CSi Weather…  .SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and thunderstorms

likely in the evening, then chance of rain showers and  thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs around 70.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 50.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

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

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that 3rd Street SE will be closed to through traffic between 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue SE from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Please use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  KLJ informs motorist that  the contractor will begin concrete grinding on Saturday, August 25th in Valley City.

Project manager, KLJ engineer Chad Petersen says work areas will will be at:  8th Avenue Southwest between Main Street and 2nd Street Southwest, 8th Ave Southwest between Riverview Drive and the Sheyenne River bridge, and Winter Show Road between 8th Avenue Southwest and 4th Avenue Southwest.

Workers will be present to direct traffic through the work areas. The work should be completed by Monday August 27th.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The City of Jamestown reports that the pedestrian maze at the railroad crossing on First Avenue in Jamestown is expected to be replaced on August 31  or no later that September 4th.

At Thursday’s City Council Committee meeting Harold Sad said, once the maze is re-installed, the Quiet Zone, silencing  train horns, will be re-implemented.

The maze was damaged in a traffic crash on June 25th this year, which meant for safety reasons the train horns will allowed to sound through Downtown Jamestown.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Walk to Silence the Stigma will be held on September 15 at Nickeus Park.

Registration begins at 9:30 with the program at 10 am followed by the walk, with participants making a loop around the downtown area, north of he railroad tracks, returning to the park for a time of sharing.

The event will conclude with a balloon release.

Unite to Silence the Stigma’s mission is  to eliminate the stigma surrounding suicide.

The organization includes local individuals who have had an experience with suicide, whether that’s a family member or friend.

Also:

The Valley City Out of the Darkness Community Walk is Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Lokken Stadium.

Registration begins at 2:30pm with the walk itself running 3pm-4:30pm.

Proceeds benefit local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

More at outofthedarkness.org or call 888-333-2377.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a second defendant from a $1 billion racketeering lawsuit that the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline filed against environmental groups, leaving Greenpeace as the only remaining group facing the claim.

Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners failed to make a case that Earth First is an entity that can be sued, U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson said in a ruling dated Wednesday.

The Center for Constitutional Rights had argued that Earth First is a philosophy or movement similar to Black Lives Matter, and thus can’t be sued. ETP unsuccessfully tried to serve the lawsuit to Florida-based Earth First Journal, which argued that it wasn’t the same as the movement.

Wilson said that rather than clarifying the matter, an amended complaint filed by ETP earlier this month was “wholly insufficient” in advancing its case under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act that Earth First “allegedly provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund an international terrorist, drug-smuggling RICO enterprise.”

Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Pamela Spees applauded the ruling, calling the lawsuit “far-fetched.” ETP officials have said the company doesn’t comment on active litigation.

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)  The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce City Beautification Committee is pleased to announce the weekly winner of the Yard of the Week Program for 2018.

Jack and Alice Reuther of 1412 15th Street SW in Jamestown, have received this award for Week Thirteen.  Thanks goes to Jack and Alice for their beautification efforts to develop this outstanding yard.  Their commitment to helping beautify Jamestown is very much appreciated.  Please drive by to see this beautiful yard to congratulate and thank them for their efforts. Congratulations, Jack and Alice, on a job well done!

 

The Yard of the Week program has been established to recognize those within the community who take pride in the appearance of their yard and do their part to beautify the community. This is the last award recipient for this year’s Yard of the Week program.  The program began June 1st and ends August 31st.  These beautiful yards have been selected each week from nominations received. Nominated yards must be visible from the street. Please know that there will be another chance next summer, so please watch for the nomination forms to be available starting in May of 2019.

 

For future reference, you can nominate a yard for the Yard of the Week program for 2019 by contacting the chamber or going to the chamber website.  The completed forms require a valid phone number so we can contact the perspective winner. Forms will also be available on our Facebook page or on our website at www.jamestownchamber.com.  All single-family residences within Jamestown are eligible for the program.  Thank you to all those who submitted nominations for this award, and congratulations to all the recipients of the Yard of the Week award.  Thank you for helping beautify Jamestown!

 

Bismarck (NDHP) — The North Dakota Peace Officers Association has awarded the 2018 Peace Officer of the Year award to North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Kyle Stern at its recent annual meeting in Minot.

The Peace Officer of the Year award is presented to a North Dakota peace officer based upon the officer’s outstanding service, professional dignity, and unselfish personal contributions to the citizens of North Dakota and serves as recognition of an officer who consistently displays excellence within their profession.

 

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is thanking ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain as it opens a new modernization headquarters in Texas.

The tribute came after the Republican senator’s family announced Friday that he would discontinue treatment for brain cancer.

Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, called McCain an American hero while activating its new Future Command in downtown Austin, Texas. Milley said as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, McCain was instrumental in delivering what the Army calls its most significant reorganization since 1973.

Milley said members of McCain’s staff were on hand at the opening of the command, which is tasked with modernizing the Army’s defense teams and weapons.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said his colleague would be pleased.

 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Media outlets are reporting that President Donald Trump’s bookkeeper for his personal and business affairs for decades has been granted immunity in the federal probe of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

The Wall Street Journal and NBC News were first to report on anonymous sources that longtime Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg got immunity to talk to federal prosecutors in the investigation of hush money Cohen paid to two women who claimed affairs with Trump. Cohen pleaded guilty to tax and campaign finance violations on Tuesday.

Though not named in the Cohen case, Weisselberg is believed to be one of two Trump executives mentioned in the suit who reimbursed Cohen and covered up the payments by saying they were legal expenses.

Weisselberg has been a Trump confidant who started working for his family in the early 1970s.

 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The arrested former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a denial in response to a woman’s allegation he groped her buttocks at his New York home.

A statement released Friday on behalf of Dr. Thomas Frieden (FREE’-den) says the allegation “does not reflect” his “public or private behavior or his values.” It notes his “lifetime of service to improve health around the world.”

Frieden was awaiting a court appearance on Friday in connection with the woman’s claim he groped her buttocks at his Brooklyn home on Oct. 20, 2017. The woman reported it in July, and he was taken into custody after an investigation.

The accuser is a 55-year-old woman who knew Frieden.

Frieden also is a former New York City health commissioner. He’s charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization.

He tweets that he does not believe China is helping with the effort to rein in North Korea because of stepped-up pressure by the U.S. on trade with China

Pompeo on Thursday appointed a senior executive with the Ford Motor Co. to be his special envoy for North Korea and said the two would visit next week.

Trump says he’s asked Pompeo “not to go to North Korea, at this time, because I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

Some independent assessments suggest that North Korea has actually been increasing its nuclear activity.