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CSi Weather…
.LABOR DAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
There is a chance of thunderstorms across western and central
North Dakota Monday night into Tuesday. The threat for severe
weather is low.
Jamestown (CSi) BNSF reported on Friday afternoon, that replacement of the pedestrian maze at the east side of the First Avenue railroad crossing has been completed.
BNSF Director of Public Affairs, Amy McBeth in an E-mail, confirmed on Friday the that the sounding of the train horns would stop as trains approach Jamestown, railroad crossings, as locomotive engineers have been informed.
The maze was damaged on June 25 when the structure was struck in a traffic crash at the crossing, near the intersection of First Avenue South and First Street, which meant for safety reasons, the train horns were allowed to sound through Downtown Jamestown.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the 1606 16th Street Southwest about 9:25 -a.m., Friday.
Lt. Sheldon Mohr says there was no fire. The resident accidentally turned on the toaster, setting grocery bag on it, creating the smell.
No damage reported with two city fire units and 20 fire fighters on the scene about 10 minutes.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Treasurer’s Office has mailed a “Notice of Estimated Property Tax and Budget Hearing Dates” for properties located in Stutsman County. This is not a bill; please do not pay these estimated notices.
Per North Dakota Century Code, the county treasurer is required to send a preliminary tax notice by August 31st to the owner of each parcel of taxable property with a total estimated tax of at least one hundred dollars ($100.00). This notice also includes the budget hearing dates, times and locations for your local taxing jurisdictions.
This combined notice replaces individual notices that were previously sent by counties, cities, park and school districts. It also provides important information on how your taxes may change based on preliminary budgets submitted by local taxing districts. Property valuation information is included in the notice; however, values cannot be addressed at the public budget hearings listed.
For more information about the estimated notices, you may call the Stutsman County Treasurer’s Office at 701-252-9036 or the Stutsman County Auditor’s Office at 701-252-9035. If you have any questions about the taxes levied by any of the listed taxing districts, please contact that district directly.
RUSO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s smallest incorporated city was on the verge of dissolving after the death of its longtime mayor, but now it’s rebounding.
The Minot Daily News reports the McLean County community of Ruso expects to soon double its population — from two residents to four.
Ruso was on the verge of disincorporation following 86-year-old Bruce Lorenz’s July death , which dropped its population to two. State law says it takes a minimum of three residents for a community to be incorporated.
The city discovered Greg Schmaltz qualifies as a resident because he has a Ruso mailbox and checks on his horses and chickens there daily. Schmaltz and his wife, Michelle Schmaltz, currently live in Velva but plan to move to Ruso later this year. He’s expected to become mayor Sept. 6.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Canada’s largest independent petroleum products marketer is buying Mandan-based Missouri Valley Petroleum.
MVP is a regional fuel distribution company. The Bismarck Tribune reports that MVP has entered into an agreement with Parkland USA, which operates in the state as Superpumper.
The deal is expected to be finalized by October. Parkland did not disclose the acquisition price.
Both Parkland and MVP say the deal provides an opportunity for company growth. No employees are expected to lose their jobs.
MVP operates wholesale terminals in Williston, Belfield and Mandan, along with retail sites with convenience stores in Mandan, Rugby and Bismarck. MVP also supplies 19 branded dealers across the state and distributes 84 million gallons of fuel and petroleum products annually.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A jury has awarded a Williams County landowner $195,000 in a dispute over an easement for an electrical transmission line.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s line crossed the property of Nancy and Dana Dennert. Basin asked a jury to award its appraiser’s amount of $64,575, which had been paid in January 2016. The Minot Daily News reports the Dennerts sought to also be compensated for the devaluing of their land.
They won a higher amount and also attorney fees, though Basin in a statement noted the decision was only about one-tenth of the landowner’s demanded amount.
The Dennerts’ attorney, Lynn Boughey (BOO’-ee), said the case is a lesson to landowners that they don’t have to accept a utility’s easement offer if they feel it’s unfair.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota wildlife officials are trying to boost the walleye population in new, smaller lakes that have popped up around the state during recent wet decades.
Game and Fish Department crews this summer stocked nearly 10 million walleye fingerlings in more than 140 bodies of water across the state. More than 8 million of them went into smaller lakes, due in part to the fact that the large Lake Sakakawea reservoir on the Missouri River doesn’t currently need many.
“When Sakakawea is at normal or higher lake levels like the last several years, it typically does very well on its own naturally,” said Jerry Weigel, the department’s fisheries production and development supervisor.
But there are more than 50 new lakes in North Dakota in which the walleye population is still getting established.
Though there have been periods of drought in North Dakota, including last year, since 1993 “we’ve had generally a very wet period,” said Greg Power, fisheries chief for Game and Fish. “A lot of these prairie wetlands that used to be hay land or duck sloughs, they’ve become 20- to 30-feet deep natural lakes.”
Typically, Game and Fish stocks more than half of the fingerlings that come from the national fish hatcheries at Valley City and Riverdale in Lake Sakakawea and Devils Lake, another large fishery.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump “over a barrel” during the 2016 presidential campaign.
That’s what lawmakers were told this week by a senior Justice Department lawyer during a private interview.
The official, Bruce Ohr, says he learned that information during a July 2016 breakfast with former British spy Christopher Steele. Steele conducted Democratic-funded research into Trump’s ties to Russia during the campaign.
Trump and Republican lawmakers have attacked Steele’s research as phony and have sought to discredit him and Ohr.
The details of the exchange were confirmed to The Associated Press by multiple people. They weren’t authorized to discuss it and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Steele was attributing the information to a former senior Russian intelligence official. It’s unclear if the official spoke directly to Steele.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Family, friends and a roster of current and former Washington officials are paying tribute to John McCain at the Capitol.
Vice President Mike Pence was joined by top White House officials including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Chief of Staff John Kelly, National Security Adviser John Bolton, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Military brass included members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman and actor Warren Beatty are among those pausing at McCain’s casket as the senator lies in state under the dome.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan delivered remarks. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were flanked by scores of lawmakers, including former prisoner of war, GOP Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas.
DETROIT (AP) — Bill Clinton memorialized Aretha Franklin as a woman with “breathtaking talent” who kept on charming audiences despite her illness.
The former president recalled being an “Aretha groupie” all his life and being thrilled to meet her backstage at her last public performance, a benefit in Harlem for Elton John’s AIDS charity last year. She was “gaunt” but went on to perform for 45 minutes.
“How you doing, baby?” she asked him.
“I’m doing better now,” Clinton replied.
The former president also asked the audience to forgive him, saying he was happy that Franklin’s casket was still open when he arrived because he just had to see what she was wearing.
Clinton said, “I wonder what my friend has got on today. I wanted to see what the girl was carrying out,” to a wave of laughs and claps from the crowd. Franklin was wearing a gold gown, her fourth outfit of the week.
He ended his time by playing Franklin’s “Think” on his iPhone into the mic. “It’s the key to freedom!” Clinton said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The civil rights record of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is coming under increased scrutiny by organizations opposed to his confirmation, but there is little in his voluminous records that shows exactly where he stands on issues like affirmative action.
Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to replace the retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and the Senate is scheduled to begin confirmation hearings Tuesday.
Many civil rights organizations oppose the appeals court judge because they are wary about his opinions on discrimination, affirmative action and voter access.
The White House declined to comment on this story. His former law clerk Luke McCloud says Kavanaugh acknowledges and takes into account the history and current reality of race in the U.S.
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