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Near critical fire weather conditions are possible again on
Sunday, with windy conditions once again developing across the
region.
Jamestown (CSi) One of the occupants of the home, destroyed by an explosion in Cleveland on Saturday morning April, 21, 2018, 55 year old Thomas Arens, passed away on Wednesday April 25, 2018, at Regions Hospital, St. Paul. The obituary notice is posted at CSiNewsNow.com.
The condition of his son Daniel Arens, who also occupied the home at the time of the explosion is not being released.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Original story:
Cleveland (CSi) A house explosion Saturday morning at Cleveland, in Stutsman County injured two occupants of the home.
Medina Ambulance and the Cleveland Fire Department responded to 605 3rd Avenue North.
WDAY reports the occupants, reported as a father and son were able to escape the structure.
No immediate word on their injuries.
15 pets were in the home, which received veterinarian treatment, in Steele.
The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reports, the call came into Stutsman Dispatch Center in Jamestown about 10:20-a.m., indicating the house had exploded.
Fire fighters were on scene, as crews from Otter Tail Power and Montana Dakota Utilities were called to disconnect the utilities, in an effort to bring the subsequent blaze under control , which took three hours to gain access to shut off the gas supply.
Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist reports the suspected cause was a natural gas buildup in the house, as the investigation continues, by the state fire marshal’s office.
The chimney and roof gutter are all that remains.
Jamestown (CSi) Dakota Store and AAUW Used Bookstore invites the community to join them May 1-4 to celebrate their first anniversary in the downtown location, 601 1st Ave South. There will be specials and samples every day as well as drawings for door prizes and grab bags.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, AAUW’s Kelly Krein said, daily hours are 10am – 5pm with Thursday hours extended until 7pm to give more people a chance to visit the store. Thousands of used books, all in good condition and at bargain prices, at the bookstore.
Book donations guidelines include NO reference or text books, or Readers Digest books.
Fiction books of 2005 or newer are accepted.
Books are arranged by category.
The store is also open the second Saturday each month from 10-a.m., to 2-p.m.
A large variety of food and gift items, all made in ND, are featured in the Dakota Store. Call 952-9684 if you have questions.
Also on our show, Deb Lee said, the Dakota Store was previously exclusively at Frontier Village for 10 years, and during the Christmas season, before moving to First Avenue South location a year ago.
Dakota store buys items for re-sale from 85 North Dakota companies, and includes printed t-shirts.
She added that again this summer the Dakota Store will have an additional location at Frontier Village from Memorial Day though Labor Day, 9-a.m. to 5-p.m., and Sunday’s noon to 5-p.m.
Both stores welcome volunteers to help out.
Kelly Krein added that AAUW is also affiliated with the Frontier Village’s school house, and volunteers are welcome to assist during the hours of operation.
COLFAX, N.D. (AP) — A man with 25 years of experience as a school superintendent has been hired at a small North Dakota high school where alleged hazing led to charges against five boys.
The Daily News reports that Dean Koppelman will begin as a substitute superintendent at the Richland 44 district May 1 and become interim superintendent for the 2018-19 school year on July 1.
The 63-year-old Koppelman was a longtime superintendent in Valley City. He’ll take over for Tim Godfrey, who is on paid administrative leave and is resigning from the Colfax school.
Authorities in mid-February referred five boys to juvenile court for alleged offenses including felonious restraint, terrorizing, hazing and sexual assault. A report by a Minneapolis law firm found issues with school policies, training and supervision.
Fargo (Sen. Hoeven’s Office) Senator John Hoeven issues the following statement Friday after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement in Fargo regarding federal, state and local efforts to combat the opioid abuse epidemic, including the indictments of individuals for trafficking deadly fentanyl into the United States.
“The opioid abuse crisis has impacted communities in North Dakota and across this country and ruined too many lives,” said Hoeven. “Combatting this crisis will take a comprehensive effort with individuals working together from the local level up. We appreciate the hard work of local, state and federal law enforcement in North Dakota to prevent the flow of deadly fentanyl into our communities.”
Hoeven continues working to provide resources and support to combat the opioid abuse epidemic, including prevention, treatment and law enforcement efforts:
- Introducing the Illegal Synthetic Drug Safety Act, legislation that closes a loophole that enables companies to circumvent the law and sell synthetic variations of drugs, like the powerful drug fentanyl, by labeling the products as “not for human consumption.”
- Working to prevent deadly illicit fentanyl from entering the U.S. by cosponsoring the Synthetic Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, which would require shipments from foreign countries sent through the U.S. Postal Service to provide electronic data. This will assist Customs and Border Protection to better target potential illegal substances like fentanyl and prevent it from being shipped into the country.
- Expanded prevention and education efforts in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, bipartisan legislation that passed the Senate in July 2016. This legislation helps combat the prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic by expanding prevention efforts, supporting law enforcement, and improving and expanding access to treatment and recovery services for individuals who have a substance use disorder.
- Passing the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides $1 billion over two years to supplement states efforts to combat opioid addiction.
