CSi  Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the evening, then periods of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy smoke through the night. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Patchy smoke. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds

around 10 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds

around 5 mph shifting to the south after midnight.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around

5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 60.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight chance

of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Chance of precipitation

40 percent.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast across far south central

North Dakota and the James River Valley late this evening and

through the overnight. Although a couple thunderstorms could

become strong, severe weather is not expected at this time.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown announces that on Monday it is possible there will be temporary water outages along 4th Ave NW between 10th St & 13th St NW. Crews will be working in the area due to utility repairs in progress. Please watch for road detour signage. Water service will be resumed as soon as possible.

PLEASE CALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 252-5131 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

 

Bismarck (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that Boardings at Jamestown Regional Airport were down in July, compared to July 2017.

In July 2018 boardings were 1227, compared to 1297 in July of 2017, down 5.5 percent..

Year to date boardings through July 2018 are 7281 compared to 7889 through July of 2017, down 7.7 percent.

 

Bismarck  (DPI)  The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction announces that 15 North Dakota School District will receive  over $27-million toward improving students reading ability, and literacy skills of disadvantaged students, in elementary, middle schools, and high schools,  while providing teaching training and technical assistance.

Jamestown’s  first year’s grant amount: : $404,125
Others include:

Belcourt; $714,277
Bismarck: $2.18 million
Devils Lake: $526,432
Fargo: $864,325
Grafton: $737,494
Kidder County: $272,173
Langdon: $77,051
Mandan: $329,958
Minot: $1.45 million
New Town: $897,775
Parshall: $248,469
Rugby: $140,020
South Prairie: $232,684
West Fargo: $1.56 million

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year.

Proponents submitted more than the required 13,452 valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot, Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced Monday. Supporters submitted 17,695 signatures last month, and 14,637 were deemed valid, he said.

“The Legalize ND campaign was able to successfully channel the grassroots enthusiasm for recreational marijuana,” said David Owen, chairman of the citizen group behind the petition drive.

The proposal seeks to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older and also seal the records of anyone convicted of a marijuana-related crime that would be made legal under the measure.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Fargo police are looking for a man who robbed a hotel at gunpoint.Authorities say the man entered the Quality Inn about 9:15 a.m. Sunday, threatened a clerk with a handgun and fled with an unknown amount of cash from the till. A police dog was brought in but failed to pick up a trail.The clerk was not hurt.KFGO radio reports it’s the second hotel robbery in the same area within three weeks. The Grand Inn was robbed at gunpoint July 25 by two masked men. There have not been any arrests in that case. Police have not said if the two holdups might be connected.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Minot Air Force Base says the 22-year-old man killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend was a senior airman.Col. Bradley Cochran, the 5th Bomb Wing commander, says they are pausing to remember Jacob Ellis and are reflecting on his service.Ellis was killed when his motorcycle collided with an SUV Friday night in Minot. Ellis was thrown from his motorcycle and was pronounced dead shortly after the crash.Both vehicles caught fire. Several occupants of the SUV sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were taken by personal vehicle to a Minot hospital.

 

Update…

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — More child sex crime charges have been filed against a former West Fargo teacher.

Thirty-seven-year-old Shannon Moser was charged last month for alleged sex-related crimes involving two male students. WDAY-TV reports that court documents allege Moser could have had as many as six underage victims.

She now faces eight felony charges, including sexual assault, luring minors by computer, gross sexual imposition and use of a minor in a sexual performance. The most serious charge carries a potential life prison sentence.

Defense attorney Scott Brand declined comment. Moser could enter charges during an Aug. 23 hearing.

She has resigned from Liberty Middle School.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police in Bismarck, North Dakota, are requesting funding in the city’s 2019 budget for equipment including AR-15 rifles for school resource officers.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Bismarck Public Schools and the Bismarck Police Department are sharing the cost of purchasing nearly $26,000 worth of AR-15s, gun safes, additional bulletproof vests and medical kits.

