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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph shifting to the west up to 5 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday/Saturday night, then ending from northwest to southeast during the day Sunday. Any threat for
severe weather Saturday appears low at this time. Cooler air behind the cold front Sunday with highs in the 70s.
Monday a chance of showers. Highs in the 70s through early next week.
From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist….
Jamestown (CSi) Century Link completed repairs to the cable cut at 3:11 a.m. Wednesday, with all area 9-1-1 traffic being re-routed back to Stutsman County Communications in Jamestown.
The location of the cable cut is not known to us at this time. CenturyLink may have follow up information available sometime today.
He says, at approximately 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, 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.
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 two hours.
Jamestown (CSi) Dr. Polly Peterson, who was named University of Jamestown President in February of 2018, will be officially inaugurated on Thursday, September 27, 2018, open to the public. The Inauguration Ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in the Harold Newman Arena, followed by a reception, social and dinner.
Ahead of the inauguration, campus tours will run from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., followed by a Chapel service at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon.
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.
Secretary of State Al Jaeger says proponents submitted more than enough valid petition signatures to get a measure on the November general election ballot.
Supporters needed to submit about 13,500 valid signatures. They had more than 14,600.
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.
Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana failed on a petition drive in 2016. That same year, North Dakota voters approved medical marijuana. The state Health Department is setting up a system for the drug.
Nine states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s fall lineup of measures have been assigned ballot numbers by Secretary of State Al Jaeger.
Voters in November decide four initiated measures that allow residents to bypass the Legislature and put proposals directly to a vote.
Measure 1 would ban foreign money from North Dakota elections, restrict lobbying and create an independent ethics commission, among other provisions.
Measure 2 would explicitly bar non-U.S. citizens from voting in North Dakota.
Measure 3 would legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
Measure 4 would provide specialized vehicle license plates free of charge to volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has formally responded to state Democratic leaders who want him to withdraw from a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate former President Barack Obama’s health care law.
The Republican attorney general sent a three-page reply to Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman and House Minority Leader Corey Mock Tuesday invoking his duty to support and defend the Constitution. The Bismarck Tribune reports Stenehjem says the ability to tailor a health insurance system that’s regulated by the state of North Dakota is the better solution to the state’s health care needs.
North Dakota in June joined a coalition of 20 GOP-led states that argue that the Affordable Care Act is no longer constitutional after the Republican-backed tax overhaul eliminated fines for not having health coverage.
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.
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.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld attorneys’ fees awarded to North Dakota in lengthy legal battle over a Minnesota law aimed at promoting the use of renewable energy.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed a federal judge’s order awarding North Dakota more than $1.3 million in attorneys’ fees and other costs.
At issue was Minnesota’s 2007 law that bars utilities from buying power from new plants that produce carbon dioxide emissions.
North Dakota’s six coal-fired power plants export most their electricity to other states, including Minnesota.
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem sued Minnesota in 2011, saying the law hurt his state’s ability to sell electricity and build new coal plants.
A federal judge ruled in 2014 that the Minnesota law illegally regulates out-of-state utilities.
In sports…
University of Jamestown is ranked 25th in the 2018 preseason NAIA women’s volleyball coaches’ top 25 poll.
The Jimmies are one of six Great Plains Athletic Conference teams ranked in the top 25, joining Dordt (No. 3), Northwestern (No. 7), Hastings (No. 10), Midland (No. 11) and Doane (No. 18). Jamestown finished last season at 23-10 and open 2018 next Thursday (Aug. 23) at the St. Thomas University Tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla.
2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll
Rank/School Rec. Pts.
1. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 35-0 371
2. Dordt (Iowa) 34-8 364
3. Missouri Baptist 34-9 345
4. Viterbo (Wisc.) 40-2 341
5. Park (Mo.) 32-4 328
6. Westmont (Calif.) 36-4 298
7. Northwestern (Iowa) 30-6 296
7. College of Idaho 28-7 296
9. Grand View (Iowa) 34-8 281
10. Hastings (Neb.) 28-3 277
11. Midland (Neb.) 21-11 248
12. Montana Tech 25-10 238
13. Southern Oregon 15-11 214
14. Columbia (Mo.) 34-8 205
15. Eastern Oregon 24-11 192
16. Cornerstone (Mich.) 28-8 181
17. Georgetown (Ky.) 22-6 175
18. Doane (Neb.) 17-12 167
19. Corban (Ore.) 27-9 156
20. Madonna (Mich.) 29-7 130
21. Bellevue (Neb.) 30-13 123
22. Indiana Wesleyan 29-12 104
23. Ottawa (Kan.) 30-13 103
24. Northwest (Wash.) 24-10 95
25. Jamestown (N.D.) 23-10 90
Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle 88, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 77, Campbellsville (Ky.) 44, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 37, Marian (Ind.) 27, Morningside 18, Kansas Wesleyan 11, William Woods (Mo.) 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Aquinas (Mich.) 4, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 4, Mobile (Ala.) 4, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 3, Vanguard (Calif.) 3, Lourdes (Ohio) 3.