Washington (Sen. Heitkamp’s Office) U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp Friday issued the following statement after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced additional charges against individuals involved in a fentanyl trafficking ring that has led to deaths across the country, including a teenager in Grand Forks who was killed by an overdose in 2015.
“In the battle against opioid abuse and addiction, a robust law enforcement effort is absolutely essential to bringing drug traffickers to justice, stopping the flow of drugs and drug analogues from countries like China, and protecting our kids and those vulnerable from using and abusing illicit drugs,” said Heitkamp. “U.S. Attorney Chris Myers has already proven himself as the top federal prosecutor in the country – and deserves continued praise and admiration for his tenacity and commitment to keeping North Dakota strong and safe. His work on this case undoubtedly saved lives and makes our entire state proud. North Dakota has the finest law enforcement officers in the country – and those federal, state, and local officers involved in this investigation and mentioned today have only confirmed what North Dakotans already know. We must continue to work at all levels to halt the flow of drugs into our communities, and I’ll continue to do everything I can to push for federal resources and a comprehensive strategy to get the upper hand over this tragic epidemic.”
In February, Heitkamp honored North Dakota U.S. Attorney Chris Myers as the National Outstanding Prosecutor of the Year for the 2018 High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Awards Program. He spearheaded the investigation that led to today’s announcement.
The Opioid Crisis Response Act includes key pieces from a bill Heitkamp introduced to address and mitigate the detrimental impact exposure to trauma, like opioid abuse, can have on children and families. Traumatic experiences — including substance abuse, neglect, abuse, witnessing crime, parental conflict, and mental illness — can lead to severe health and behavioral complications that can impact children throughout their lives. Young people who experience four or more traumatic events are three-times more at risk of heart disease or lung cancer, while those who experience six or more traumatic events are 30-times more likely to attempt suicide.
Bismarck (Gov. Burgum’s Office) – Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum Friday expressed their gratitude and support for efforts by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration to end the nation’s opioid epidemic.
During a visit to Fargo Friday, Sessions reiterated that ending America’s drug crisis is a top priority for President Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice. Approximately 64,000 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in 2016 – the highest drug death toll and the fastest increase in that death toll in American history, the Attorney General said.
Sessions announced the unsealing of two indictments charging additional defendants in a drug conspiracy case involving fentanyl allegedly shipped from China – an investigation that began with the tragic overdose death of a teenager in Grand Forks, N.D. Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl killed 20,000 Americans in 2016, Sessions said.
“We have witnessed the devastating effects of fentanyl and opioid overdoses on our families and communities right here in North Dakota and across the nation,” Burgum said, noting drug overdose deaths in North Dakota more than tripled from 2013 to 2016, from 20 to 77. “Kathryn and I stand by Attorney General Sessions and the Trump administration in our commitment to fighting this epidemic through prevention, treatment, recovery and enforcement efforts.”
North Dakota has taken important steps to address drug overdoses and addiction, Sessions noted, including the nation’s first year-round, statewide prescription drug disposal take back program, started in 2009. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 28.
In January, Burgum established the Office of Recovery Reinvented to support strategic efforts to strengthen recovery services and eliminate the shame and stigma of the disease of addiction in North Dakota. Training on how to administer naloxone – a prescription medication that temporarily reverses an opioid overdose – and doses of naloxone were made available to hundreds of people who attended the Recovery Reinvented addiction summit last September and the first-ever Day for Prevention hosted earlier this month by the North Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS). Of the 4,100 naloxone doses made available through DHS with federal funding targeting opioids, more than 3,000 doses have been distributed, and DHS can assist with additional requests.
Burgum also signed an executive order last September directing cabinet agencies to collaborate with law enforcement and local and tribal governments to make naloxone available to first responders, community leaders and individual opioid users and their family members.
For more information, visit www.recoveryreinvented.com. The DHS Behavioral Health Division also has developed a web-based toolkit at https://prevention.nd.gov/get-involved to assist communities in assessing, planning, and implementing effective prevention strategies.
On Wednesday, the Washington, D.C.-based Addiction Policy Forum honored First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum with its Pillar of Excellence award on Wednesday for her advocacy work with addiction and recovery.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials say potential state budget cuts could greatly impact North Dakota’s judicial system.
Gov. Doug Burgum has proposed 5 and 10 percent budget reductions for agencies and an additional 3 percent contingency.
Aaron Birst is the legal counsel for the North Dakota Association of Counties. He told the interim Justice Reinvestment Committee Thursday that some prosecutors are concerned by the budget cuts “that would absolutely have a hit to the criminal justice system.”
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Birst says courts don’t have projects to shelve like other agencies.
Don Wolf is the finance director for the state Supreme Court. He says more than 75 percent of the judicial budget is salaries and wages. Budget reductions from last session cut about 35 full-time employees of total court staff statewide.
The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee has the final say. The committee has the power to block, change or delay the rules.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge is refusing to throw out a complaint that a North Carolina-based private security firm operated illegally in North Dakota during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Judge John Grinsteiner also is declining for now to restrict evidence during TigerSwan’s upcoming civil trial or to dismiss company founder and President James Reese as a defendant. He ruled there are enough questions about the company’s actions and that Reese “is legally accountable for conduct performed by TigerSwan.”
