, Utah and Wyoming were unchanged.
The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in May of 2016 at 404.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — So-called “share tables” are allowing students in Bismarck-Mandan schools to return unwanted food so it can be used to help feed the hungry.
It’s part of an effort by the U.S. Agriculture Department to eliminate waste in the federal school lunch program.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that students can place prepackaged, wrapped food items and beverages on the designated “share table.” Those items may be reused or donated to a local food bank.
Mandan Public Schools and Bismarck Public Schools are participating in the effort. The Mandan district donates leftover food to Spirit of Life Roman Catholic Church, which distributes food to needy families in the area.
Mari Jo Sigl is outreach ministry coordinator for Spirit of Life church. She says the schools’ leftovers help about 50 people a week.
AMHERST, S.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. says cleanup of a massive on-shore oil spill from Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota is halfway done.
Last November, the pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of crude oil onto agricultural land in Marshall County, one of the largest on-shore oil spills in the U.S. since 2010.
TransCanada spokeswoman Robynn Tysver tells Aberdeen American News that the work at the Amherst site has transitioned from excavation to remediation. She says all of the excavation work has been completed and most of the impacted soil has been removed.
Tysver says the company is now working to replace the top soil and plans to seed in the spring.
The pipeline moves oil from eastern Alberta, Canada to Oklahoma and Illinois. An investigation into the cause of the leak is ongoing.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota State Fair has released its grandstand entertainment lineup for this summer’s fair.
Country stars will include Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Cole Swindell, Kip Moore and Michael Ray.
Rockers Nickelback and Cheap Trick also are scheduled to perform.
The 2018 fair is July 20-28. Tickets go on sale March 16.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says “far-fetched theories” about collusion in the 2016 election “only serve to further the agendas of bad actors, like Russia.”
Trump is reacting to news that special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russians and three Russian organizations for plotting to influence the 2016 campaign.
Trump says, “It’s time we stop the outlandish partisan attacks.”
The Russians are accused of using social media propaganda aimed at helping Trump and harming the prospects of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The indictment alleges that the Russians cooperated with “unwitting” Trump campaign staffers and outside backers who did not know their true identities.
Trump says, “We must unite as Americans to protect the integrity of our democracy and our elections.”
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is running for a Utah Senate seat, officially launching his political comeback attempt Friday by praising his adopted home state as a model for an acrimonious national government in Washington.
Having been one of the Republican Party’s fiercest internal critics of President Donald Trump, Romney didn’t mention the administration or Trump himself in a campaign announcement posted online. The closest allusion to Trump was Romney noting that Utah “welcomes legal immigrants from around the world,” while “Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion.”
Romney, 70, will be the heavy favorite for the Senate seat being opened by Sen. Orrin Hatch’s retirement. Hatch was among the first Republicans to pitch Romney as his potential successor.
Leading up to Romney’s widely anticipated announcement, confidantes said he intends to focus his campaign on Utah, where he moved with his wife, Ann, after losing the 2012 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Barack Obama.
PARKLAND, FL (AP) The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs.
Nikolas Cruz, 19, was wearing a maroon shirt with the logo from the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when he was arrested Wednesday shortly after the shooting. Former JROTC cadets told The Associated Press that Cruz was a member of the small varsity marksmanship team that trained together after class and traveled to other area schools to compete.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to unwittingly selling bank accounts to Russians meddling in the US elections.
Richard Pinedo of Santa Paula pleaded guilty earlier this month to using stolen identities to set up bank accounts that were then used by the Russians. A Justice Department spokeswoman says Pinedo did not know at the time he was dealing with Russians.
The plea deal is the third in special counsel Robert Mueller’s continuing Russia probe. It was revealed the same day prosecutors charged 13 Russians and three Russian companies with an extensive scheme to meddle in the U.S. elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirteen Russians, including a businessman close to Vladimir Putin were charged Friday in an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election through social media propaganda, aimed in part at helping Republican Donald Trump and harming the prospects of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
The federal indictment, brought by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, represents the most direct allegation to date of illegal Russian meddling during the campaign that sent Trump to the White House. It also marks the first criminal charges against Russians believed to have secretly worked to influence the outcome.
Though the criminal case does not allege that any American knowingly participated, it nonetheless alleges a vast and wide-ranging Russian effort to sway political opinion during the presidential primaries and general election.
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign after discovering that the FBI failed to investigate a tip that the Florida school shooter could be plotting an attack.
Scott on Friday sharply criticized the federal law enforcement agency, saying in a statement that the “FBI’s failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable.”
The FBI acknowledged it failed to act on a tip to its hotline that Nikolas Cruz had a “desire to kill.”
In a statement, Scott said that “an apology will never bring these 17 Floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain.”
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio also criticized the FBI separately, saying it was “inexcusable” the FBI did not follow protocols. He said that Congress should launch its own investigations into what happened.
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