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.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to

15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast

winds around 10 mph.

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

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid

50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight chance

of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance

of precipitation 30 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and

evening.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.  Council Member Buchanan was not present.

PUBLIC HEARING:

Concerning the proposed issuance of revenue bonds by Duluth Economic Development Authority on behalf of Essentia Health and Its Affiliates.

Following the hearing the Council   approved  the issuance of revenue bonds by Duluth Economic Development Authority on behalf of Essentia Health and Its Affiliates. Language changes were approved by Council Members.

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:   No one spoke

(Individuals may address the City Council about any item not contained on the agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allotted for the hearing. If the full 15 minutes are not needed, the City Council will continue with the agenda. The City Council will take no official action on items discussed at the hearing, with the exception of referral to staff or Committee.)

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY:

Council Member Brubakken  asked that Item “I” be discussed separately.  A Resolution to approve Change Order No. 2, to Scherbenske, Inc., for construction on NW Water Main Replacement Project District 17-61 (11Blocks), for a time extension on the completion date to September 21, 2018.

He said the contractor has not been working efficiently on the project.

The Scherbenske representative said two days were missed working on the project was due to workers placed on other projects including back filling the foundation at the Alfred Dickey Public Library.  It’s expected that by the end of next week the residents will be back on water service.

The City Council approved the Change Order.

REGULAR AGENDA:

RESOLUTION:

The City Council approved the purchase of a replacement siren in the SE area of the city at the quoted price of $25,439, to be paid from the General Fund, including electrical labor.

The siren will be located at the water plant building, for better coverage.

COMMITTEE REPORTS WERE PRESENTED:

ORDINANCES:   None were presented.

APPOINTMENTS: None were required.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Steele said he did a ride along with Jamestown Police, and thanked the entities for supported the recent National Night Out in Jamestown.

Council Member Phillips talked about the Reopening of the Alfred Dickey Public Library September 12^th including the Open House.

She pointed out the Coats for Kids collections are being conducted at Ave Maria Village, and the Jamestown Salvation Army.

She added that JRMC will hold fundraisers to continue to raise dollars  for the new Cancer Center.

Mayor Heinrich said he’s received hone calls on the train horns being silenced again now that the Quiet Zone has been re-implemented with the pedestrian maze repaired.

He said he will be going to the League of Cities meeting next week in Grand Forks.

OTHER BUSINESS:

Considered was the request from Sprint Spectrum L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, to place three (3) additional radio antennas on the City’s 12th Ave NE Water Tower.

The item was tabled to the next committee meeting, pending additional information concerning the fee and the number of antennas placed on the water tower, concerning structural integrity and painting the tower.

The City Council approved the request from El Zagel Shriners Jamestown Clowns for a gaming site authorization to conduct gaming at Stutsman Harley Davidson on June 22, 2019.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67 followed by replays.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich says, the next city budget meeting is set on Monday September 10, at 2-p.m., at City Hall, when the budget is hoped to be set for final approval, at the October 1 City Council meeting.

On Tuesday’ Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Mayor Heinrich pointed out that at the September 10 budget meeting, the budget committee hopes to have information on the transfer of utility funds to the General Fund balance.  It’s not know at this point the transfer dollars need, and the anticipate increase in utility rates.

On another topic Mayor Heinrich has received comments pro and con on moving Jamestown garbage collection from alleys to all curb side, stemming from usage of the larger garbage and recycling collection trucks, which have damaged some alley buildings, and due to lack of space in the alleys for the trucks.

He added that information from the sanitation department on which alley are suitable for continued alley collections, and which are not, will be brought to this month’s Public Works committee meeting.

A survey on the issue is posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

Swearing in of Police officer Travis Johnson took place.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.

Approve Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of $3,077,776.70.

Approve Plumber and/or Mechanical Contractor License for Burning Desires, Inc., Grant’s Mechanical

Approve Raffle Permit for Barnes County Historical Society, Sheyenne Care Center

Approve Tree Trimming License for Mike’s Construction & Repair, Pine Country Nursery

PUBLIC COMMENTS: No one spoke

Attorney General’s “A Citizen’s Guide to North Dakota Open Records & Open Meetings Laws” *A member of the public does not have the right to speak to the governing body at an open meeting. The public is only entitled to see and hear what happens at a meeting, and to record or broadcast those observations.

No personal attacks to persons present or not

No inflammatory language used during time that you have the platform

5 minute maximum or as directed by the chair

Thank you for participating in City Government.

PUBLIC HEARING

A Public hearing was held to consider issuance of Bonds by the Duluth Economic Development Authority on behalf of Essentia Health and its affiliates.

