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CSi Weather…
TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 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. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.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. A 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
High temperatures are expected to increase Wednesday into Friday, with widespread highs in the lower to mid 90s, with upper 80s across the James
River Valley and Turtle Mountains.
During the weekend, increasing chances for rain showers and thunderstorms.
2nd update…
From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist
At approximately 3:40 p.m. today (8-14-18), CenturyLink reported an outage that created a loss of long distance service in the Jamestown and Stutsman County area. The loss of long distance service meant that anyone dialing 9-1-1 could not get through to the Stutsman County Communications Center. At about 5:40 p.m. CenturyLink verified that a cable cut had occurred between Fargo and Jamestown which was the reason for the outage.
Almost immediately 9-1-1 calls originating from either a cell phone or a Dakota Central Telecommunications (Daktel) customer were re-routed to State Radio in Bismarck where they were answered. Pertinent information was conveyed back to Stutsman County via cell phone. It was early evening before 9-1-1 calls originating from a CenturyLink customer could also be re-routed to State Radio. It’s believed at this time that no incoming reports of emergency situations were missed.
During the early portion of the outage, CenturyLink customers could only talk to CenturyLink customers, Daktel customers could only talk to Daktel customers, and cell phone customers could only talk to cell phone customers. Long distance calls could not be made utilizing a land-line phone, but long distance calls could be completed via a cell phone.
It’s anticipated the cable cut will not be fully repaired until sometime after midnight (Tuesday). Once repairs are completed, all 9-1-1 traffic for the Stutsman County area will be re-routed back to Stutsman County Communications in Jamestown.
Earlier…
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Assistant Emergency Manager, Kim Franklin says Century Link reports phone outages Tuesday afternoon.
She said Tuesday afternoon that Century Link was still investigating the extent of the outage or what caused it.
Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist said at 5-p.m., Tuesday that long distance 9-1-1 service is being re-routed through State Radio.
At that time Jamestown Century Link customers were unable to call 9-1-1 at the Stutsman County Communications Dispatch.
He said, Century Link is establishing 9-1-1 calls in Jamestown to be routed through the dispatch number at 252-1000. When that happens 9-1-1- callers will have voice communications with dispatch, but the location of the call will not be known.
Century Link land line service to cell phone numbers have been reported out Tuesday afternoon, as well. Century Link customers could reach each other via land line. Cell to cell calls are still possible.
Calls between other carriers and Century Link was not possible late Tuesday afternoon.
Although no official information was available from Century Link to his office, Bergquist theorizes there is a cable cut between Valley City and Fargo, noting phone outages in Valley City Tuesday afternoon.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the area adjacent to Red Head Rebel Storage on Highway 281 North, about 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, where a natural gas leak was reported.
MDU was called to the scene to shut off the gas.
Lt. Sheldon Mohr says damage was noted to a two inch gas line in the area of trenching work.
City Fire Department personnel remained on scene, with MDU until the leak was shut off.
Four city fire units were on the scene, with 25 fire fighters on standby at the City Fire Hall.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) met in monthly session, on Monday, at the Center for Economic Development in Downtown Jamestown.
On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC, Business Development Director, Corry Shevlin said approved was an integrated communication and marketing plan.
He said the plan is designed to bring new workers to Jamestown.
Shevlin, said that collaboration would be the key to making the project work.
A video, and social media use, and other communications tools are designed to promote the community, working with businesses and the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, as way to deliver the message outside the community.
He said, the next step in the process is to get together partners within the community.
The board approved a $75,000 grant to Jamestown Tourism for promotions and enhancement of tourist sites.
The JSDC board also voted to approve Flex PACE interest buydowns for Looysen I Care and Holte Construction, as the businesses expand in Jamestown.
Interest buydowns reduces the interest cost on bank loans.
The money granted by the JSDC on the Flex Pace program is repaid by the business after the bank loan is recovered.
Jamestown, (CSi) On an 8-0 vote, the Jamestown Public School Board has approved a bond schedule, delaying a tax levy for one year should voters approve it by a 60 percent majority, at the special election on September 25th.
At the Special Meeting, School Board member Melissa Gleason was not present.
Superintendent Robert Lech, says that means if the $34.44 million bond issue passes, the projects would continue on schedule but be delayed one year collecting taxes. The school district’s levy increase would not be requested until October 2019. In the interim, the school district would use dollars in the building fund until the bond sale.
The bond issue passage would mean a 35.71-mill increase for the school district, or approximately $160.70 annually per $100,000 of residential home value.
A $100,000 commercial property would see an additional $178.56, and an average acre of agricultural land would have a tax impact of $1.31.
