CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Isolated rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Chance of precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny, cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Temperatures

falling into the lower 50s in the afternoon. North winds 5 to

10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds

around 5 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to

15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the upper 80s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.

 

There is a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon through early

evening behind a cold front dropping south through the state. One

or two storms could become severe late Tuesday afternoon through

early evening, with hail up to one inch and wind gusts up to 60 mph possible.

 

Scattered thunderstorms are again possible Thursday night through

Friday and Saturday, although exact details are still uncertain at this time.

 

 

 

Jamestown (T. J. Maxx-CSi)    –  Zamias Services reports that The Buffalo Mall is proud to announce a brand new TJ Maxx coming soon to Jamestown, North Dakota.

The opening of the Jamestown store is the 3rd location in North Dakota. The nearest locations are currently in Fargo and Bismarck. TJ Maxx will provide a much needed department store to the area’s residents. Known as “The Buffalo City,” Jamestown and the Buffalo Mall are located just off I-94, the main east-west highway corridor. Jamestown is centrally located, approximately 100 miles east of the state capital Bismarck, and 100 miles west of Fargo.

 

The TJX Companies, Inc., is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S., and worldwide, is ranked 85 among Fortune 500 companies. It operates four major divisions: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. As of February 3, 2018, TJX sales were $35.9 billion, and the company operated more than 4,000 stores in nine countries, across three continents.

This new 20,000 sf store will provide men, women, and children’s apparel, jewelry, luxury bath and body products, shoes, modern home furnishings, and specialty food and beverage items. TJ Maxx is anticipated to open fall 2018.

 

Joe Anthony, President and CEO of Zamias Services Inc, the leasing and management company of the mall, is highly optimistic on the chain’s impact. “This continues our investment in the mall. The Dunham’s opening last year was their first store in North Dakota. Their store filled a void in the area, added jobs, and overall, the community is thriving. We foresee the same with TJ Maxx.”

 

Buffalo Mall regular hours are Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6, and Sun 12-5.

For more information, contact Joe Anthony at janthony@zamias.net or 814-532-6175. For leasing opportunities, contact Alan Jovinelly, ajovinelly@zamias.net, 201-293-0894, and Scott Ritter, scott@aspengrouprealestate.com, 701- 223-2450.

Visit the mall’s website at shopbuffalomall.com, and on Facebook for events and store updates.

The store’s website indicates a Jamestown job opening form to E-Mail.

T.J. Maxx operates stores in Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, in North Dakota, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Street Department announces that due to the annual street maintenance project, please be advised that the following area WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED beginning Thursday, August 2, 2018:

25th St SW to the intersection of 8th Ave SW

Please follow the detour signage.

Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering these construction maintenance areas. The public should consider alternate routes.

The road maintenance activities are contingent on changing weather conditions.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi) Interstate Engineering reports, that starting Friday August 3rd, shoulder work will take place south of UTC on the west side of the road along ND Highway 20. This work is expected to be completed in one day.

Starting Monday August 6th, 17th Street NE from 11th Ave NE to 12th Ave NE
(ND 20) will be closed thru Friday August 10th.  Shoulder work will also take place on ND 20 along the west side of the road at this location.

Traffic should be aware of construction operations in these areas.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL STEVE ALDINGER OR BEN AASETH, AT INTERSTATE ENGINEERING, INC. – (701) 252-0234.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called to a hay field fire just before noon, Tuesday half a mile east of Spiritwood.

The rural fire fighters were on the scene about 50 mintues.

The cause of the fire was a  malfunction in  haying equipment, causing sparks that ignited the fire.

The owner  put a fire break around the field fire, that contained the fire.

 

KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash in western North Dakota’s Dunn County.The Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Gregory Lehto from Wheatland, Wyoming, lost control of his bike on a curve on state Highway 22 shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday. He crashed in the ditch west of Killdeer and died at the scene. 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Officials in North Dakota are studying dog laws following an attack that left a 7-year-old girl with a broken leg and hundreds of stitches.

Faith Geiger was attacked by two pit bulls in Mandan last week, The Bismarck Tribune reported . The girl’s father, Wes Geiger, said Faith is currently confined to a wheelchair.

“She’s got a pretty good attitude for the extent of her injuries,” he said.

The dogs’ owner, Antoinette Fleck, was charged Friday with violating the city’s vicious dog ordinance. Fleck’s attorney, Thomas Glass, didn’t respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.

Mandan’s ordinance bans vicious dogs, which are defined as an animal that attacks without provocation or has a vicious or terrorizing manner.

City officials are now reviewing the ordinance to find ways to prevent future attacks.

“(Dog attacks are) not a frequent thing, but if it does happen, it’s very devastating,” said Commissioner Dennis Rohr. “You should be able to walk publicly and not be attacked by a dog, period. The key is, it’s our responsibility to ensure that level of public safety.”

Rohr has been researching dog attack statistics and other cities’ ordinances.

“There’s different ordinances you can have: proactive ones and reactive ones,” he said.

Rohr said Mandan’s ordinance is reactive. He said the ordinance should be changed to include additional restrictions, such as requirements for restraining dogs and owner responsibilities.