Following the Public Hearing the City Commission approved  a Resolution approving the issuance of Bonds by the Duluth Economic Development Authority on behalf of Essentia Health and its affiliates (Chapman & Cutler LLP)

NEW BUSINESS

Presentation on Valley City Green Dot.   Jacob Olson, APOC from the Abuse prevention and outreach Center.

He said the Green Dot is opposed to a red dot placed on a map for a domestic violence report, showing a positive outcome from intervention and training for such.

He said a training program will be started.

Approved a Cost-Share Request to ND State Water Commission for Construction of Phase 3 Permanent Flood Protection and Phase 4 Buyouts.   KLJ reported The Phase 3 is funded 80/20 State Water commission, city, at $2.2 million state $1.79 million city, to construct a flood wall bye the master lift station.

Phase 4 buyout includes three additional properties at $365,000 with $273,500 paid by the State Water Commission.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

No Report was given.

CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS

Commissioner Ross reminded motorist to be cautious of pedestrians in the roadway, especially with school in session, and athletic practice sessions.

Mayor Carlsrud pointed out the recruitment for city fire fighter with information on the city’s web site.

KLJ gave an update on street and flood wall construction projects, wrapping up.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68, followed by replays.

Washington  (HUD)   – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Tuesday awarded $773,827 to five public housing agencies in North Dakota to provide permanent affordable housing to 141 additional non-elderly persons with disabilities. See the impact of the housing assistance in states across the country.

The housing assistance announced Tuesday is provided through the HUD’s Section 811 Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Program which provides funding to housing agencies to assist non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional or other separated settings; at serious risk of institutionalization; homeless; or at risk of becoming homeless.

“HUD is committed to making sure people with disabilities have a decent, safe and affordable place to call home,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “Working closely with our local partners, we help residents with disabilities live independently and fully enjoy the use of their homes.”

This program helps to further the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act by helping persons with disabilities live in the most integrated setting. The program also encourages partnerships with health and human service agencies with a demonstrated capacity to coordinate voluntary services and supports to enable individuals to live independently in the community.

FILE – This April 10, 1996, file photo shows one of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” on display during a media tour of the “America’s Smithsonian” traveling exhibition in Kansas City, Mo. Federal authorities say they have recovered a pair of ruby slippers worn by Garland that were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., in August 2005 when someone went through a window and broke into the small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday.

The slippers were on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in the late actress’ hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, when they were taken in 2005 by someone who climbed through a window and broke into a small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million.

The FBI said a man approached the insurer in summer 2017 and said he could help get them back. Grand Rapids police asked for the FBI’s help and after a nearly year-long investigation, the slippers were recovered in July during a sting operation in Minneapolis.

The FBI said no one has yet been arrested or charged in the case, but they have “multiple suspects” and continue to investigate. As they unveiled the recovered slippers at a news conference Tuesday, they asked anyone with information about the theft to contact them.

“We’re not done. We have a lot of work to do,” Christopher Myers, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, said.

Myers said he would handle any prosecution. The North Dakota link to the case wasn’t evident and authorities declined to explain it.

The slippers had been on loan to the Garland museum from Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw. Three other pairs that Garland wore in the movie are held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian and a private collector.

The stolen slippers’ authenticity was verified by comparing them with the pair at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History in Washington.

The ruby slippers are key in the 1939 movie. After mysteriously landing in the colorful Land of Oz after a tornado hit her farm in Kansas, Garland’s character, Dorothy, has to click the heels of her slippers three times and repeat “there’s no place like home” to return.

Rhys Thomas, author of “The Ruby Slippers of Oz,” called the slippers “the Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia.”

“They are maybe the most iconic cinematic prop or costume in movie history, and in fact, in cultural history,” Thomas said. “They are a cultural icon.”

Thomas estimated that this particular pair could be worth between $2 million to $7 million. He said it’s not clear in which scenes they were used, but he was “99 percent” sure that they appeared in the film.

Thomas said the slippers then went unseen for 30 years until Shaw, acting as a middleman, bought them for someone who intended to sell them to the late actress Debbie Reynolds, but Shaw ended up keeping them and often loaned them for exhibits.

Law enforcement offered a $250,000 reward early in the case, and a fan in Arizona offered another $1 million in 2015.

The shoes are made from about a dozen different materials, including wood pulp, silk thread, gelatin, plastic and glass. Most of the ruby color comes from sequins but the bows of the shoes contain red glass beads.

The genre-busting Wizard of Oz — presented in black and white, and color — was a box office smash and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, with wins for Best Song and Best Original Score.

Garland, who was born Frances Gumm, lived in Grand Rapids, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Minneapolis, until she was 4, when her family moved to Los Angeles. She died of a barbiturate overdose in 1969.

