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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent in the Valley City area
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers in the evening, in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Increasing clouds. Highs in the lower 60s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Widespread frost after
midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain
showers possibly mixed with snow showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers. Highs
in the lower 50s.
Showers and isolated thunderstorms will mainly impact southeast
North Dakota and northwest Minnesota through Monday afternoon.
Severe thunderstorms are not expected.
An end to precipitation chances from west to east through Monday afternoon and a dry period this evening.
Light showers expected Thursday into Friday.
Below normal temperatures are expected through next weekend, and
a frost or even freeze will be possible during the early morning
periods Wednesday morning and again Saturday morning. Currently
the best chance for frost or freeze conditions will be north of
Highway 2.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public School District voters will decide on the proposed school building bond issues on Tuesday.
The ballot will read:
Shall Jamestown Public School District No. 1, Stutsman County, North Dakota, issue its general obligation school building bonds in the amount not to exceed $34,445,000, maturing within a maximum of 20 years, resulting in an estimated additional millage of 35.71 mills, equal to $35.71 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation for the first taxable year, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other funds available, to construct an addition to an elementary school; to upgrade and improve the high school athletic field and facilities; to remodel, renovate, improve and equip school buildings and to otherwise maintain, renovate and improve school property.
(‘Yes’ = Vote in favor, ‘No’ = Vote against)
How will this impact my property taxes?
https://www.co.stutsman.nd.us/calculator-school-impact
Early Voting ends Monday at the Stutsman County Courthouse, at 5-p.m.
On Tuesday cast votes at the Jamestown Civic Center from 7-a.m., to 7-p.m. at the Exchequer Room.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public School District Business Manager Linda Heit will retire at the end of the year. She announced her retirement during at last week’s regular school board meeting.
Linda Heit has been with school district for the past 19 years.
Superintendent Josh Johnson said Linda’s hard work, knowledge of school finance, integrity, and overall contributions will be missed.
Anyone interested in applying for this position should contact the district office or officially apply for the position on the school district website under employment www.hiliners.org
Valley City (CSi) Tonya Duffy, and Lilie Schoenack are vying for the position of Barnes County State’s Attorney, on the November 5 election ballot.
Duffy’s name wasn’t on the June Primary/Election ballot, however the North Dakota Century Code indicates that, if a vacancy is created in the position after the regular primary filing deadlines the individual may file a petition with the required amount of signatures by the General Election filing date and get their name on the ballot.
Duffy will face Lilie Schoenack, the present Valley City Attorney, in the November elections.
The Barnes County State’s Attorney’s position became open when Barnes County State’s Attorney Carl Martineck decided not to run for re-election.
Martineck will become the next Valley City Attorney for Valley City at the end of 2018.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Out of the Darkness Community Walk will be held on 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. Learn more at outofthedarkness.org or call 888-333-2377.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A second suspect in the killing of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb will stand trial this week, more than a year after her disappearance transfixed the state and shined a light on what advocates call oft-overlooked violence against Native American women.
Savanna Greywind was 22 years old and eight months pregnant when she vanished in August 2017. Her disappearance sparked vigils and searches before her body was found eight days later, shrouded in plastic and dumped in the Red River.
A neighbor in her apartment building, Brooke Crews, admitted that she killed Greywind and cut her baby from her womb. Crews’ boyfriend, William Hoehn, goes on trial Tuesday on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Hoehn has admitted that he helped cover up Greywind’s murder, but he said he didn’t know Crews had planned to kill her.
Here’s a look at the case and the trial:
MODELING A DRESS, THEN AN ATTACK
Crews and Hoehn lived in apartment two floors above Greywind’s, and Crews had befriended the young woman. Shortly before her disappearance, Greywind texted her mother that she was going upstairs to model a dress that Crews was sewing.
According to prosecutors, Crews told investigators that she and Greywind got into an argument and that she pushed Greywind down and knocked her out before cutting her open. Greywind bled to death.
When Crews and Hoehn were arrested and the newborn was found with them, Crews claimed that Greywind, who was still missing at the time, had given her the child.
When Crews pleaded guilty in February, she apologized to Greywind’s family, saying there was “no excuse” for what she had done.