North Dakota’s Private Investigative and Security Board sued TigerSwan and Reese last June, alleging the company operated without a license in the state. The board seeks to ban TigerSwan from North Dakota and also could seek thousands of dollars in fines and fees.
Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners hired TigerSwan, which was founded by retired military special forces members. TigerSwan maintains it provided consulting services that don’t require a North Dakota license, and that any investigative work occurred at the company’s headquarters in North Carolina and would not be subject to regulation by North Dakota’s licensing board.
TigerSwan attorney Lynn Boughey asked Grinsteiner to bar any evidence about TigerSwan activities conducted outside of North Dakota.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The trial of a man charged in the killing of a pregnant Fargo woman has been postponed again, to late summer.
Thirty-two-year-old William Hoehn has pleaded not guilty in the killing of 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind and kidnapping her newborn in August.
He’s charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and providing false information to police. Court documents show his trial has been moved from next month to September. It originally had been scheduled for March.
Thirty-eight-year-old Brooke Crews pleaded guilty to the same charges in December and in February was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Authorities say she cut the baby from the mother’s womb. The baby was found healthy.
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Officials now say at least 13 people were injured in an oil refinery explosion in the northwestern Wisconsin city of Superior.
Husky Energy refinery manager Kollin Schade said at a news conference Friday that six injured workers were taken to hospitals and seven others were treated at the scene of the Thursday fire.
He says an employee and a contractor were hospitalized overnight but are expected to be released Friday.
Essentia Health says its hospitals and care facilities in the area cared for 16 patients as a result of the incident. A man who suffered a blast injury was upgraded to good condition. Some others were treated and released for minor, evacuation-related injuries.
The evacuation order was lifted at 6 a.m. Friday in Superior, a city of about 27,000 residents near Duluth, Minnesota.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, there were fewer hugs.
President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday for a visit of less than three hours. He greeted Merkel outside the West Wing with a handshake and a kiss on each cheek, a traditional welcome but far short of the bountiful display of personal warmth that was seen earlier in the week when he played host to French President Emmanuel Macron for a lavish three-day state visit.
Trump, in brief remarks alongside Merkel in the Oval Office, called her an “extraordinary woman,” congratulated her on her recent re-election and disputed any idea that their rapport was frosty.
“We have a really great relationship. We actually have had a great relationship from the beginning,” Trump said.
Though her visit will be short on pomp, Merkel’s message was similar to Macron’s — that America and Europe need to bury the hatchet on key issues, from global trade to international security.
In a joint press conference Friday afternoon, it was apparent that despite the back-to-back visits, Trump’s divisions with Europe are still substantial.
GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is applauding the “truly historic summit” between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that “many around the world were moved by the powerful imagery of the two leaders coming together to advance harmony and peace on the Korean Peninsula.”
He said the secretary-general “salutes the courage and leadership that resulted in the important commitments and agreed actions outlined in the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula.”
Dujarric said Guterres counts on the two Koreas to “swiftly implement” all the agreed actions “to further inter-Korean trust-building and reconciliation” and progress toward “sustainable peace and verifiable denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.”
He said Guterres “looks forward to these gains being consolidated and advanced” at the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is “honored” by the Republican-led House intelligence committee, which says it found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential race.
Trump told reporters as he welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House Friday that, “We were honored” by the report, which he is calling “conclusive” ”strong” and “powerful.”
The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday officially declared the end of its Russia probe and said it found no evidence of collusion between the campaign and Moscow.
That conclusion is fiercely opposed by committee Democrats, who say the committee did not gather enough evidence to support its finding.
Trump has long called the issue a “witch hunt” and insists there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A genealogical website that police used to track down a man they believe is the Golden State Killer says it had no idea its service was involved in the hunt for one of California’s most elusive serial killers.
GEDmatch said in a statement Friday on its website that it was never contacted by law enforcement or anyone else about the case or the DNA profile that was used.
The Florida-based company pools DNA profiles that people upload and share publicly.
GEDmatch says it has always informed users that its databases can be used for purposes other than genealogical research.
A lead investigator on the Golden State Killer case told the Mercury News that authorities used GEDmatch to find a relative of suspect Joseph James DeAngelo, who was arrested Tuesday.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has responded to the reported violence at the border fence east of Gaza City, saying its troops “thwarted” an attempted infiltration by Palestinian protesters.
In a statement Friday, the army said “hundreds of rioters” tried to burn the fence and infiltrate Israel. It says the crowd approached the fence and threw grenades, explosives, firebombs and rocks as they tried to set the fence on fire. It says troops opened fire “in accordance with the rules of engagement” and halted the crowd.
The military says in other incidents Friday, Palestinian crowds rolled burning tires, hurled rocks and flown kites with flaming objects attached with the goal of damaging the fence and other Israeli targets.
It also released a photo appearing to show a group of youths tugging at barbed wire along the fence.
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