City commissioners are expected to discuss the vicious dog issue at its Aug. 7 meeting.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he warned the Legislature for years that it was wrong to delegate legislative spending authority to a small panel of lawmakers.North Dakota’s Supreme Court on Monday agreed with Stenehjem and found lawmakers ceded too much power to the so-called Budget Section.The court’s opinion followed a lawsuit filed by the Legislature against Gov. Doug Burgum that also alleged he violated his line-item veto power last year by deleting words or phrases on spending bills in a way that changed intent.Democratic Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman agreed that that the Budget Section probably has “creeped out of its boundaries” in the past.Republican House Majority Leader Al Carlson says he is sponsoring legislation that will clarify the role of the Budget Section.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crews are cleaning up a spill that released more than 14,000 gallons of oil in northwestern North Dakota.The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of the release that happened Monday at the Scanlan 42-9 central tank battery about 13 miles (21 kilometers) south of Epping, in Williams County.Whiting Oil and Gas Corp. reports that 14,490 gallons of oil were released due to a valve leak. The spill was contained within the diking on-site.Crews are at the site. A state inspector has been to the location and will monitor additional cleanup.

 

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. is digging up a portion of the Keystone oil pipeline in South Dakota after an inspection identified potential issues with the pipeline’s coating.

South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources spokesman Brian Walsh tells Aberdeen American News that there aren’t any reported leaks. He says the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is ordering the energy company to further inspect the route north of Britton.

TransCanada spokesman Matthew John says crews are conducting “standard monitoring and inspections” of the pipeline.

The Keystone pipeline section being investigated is about 15 miles (25 kilometers) north of where a crack last year caused an estimated 210,000 gallons (174,900 imperial gallons) of oil to spill between the Ludden, North Dakota, and Ferney, South Dakota, pump stations. A federal investigation into the pipeline failure is ongoing.

 

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Fleet Farm’s first foray into South Dakota is a $15.6 million store in Sioux Falls.

A building permit filed with the city shows the Wisconsin retailer is constructing a 185,000-square-foot store and a lumber yard and gas station. The Argus Leader says developers are hoping the store, which carries everything from farm equipment to kayaks, will spur additional retail development near the 24-acre Fleet Farm site.

The store isn’t far from the growing Sanford Sports Complex development near Interstate 29. Fleet Farm has 37 locations across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota.

 

 

In sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department is more than doubling the number of pronghorn licenses this year, a dramatic turnaround from earlier this decade when the hunting season was canceled four straight years due to low animal numbers.

The agency will make 1,075 licenses available for the fall hunt in 10 hunting units, up from 410 licenses in five units last year.

“Our recently completed aerial survey indicated the pronghorn population is up 57 percent from last year,” said Bruce Stillings, big game management supervisor for Game and Fish.

A string of harsh winters that decimated the pronghorn population led to hunting being banned from 2010 through 2013 to allow the animals to recover. No hunting, milder winters in recent years and better fawn production and survival since 2013 “have resulted in the population reaching a level that is able to support a higher harvest this fall,” Stillings said.

Hunting of the animals that resemble the African antelope is popular in North Dakota, with thousands of hunters applying each year for licenses that are doled out through a lottery process. Hunting took a blow last year when licenses were cut nearly in half due to a tough winter followed by summer drought.

Wildlife officials feared the dry conditions might continue into this summer and further impact the population, but the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows only 1 percent of the state in drought.

“In the majority of North Dakota the dry conditions did not persist, and pronghorn range did receive pretty good moisture for much of the spring and summer, so everything turned out quite well,” state Wildlife Chief Jeb Williams said.

Game and Fish is accepting license applications through Aug. 8. This year’s bow season is Aug. 31-Sept. 23. The gun season is Oct. 5-21.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Second baseman Brian Dozier is no longer with the Minnesota Twins.

Dozier, a fan favorite and leader in the Twins’ clubhouse, was traded Tuesday to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In exchange the Twins receive infielder Logan Forsythe, first base/outfield prospect Luke Raley and right-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer.

In 104 games with the Twins this season, Dozier was hitting .224 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI.

It’s just one of several moves the Twins have made before Tuesday’s non-waiver trading deadline.

The Twins have also traded relief pitcher Zach Duke, infielder Eduardo Escobar, relief pitcher Ryan Pressly and starting pitcher Lance Lynn.

The Twins are eight games behind Cleveland in the American League Central Division with 57 games left.

Dozier heads to a Dodgers squad that has a half-game lead in the National League West Division, and could contend for a spot in the World Series.

 

 

In world and national news..

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has uncovered “sophisticated” efforts to influence US politics on its platforms. The company says it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in “coordinated” behavior and appeared to be fake. The company says it doesn’t know who is behind the efforts, but there are signs it may be connected to Russia.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges. Six men and six women, along with four alternate jurors, were chosen on Tuesday. Opening statements were expected later in the afternoon. It’s the first trial to result from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top federal immigration officials are defending their handling of the Trump administration’s now-abandoned family separation policy at a Senate hearing. Matthew Albence is an executive associate director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under questioning by Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin, Albence says ICE has records documenting decisions by hundreds of migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children. Senators expressed doubt that many parents willingly left their children.

 

 

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The highest-ranking American at the Vatican insists he never knew or even suspected his former boss, disgraced Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, had allegedly sexually abused boys and adult seminarians, telling The Associated Press that he is livid that he was kept in the dark because he would have done something about it. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s family and laity office, spoke out amid growing outrage from American Catholics that the misconduct was apparently an open secret.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is citing safety to justify freezing gas mileage requirements. The Associated Press has obtained excerpts from a draft of a regulation prepared this summer that would freeze an Obama-era program intended to improve fuel efficiency and cut pollution. The Trump administration argues that heavier vehicles are safer than lighter ones and that people would drive more _ and be exposed to increased risk _ if their cars get better mileage.