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CSi Weather…
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY…INCLUDES THE VALLEY CITY AREA
Forecast…
.REST OF TODAY…Sunny.Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY…Cloudy. Chance of rain possibly mixed with snow in
the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy.
A 20 percent chance of rain showers in the evening
Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to
the northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the lower 50s.
Freezing temperatures are possible again tonight and Saturday
morning
Valley City, N.D. – The State Board of Higher Education Thursday named Dr. Alan LaFave as the next president of Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota. LaFave currently serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
During the interview, he emphasized the importance of student retention and collaboration with all 11 institutions across North Dakota. “It’s important that we have a unified system and that we all work together to make an impact on student success. We all achieve more if we work together,” LaFave said.
During his in-person visit to campus earlier this month, he said that he talked to several students on campus who praised their experiences as students at VCSU. “We need to be innovative and creative in our vision for the future. As president, I want to focus on affordability of education and collaboration with other institutions because that is paramount to the success of the entire state of North Dakota,” said LaFave. “My leadership style is all about personal attention and placing an emphasis on the interactions between students and professors. I like to see students succeed.”
The search for the next VCSU president began in March 2018. Dr. Margaret Dahlberg has been serving as interim president since December 2017.
Don Morton, chair of the State Board of Higher Education says, “This was a difficult decision to make because we had excellent candidates brought forward by the presidential search committee. I’m confident LaFave will provide the type of collaborative leadership that reflects the community of Valley City. I thank the search committee for their diligence in keeping community, students, staff and faculty central in their selection process.”
The presidential search committee was co-chaired by Wesley Wintch, VCSU’s vice president for business affairs, and Board member Greg Stemen, who led the effort to interview semifinalists and forward its recommendations for the position to the Board for final interviews.
Stemen, says, “The 12-person committee consisted of a cross-section of the VCSU community, representatives of administration, faculty, staff, foundation, students, enrollment services and community members of Valley City. There were countless hours invested into the entire search process. We started by evaluating an initial pool of 50 applicants and eventually narrowed that pool to two highly qualified finalists for the Board’s consideration. I am confident that the best leader was chosen to lead VCSU into the future,”.”
LaFave holds a doctor of musical arts degree. He has served at Northern State University since 1991 in various capacities including tenured faculty, music department chair, associate dean, dean of graduate and extended studies, dean of the school of fine art and most recently the provost.
LaFave will take over as the 14th president of VCSU in December 2018. The new president succeeds Dr. Tisa Mason who served as VCSU president from December 2014 to December 2017.
Jamestown (JRMC) — The dream is coming true, says JRMC’s Chief Nursing Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Trisha Jungels. Construction for the Jamestown Regional Medical Center Cancer begins Monday, Oct. 1, 2018.
She says oncology services were a dream of the Boards and the community when JRMC moved from downtown to southwest Jamestown in 2011.
The JRMC Operating Board made its decision to begin construction at its regular meeting on Wednesday, September 26.
She adds, “This is a great day for Jamestown and the surrounding communities, Miles matter when you’re sick. We thank the community for helping us bring state-of-the-art cancer care close to home.”
JRMC announced its construction plans at the JRMC Cancer Center Mile Marker 256: a Private Debut on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Construction will include eight infusion rooms. Those rooms will serve more than 100 people a month, saving 160,000 miles of travel each year.
In Stutsman County, cancer is the leading cause of death for individuals ages 45-84.
JRMC Foundation Director Lisa Jackson, says, “This is a community of supporters. Whether it was lemonade stands, t-shirt sales or gifting retirement accounts, the community made this happen. The community has supported JRMC since we opened our doors almost 90 years ago.”
JRMC already offers some chemotherapy infusion services in the JRMC Emergency Department. The JRMC Cancer Center will allow the hospital to offer a wider range of treatments.
Photos from Thursday evening’s Cancer Center Mile Marker 256: a Private Debut. courtesy of JRMC…. One depicts the true cancer stories of local individuals that were shared by young actors. The other displays Nenow Auctions auctioning off two Mile Marker 256 signs during the evening.
The community is welcome to learn more about the JRMC Cancer Center at the Brunch Out Cancer event on Sunday, September 30.
The event is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and includes small tours of the JRMC Cancer Center shell space and a light brunch. Admission is a freewill donation to the JRMC Cancer Center.
To learn more about the JRMC Cancer Center or Brunch Out Cancer, call (701) 952-4880 or visit www.jrmcnd.com/journey.