The Jamestown City Council’s preliminary budget for 2019 contains a 24-mill increase for taxpayers or approximately $108 annually per $100,000 of residential home value.
Another city council budget committee will be held on August 15th, when the preliminary budget can be decreased, but not increased.
The school project includes heating, ventilation and air conditioning for the middle school and elementary schools except for Washington, which would close upon completion of an addition to Louis L’Amour Elementary. Capital projects include roofs, windows and boilers, renovations, learning spaces, safety and security upgrades.
A Transition House and an athletic complex with a turf football field and shared facilities with soccer would be built at the high school.
DLR Group in Minneapolis and Consolidated Construction Company were also involved in making recommendations.
Spititwood (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out about 2:20-p.m., Monday, to a semi fire eastbound on I-94.
Rural Fire Chief Ben Maulding says the vehicle caught fire while it was on the highway, with the operator exiting at Spiritwood.
He says the truck cabin was totaled, with the fire undetermined, but likely started outside the truck.
No injuries, with the units on the scene about an hour.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The head of the natural gas company that developed the Dakota Access Pipeline is hoping to soon announce an expansion of the project.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren met with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and other energy industry leaders this week in Bismarck. Warren said he hopes to announce a pipeline expansion but didn’t mention a timeline.
Dakota Access transports Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois and carries an average 500,000 barrels per day. An Energy Transfer Partners spokeswoman says the potential expansion would increase the pipeline up to 570,000 barrels per day.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still studying the pipeline’s environmental impacts.
The pipeline was part of months-long protests because it crosses Lake Oahe north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Families who lived in a Dickinson condominium complex are without homes after the structure was destroyed by fire.
Fire Chief Bob Sivak says the cause of Sunday’s fire is still under investigation, but he says it’s believed to have started on the exterior of the complex.
Sivak says his department will work with insurance companies to determine how the fire started. KXMB-TV reports the American Red Cross is currently providing four families with emergency lodging and is helping the fire victims with food and clothing.
Firefighters on Monday helped resident recover any items that weren’t burned.
In world and national news…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims.
The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. The grand jury says it believes the “real number” of abused children might be “in the thousands” since some records were lost and victims were afraid to come forward. The report says more than 300 clergy committed the abuse over a period of decades.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says the probe found a systematic cover-up by senior church officials in Pennsylvania and at the Vatican.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has “shown a complete lack of integrity” with her criticism of President Donald Trump in her new book.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that Trump’s tweets referring to Manigault Newman as “crazed” and a “dog” reflect his “frustration” with her comments. Manigault Newman has responded that Trump has “absolutely no respect” for women or African-Americans.
Sanders says Trump hired Manigault Newman as an assistant to the president because he “wanted to give her a chance.” She was a contestant on his reality show “The Apprentice” and a former campaign aide.
Manigault Newman has been releasing audio recordings of private White House conversations as part of her book roll-out tour. She was fired in December.
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s leader says 22 people have been killed and 16 injured in a highway bridge collapse in Genoa and he fears that the final death toll may rise further.
Premier Giuseppe Conte traveled to the site of the disaster late Tuesday in the port city, calling it an “immense tragedy.” He told RAI state TV “it is shocking to see the twisted metal and the bridge collapsed with victims who were extracted.”
Conte also praised the hundreds of rescue workers still at the site, saying “they saved people who fell 45 meters (nearly 150 feet) and are now alive and in the hospital.”
LONDON (AP) — British counter-terrorism police are carrying out three searches in central England as part of an investigation after a car slammed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
Police say the driver, a 29-year-old UK national, was arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. He is currently being questioned at a south London police station.
Police say the silver Fiesta, which was privately owned, had travelled from Birmingham to London late on Monday night. It was then driven around the Westminster and Whitehall area from approximately 6 a.m. until the crash at 7:37 a.m. Tuesday.
Police say there have been no other arrests in connection with this investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are fighting to beat back Republican gains across the Midwest as the 2018 primary season roars through Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Tuesday’s primary contests for governor, the Senate and the House will test the strength of President Donald Trump’s fiery coalition against the energy of the Democratic resistance among working-class voters.
Meanwhile, accusations of domestic violence involving the Democratic National Committee’s deputy chairman, congressman and attorney general candidate Keith Ellison, could undermine the “blue wave” in Minnesota.
In all, four states including Vermont and Connecticut will host elections on Tuesday as the 2018 primary season nears its final chapter.
Democrats appear particularly motivated in Wisconsin, where eight candidates want the chance to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker. In Minnesota, former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants his job back.
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