District officials say the district won’t fund the acquisition of firearms and that the rifles will be locked up in the schools.

Police and school officials began considering rifles for school resource officers after 17 people were killed in February in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

The Bismarck officers currently carry handguns, which police say won’t help when they need to shoot from a distance.

If approved, Bismarck police will receive the funds in January.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakotans will vote in November on whether to provide specialized vehicle license plates free of charge to volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders.Secretary of State Al Jaeger says proponents submitted more than enough valid petition signatures to get a measure on the general election ballot.

Supporters needed to submit about 13,500 valid signatures. They had more than 15,000.

Supporters say free plates for emergency responders would be a way to recognize them for their volunteer service.

The state would lose the revenue of vehicle registrations from volunteer emergency responders, and it would cost to make the special plates.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — An unmanned aircraft test site in North Dakota is set to fly its first large drone beyond sight of the pilot and without using a manned airplane to observe the flight.The Federal Aviation Administration in 2016 allowed the Northern Plains Test Site in Grand Forks to begin flying the drones beyond visual line of sight. The facility has now been approved to fly without the chase planes.The first flight is scheduled Tuesday at the Grand Sky aviation technology park. It will be conducted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. The FAA contract allows the drones to fly within 30 miles of the park.Officials say Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is scheduled to attend an Aug. 20 event to commemorate the FAA authorization.

 

In sports…

Bismarck  (NDGF)The North Dakota Cooperative Fur Harvester Education Program is sponsoring three fur harvester education classes for anyone interested in trapping or hunting furbearers.

Courses in Bismarck and Jamestown are set for Aug. 21, 23 and 25. A course in Dickinson is Aug. 18 and 25.

Courses are free and take 16 hours to complete .

Students will learn the history of the fur trade in the Dakotas, furbearer identification, tools and techniques for harvesting furbearers in North Dakota, as well as proper handling (skinning, fleshing and boarding) of furbearers.

Upon completion, graduates are issued a certification card that is recognized by any state requiring trapper education prior to purchasing a license.

Anyone interested in signing up for the class should visit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov, click on the education link and fur harvester education.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Defending national champion North Dakota State is atop the Football Championship Subdivision preseason coaches poll.

The Bison received 23 of the 26 first-place votes in the poll administered by the American Football Coaches Association.

James Madison is No. 2 and got the other three first-place votes. NDSU beat the Dukes in last year’s FCS title game.

The rest of the top five is South Dakota State, Sam Houston State and Kennesaw State.

It’s the same top five as in the STATS preseason FCS media poll released a week ago.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is questioning whether special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and Trump’s presidential campaign will be dropped now that the FBI has fired one of Mueller’s former investigators. Former agent Peter Strzok’s lawyer said Monday that he had been fired from the agency over texts from that were critical of Trump. Mueller removed Strzok from his team immediately last year once the texts were discovered.

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You might think you’ve stopped Google from storing your location by turning off a setting called “Location History” _ but you’d be wrong. An Associated Press investigation reveals that Google keeps a record of your movements even when that history setting is “paused.” Simple activities such as seeking directions or making unrelated searches still lead Google to store your phone’s location, leaving a trail of digital bread crumbs that can be used to observe your travels and to target advertising.

 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. The ruling has caused some deportation orders to be tossed and cases thrown out, bringing more chaos to a system that was already besieged by ballooning dockets and lengthy backlogs.

 

 

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at former White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman, saying she has been “fired for the last time.” Manigault Newman, who has authored a book entitled “Unhinged,” has released audio recordings she made, including one of her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the Situation Room. Trump tweets Monday that Kelly said Manigault Newman was a “loser & nothing but problems.”

 

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After four days of fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban, the country’s defense minister says the battle for control of a key city has claimed the lives of at least 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians. The fall of Ghazni would mark an important victory for the Taliban, and would cut off a key highway linking the capital to the southern provinces. The United States has sent military advisers to aid Afghan forces and carried out airstrikes against the insurgents.