American Association…
Fargo-Moorhead at Kansas City, ppd.
— Ronald Acuna Jr. kept up his torrid pace with a leadoff homer and a three-run shot in the 7th inning to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 10-6. NL East-leading Atlanta has won 13 of 17 games.
— J.A. Happ allowed one soft single in seven shutout innings to win his third consecutive start since joining the New York Yankees, who beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1. The wild card-leading Yankees remained 10 games behind the runaway Red Sox in the AL East despite having the second-best record in the majors at 75-44.
— Pinch-hitter Brock Holt hit a tiebreaking solo homer, Rick Porcello threw seven impressive innings and the major league-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Sandy Leon also went deep for the Red Sox, who improved to 86-35.
— Chris Davis, Adam Jones and Tim Beckham each homered to back a strong performance by starter Andrew Cashner, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Mets 6-3 to snap a five-game skid. Baltimore won both games against the Mets at Citi Field on June 5-6 and can complete the season sweep Wednesday.
— Jose Ramirez hit his 36th home run and Corey Kluber extended his dominance of the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians rolled to an 8-1 win. Kluber allowed one run and five hits and struck out seven in seven innings.
— Ryan LaMarre hit his first major league home run and Lucas Giolito escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3. LaMarre, who played college baseball at Michigan, gave the White Sox a 4-3 lead in the second inning, and Giolito pitched out of trouble in the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead.
— Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story each went deep, German Marquez pitched well in a clash with Justin Verlander, and the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Houston Astros 5-1. Houston has matched a season high with five straight losses and extended its home skid to nine games, its longest of the season.
— Paul Goldschmidt hit his 27th homer to put Arizona ahead to stay, All-Star lefty Patrick Corbin worked seven innings for his 10th victory and the NL West-leading Diamondbacks won 6-4 at Texas. Corbin struck out seven without a walk while throwing 66 of 96 pitches for strikes.
— John Gant homered for his first major league hit and pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 for their season-high seventh consecutive victory. St. Louis pulled within four games of the NL Central-leading Cubs and moved within one game of the Phillies for the second NL wild card.
— Kevin Pillar hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals 6-5. Blaine Boyer retired his first two batters before walking Aledmys Diaz (ah-LEHD’-meez DEE’-ahz) and backing Pillar into an 0-2 count. Pillar hit the next pitch over the wall down the left field line. Ken Giles worked a perfect ninth for his 14th save and second with the Blue Jays since being acquired from Houston on July 30.
MLB-CUBS-DARVISH
Darvish looks ready for rehab assignment
UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Cubs expect Yu Darvish to go on a minor league rehab assignment, assuming he experiences no setbacks after pitching a simulated game on Tuesday.
President of baseball operations Theo Epstein says the Japanese right-hander is “just about ready for the next step” after throwing about 55 pitches. The Cubs will see how he feels on Wednesday.
Sidelined because of triceps and elbow injuries, Darvish has not pitched since he won at Cincinnati on May 20. He is 1-3 with a 4.95 ERA in eight starts after signing a $126 million, six-year deal with the Cubs in February.
In other MLB news:
— The Washington Nationals have placed reliever Ryan Madson on the 10-day disabled list with a back injury. The Nationals also promoted right-hander Trevor Gott and left-hander Tim Collins from Triple-A Syracuse before their game against St. Louis. Lefty Sammy Solis was sent down, and right-hander Erick Fedde was moved from the 10-day to the 60-day disabled list.
— Adrian Beltre was out of the Rangers lineup a day after re-aggravating a left hamstring injury. Baseball’s active career hits leader already has been on the disabled list twice this season because of hamstring issues. Manager Jeff Banister says Beltre will be re-evaluated Thursday before the opener of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.
— The Cleveland Indians have placed right-hander Trevor Bauer on the 10-day disabled list with a small stress fracture in his right leg. Bauer was struck by Jose Abreu’s liner in the seventh inning of Saturday night’s 3-1 win at the Chicago White Sox. He returned to Cleveland after experiencing soreness and swelling, and an MRI revealed the injury.
NFL-BEARS-SMITH
Bears sign first-round draft pick after holdout
UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Bears have signed first-round draft pick Roquan Smith after a holdout by the linebacker over his contract.
A person familiar with the situation said Smith has agreed to a four-year contract that guarantees $18.5 million and includes an $11.5 million signing bonus.
Smith was the No. 8 overall selection in April’s draft after starring at Georgia. He’s the final pick from this year’s NFL draft class to reach an agreement. He and the Bears disagreed over whether the team would be allowed to take back guaranteed bonus money if he was suspended for disciplinary reasons, including a violation of the league’s new rule preventing players from leading with their helmet.
In other NFL news:
— Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane tells The Associated Press no “legit evidence” has come to light in a lawsuit filed against LeSean McCoy to change the running back’s status as a member of the team. Beane reiterated what he said at the start of training camp last month by saying he foresees McCoy being in the Bills lineup to start the regular season.