The Judy Garland Museum , which opened in 1975 in the house where she lived, says it has the world’s largest collection of Garland and Wizard of Oz memorabilia.

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Associated Press writer Jeff Baenen contributed to this story from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

MIDDLETON, Wis., Sept. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BioMass Solution LLC is pleased to announce construction of the Red River BioRefinery located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that began in June 2018. The facility will convert over 500,000 tons per year agricultural waste and by-products in to advanced biofuels, to be sold in the transportation fuels marketplace. Commercial operations are scheduled to begin in early 2020.

“The Red River BioRefinery has long-term partnerships with several industry leading companies to process their organic waste and convert it into high-value products. BioMass Solution has developed a scalable platform that focuses on distributed infrastructure solutions to help its customers manage and monetize their waste streams. Our focus is to bring together complete project financing, proven technologies, experienced implementation and operating partners to successfully deploy solutions while minimizing risk” said Keshav Rajpal, Principal at BioMass Solution. “The Red River project is a prime example of BioMass Solution’s ability to execute and deliver value to our stakeholders. Together with our project capital partners we are now actively working with a number of companies to unlock the value in their organic waste streams.”

Jacek Chmielewski, Principal at BioMass Solution, added, “The marketplace is excited about using proven technologies with successful track records to monetize organic waste streams. The design of the Red River BioRefinery allows for operating flexibility while maximizing end-product value for our customers. This makes the facility an attractive and replicable model for agricultural and organic waste management.”

Headquartered in Middleton, Wis., BioMass Solution ‘s mission is to acquire, develop, operate and manage renewable energy facilities in North America that are focused on bringing value to handling large volumes of organic waste. The company focuses on organic solid and waste water to produce next generation biofuels and other organic based products while generating strong financial returns.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff John Kelly is denying an account in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book that he called Trump an “idiot.”

Kelly says, “The idea I ever called the president an idiot is not true.”

In a separate statement, the White House is dismissing the book as “nothing more than fabricated stories.”

Press secretary Sarah Sanders says in a statement: “This book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees, told to make the President look bad.”

She adds that President Donald Trump’s accomplishments don’t get enough coverage in the press, saying “Democrats and their allies in the media understand the president’s policies are working and with success like this, no one can beat him in 2020 – not even close.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose daughter died in the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., tried to shake the hand of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during a break in Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie died in the February 2018 attack, approached Kavanaugh after he rose from the witness table for a lunch break. He put out his hand to Kavanaugh, who paused for a moment before turning away as a security guard stepped in. Afterward, Guttenberg tweeted that Kavanaugh “did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence.”

White House spokesman Raj Shah says security intervened before Kavanaugh could shake the hand of the “unidentified individual.”

After the encounter, Capitol Police talked with Guttenberg. He was again sitting in the hearing room for the afternoon session.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democratic senators weighing 2020 presidential campaigns have seized upon the opening moments of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Kamala (KAH’-mah-lah) Harris of California, Amy Klobuchar (KLOH’-buh-shar) of Minnesota and Cory Booker of New Jersey, demanded Republicans delay Kavanaugh’s hearing Tuesday. Their calls came after a last-minute release of more than 40,000 pages of documents and the withholding of tens of thousands more.

Their show of force is aimed at countering President Donald Trump’s agenda and is offering a glimpse of what’s expected to be a wild, unpredictable campaign to defeat the Republican president.

Democrats warn Kavanaugh may help overturn Roe v. Wade if he’s confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Trump hasn’t responded to the Democrats’ Tuesday opposition to Kavanaugh.

PHOENIX (AP) — Meghan McCain is praising former Sen. Jon Kyl’s willingness to go back to the Senate and replace her father, who died of brain cancer last month.

She says she can “think of no one better to keep fighting for the country and state he held so dear.”

The Republican Kyl served previously as one of Arizona’s two senators, alongside McCain.

Meghan McCain on Tuesday tweeted that Kyl is “a true statesman and a friend to my family.”

Kyl was appointed by Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey but agreed only to a brief appointment through January 2019.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans.

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says Trump’s criticism of the agency for jeopardizing the two lawmakers’ seats exceeds what previous presidents have said. He said Tuesday, “We can’t normalize that.”

A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan says the Justice Department must be apolitical. AshLee Strong says Ryan is taking seriously the charges lodged against New York Rep. Chris Collins and California Rep. Duncan Hunter.

Trump tweeted Monday both indictments came weeks before November’s midterm elections. In a shot at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, he wrote, “Good job Jeff.”

Sessions has said his department won’t be “improperly influenced by political considerations.”

Flake has criticized Trump repeatedly for his conduct and is not seeking re-election.