HOEHN’S ACCOUNT
Hoehn told police that he came home to find Crews cleaning up blood in their bathroom. Hoehn said Crews presented him with an infant girl and said: “This is our baby. This is our family.” Hoehn said he took garbage bags containing bloody shoes and his bloody towels and disposed of them away from the apartment complex.
Hoehn earlier this month pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and lying to police, a misdemeanor. The remaining conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to life in prison.
WILL CREWS TESTIFY?
Though Crews gave some details of the crime at her sentencing, she hasn’t given a public accounting of Hoehn’s role. It isn’t clear whether she will testify at his trial, but she is on a list of more than 50 potential state witnesses.
Cass County prosecutor Ryan Younggren declined to say whether he’ll call Crews to testify.
Bruce Quick, a prominent Fargo defense attorney who isn’t involved in the case, said Crews might have an incentive to testify if it gives her a shot at parole.
Steve Mottinger, who represented Crews in her proceedings, declined to comment.
SAVANNA’S ACT
Greywind was a member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and her family has ties to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, two North Dakota groups that traveled to the Fargo area to search for Greywind.
Her death prompted North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to introduce Savanna’s Act, which aims to improve tribal access to federal crime information databases and create standardized protocols for responding to cases of missing and murdered Native American women. A similar bill has been introduced in the U.S. House.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents the Greywind family, said after Crews’ sentencing that the only good to come from such a horrific crime is the possibility that other Native American women may benefit from the legislation.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Medical marijuana could be available in North Dakota’s two largest cities by the end of this year or early next year, a Health Department official said Monday as the state named companies to open dispensaries for the drug in Fargo and Bismarck.
A separate manufacturing facility in Bismarck has been registered by the state and has started growing the drug, state Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl said. Either that manufacturer or one being developed in Fargo could supply the initial two dispensaries when they come online, he said.
“We would look at product availability if not by the end of this calendar year, then early that first quarter of 2019,” Wahl said.
A review panel selected HOFB, or Harvest of Bismarck, to open a dispensary in that city, and Acreage North Dakota to operate one in Fargo. Wahl called it “another major milestone” in building a program to make the drug available to patients statewide by next summer.
Eleven applications were submitted for Fargo and eight for Bismarck. Applicants had to submit a $5,000 nonrefundable fee. The two companies were chosen based on several criteria including experience.
Acreage North Dakota’ parent company, New York City-based Acreage Holdings, has cultivation, processing and dispensing operations in 14 states, according to its website. HOFB’s parent, Arizona-based Harvest Inc., has medical marijuana licenses in seven states, according to its site.
The Health Department is accepting applications through Oct. 10 for dispensaries in Grand Forks and Williston and expects to select companies by late November. Applications will open in January for the four remaining regions — Devils Lake, Dickinson, Jamestown and Minot.
The department expects to open applications for patients and doctors in late October, with a goal of getting registration cards to those who qualify by the end of the year.
State voters approved medical marijuana in November 2016. North Dakota law allows its use for 17 medical conditions, along with terminal illnesses.
The state earlier this year selected a Florida-based company to implement a system to monitor the drug program, and a Pennsylvania-based company to perform laboratory testing. Health Department officials are working with the lab company to ensure the lab is operating in time to test marijuana before it’s sent to a dispensary, Wahl said.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked a lower court ruling expanding the kinds of proof of identity that voters can use in North Dakota elections.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday stayed an injunction that would have required the state to accept forms of identification and supporting documents that included a current mailing address, such as a post office box, instead of requiring a current street address.
Street addresses aren’t always assigned on American Indian reservations, so members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa sued the state, alleging its ID requirements discriminated against Native Americans. A district court judge agreed in April.
But a three-judge appeals panel backed the state, which objected because a voter’s mailing address could be in a different precinct from their residence.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A $37 million county jail expansion and renovation project in Minot is almost complete.
The Minot Daily News reports that Ward County Sheriff Bob Barnard says only floor tiling and other small projects are needed to finish the jail’s renovation that began two years ago. The Ward County Jail’s new addition opened last November, but work to remodel the older portion of the jail has been ongoing.
The jail renovation has outpaced its projected January 2019 completion date.
The expansion will allow the jail to house up to 200 inmates. The jail could formerly hold about 122 inmates.
Barnard says the original facility’ cells may be used to house inmates who need to be close to the medical offices. The jail expanded its space for medical examinations and medication storage.
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