— Free-agent wide receiver Dez Bryant is set to visit the Browns. The three-time Pro Bowler was released by Dallas in April. The Browns say he will be at their training camp Thursday. Bryant has shown interest in signing with Cleveland, and receiver Jarvis Landry said Monday the team would welcome him with “open arms.”
— Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson says he’s “very encouraged” about ongoing contract talks between his agent and the team and he hopes a deal gets done soon. Johnson led the NFL in yards from scrimmage and touchdowns two seasons ago but fractured his left wrist in last year’s opener and missed the rest of the season.
—Rookie third-round pick Mason Rudolph and Josh Dobbs, Pittsburgh’s fourth-round selection in 2017, will see all of the playing time when the Steelers visit the Green Bay Packers for their second preseason game on Thursday.
—Carson Wentz expects to participate in 11-on-11 drills next week, but it’s uncertain whether he’ll be ready for the season opener. The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 6. Wentz’s goal since having surgery last December to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee has been to be ready for that game.
— The Oakland Raiders have activated tackle Donald Penn off the physically unable to perform list. Penn took part in his first practice Tuesday since injuring his right foot in Week 15 last season. Penn had played in 174 consecutive regular-season games before the injury.
NHL-PREDATORS-ELLIS
Predators’ Ryan Ellis signs 8-year contract
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis has signed an eight-year deal worth $50 million that keeps under contract through the 2026-27 season.
The 27-year-old Ellis will earn $6.25 million annually starting in 2019-20. He has one year remaining on the five-year, $12.5 million contract he signed on Oct. 5, 2014.
The Predators now have three of their top four defensemen (Ellis, P.K. Subban and Mattias Ekholm) signed through the 2021-22 season and Roman Josi signed through 2019-20.
Ellis set career highs in assists (23) and plus-minus rating (plus-26) in 2017-18 despite playing in only 44 games due to his recovery from offseason knee surgery. He didn’t make his season debut until Jan. 2.
Ellis has spent his entire NHL career with the Predators.
State Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck says he has approved the Golden Nugget to begin offering on-premises sports betting Wednesday morning.
The Golden Nugget will take its first sports bet about 90 minutes before Resorts opens its in-person sports betting operation. Resorts already offers online and mobile sports betting.
They will join the Borgata, Ocean Resort, Harrah’s and Bally’s casinos among sports betting providers.
The Monmouth Park and Meadowlands racetracks also offer sports betting.
Figures released Tuesday show New Jersey casinos and tracks took in $40.6 million in July, the first full month it was legal.
In world and national news…
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has led prayers for the victims of the Genoa highway bridge collapse.
Francis also noted the shock of Genoa’s population in remarks Wednesday to faithful in St. Peter’s Square.
Authorities said at least 39 were killed in the bridge’s collapse on Tuesday in the northwestern Italian port city.
Francis said: “I am especially thinking of all those tried by the tragedy in Genoa yesterday, which caused victims and a sense of loss in the population.”
He expressed his “spiritual closeness” to the victims, the injured and their families and the hundreds of people who were forced to flee homes in the area.
He then led thousands of people in the square in a special prayer for the victims and their loved ones.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vermont Democrats have nominated the nation’s first transgender candidate for governor, one of many firsts from Tuesday’s primaries.
Minnesota Democrats backed a woman who would be the first Somali-American member of Congress. And in Connecticut, the party nominated a candidate who could become the first black woman from the state to serve in Congress.
Republicans in Minnesota rejected a familiar face, Tim Pawlenty, in favor of a rising newcomer aligned with President Donald Trump. County Commissioner Jeff Johnson defeated Pawlenty, a former two-term governor once critical of Trump.
In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker, endorsed just this week by Trump, won the right to seek a third term.
Last week’s Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas was finalized when Secretary of State Kris Kobach scored a delayed victory against Gov. Jeff Colyer.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The path toward final arguments and then jury deliberations has been cleared in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
On Tuesday, Manafort’s defense team announced that it won’t be putting on a defense of the longtime political consultant or calling him to testify, saying they believe the prosecution hasn’t met its burden of proof.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Wednesday. The judge hearing the case in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, rejected a defense motion to dismiss the case.
Manafort is accused of hiding millions of dollars in income he received advising Ukrainian politicians. Defense attorneys have tried to blame Manafort’s financial mistakes on his former deputy, Rick Gates. They’ve called Gates a liar, philanderer and embezzler as they’ve sought to undermine his testimony.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth with holy water.
A sweeping state grand jury report released Tuesday says those children are among the victims of roughly 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania who molested more than 1,000 children, and possibly many more, since the 1940s.
The report accuses senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., of systematically covering up complaints.
The grand jury notes that dioceses have established internal processes and seem to refer complaints to law enforcement more promptly, but says individual leaders of the church have largely escaped public accountability.
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