About Jamestown Regional Medical Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2018, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown High School’s Homecoming Activities on Friday September 28, includes the Pep Rally, Coronation of the King and Queen, and the homecoming parade.
The Pep Rally will begin at 1:30-p.m., at the Jerry Meyer Arena, and includes the Coronation.
The parade will begin at 3:45-p.m.
The floats form at the Zonta Park gazebo, then west on First Street East to First Avenue South.
From the railroad tracks the parade heads south to the area of Papa Murphy’s where the parade ends.
The Homecoming football game between the Blue Jays and the Valley City Hi-Liners is at 7-p.m.
The Homecoming Dance is 9-p.m., to 12-Midnight.
The Jamestown High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday September 28, at the Homecoming Pep Rally, and they will be introduced during half time of the Homecoming football game that evening.
A luncheon to which the inductees have been invited, will be at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
Hall of Fame inductees include:
Paul Anderson (1980)
Doug Beaudoin (’72)
Phil Boerger (’07)
Bryan Erstad (’99)
Sean Fredericks (’93)
Jenny Gackle (’99)
Dave Greenwood (’70)
Clay Kendall (’74)
Lauren Sukut (’02)
Judy Hager (’81)
Ted Wahl (’84)
Dan White (’04)
Wrestling Coach Ron Zehran (’79-’00).
Jamestown (CSIi) Jamestown Public Works informs motorists that due to street and curb repair at the intersection of 15th Ave NE & 2nd Place NE, 15th Ave NE will be closed to through traffic between 2nd Place & 3rd St NE beginning Friday, September 28, 2018. Work is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
Please use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have approved rate increases for Montana Dakota Utilities and Otter Tail Power, but it doesn’t mean customers’ bills will go up.
That’s because the natural gas rate increase approved for MDU and the electric rate increase approved for Otter Tail are smaller than interim rate increases the Public Service Commission allowed to be put in place last year under state law.
That means customers will still pay a higher rate than they did before the rate increase requests were made, but they’ll actually be getting refunds and seeing decreases in their bills over what they’ve been paying in recent months.
The PSC says the rate increases are needed to enable the utilities to maintain needed infrastructure.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The American Indian tribe that’s led opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline has formally pledged support for protests against pipeline projects in four states.
The Standing Rock Sioux Council this month in unanimous votes approved resolutions supporting efforts by other tribes to oppose the Enbridge Line 3 project in Minnesota, the Keystone XL pipeline in Montana and South Dakota, and the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana.
The resolutions don’t come with any promise of money or other aid but are a payback of sorts for other tribes’ support of Standing Rock’s struggle against Dakota Access.
Standing Rock led protests in 2016 and 2017 against that pipeline, and thousands of people traveled to protest camps just outside the reservation that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border to support the tribe.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A shipping facility operator has been ordered to pay back rent and taxes to the City of Minot.
The Minot Daily News reports North Dakota Port Services was ordered to pay the city more than $248,000 in a foreclosure case in North Central District Court.
North Dakota Port Services leased property from the city since 2009. But the city claims it did not receive payments beginning in 2016.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Halloween decoration hanging in the window of a North Dakota home is so scary that it prompted calls from concerned neighbors and at least one plea for police assistance.
The sign reading “Help Me,” which appears to be written in blood, is part of Becky Muhs’ display for her favorite holiday at her West Fargo home.
WDAY-TV reports that Muhs and her husband began getting messages from neighbors over the weekend asking if they were OK, and one neighbor even dialed 911, leading to a visit from a police officer.
Muhs says the incident ended in a laugh and that the officer didn’t ask her to take the sign down.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Winter wheat seeding in North Dakota has surpassed the halfway point.
The federal Agriculture Department in its weekly crop report says 54 percent of the crop is in the ground, on pace with the average. Winter wheat is seeded in the fall, goes dormant over the winter and is harvested the following summer.
Meanwhile, the late-season harvest continues to progress. Four percent of the corn crop, 14 percent of sugar beets, 21 percent of soybeans and 33 percent of potatoes are harvested. The sunflower harvest is just getting underway.
Slightly more than half of topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are rated adequate to surplus.
Stockwater supplies are rated 63 percent adequate to surplus, and pastures are rated 34 percent in good to excellent condition. Both percentages are up slightly over the week.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A company building a natural gas processing plant in the Bakken oil patch has announced plans for a second plant, doubling the size of the project.
The Bismarck Tribune reports Oneok plans to construct the $410 million Demicks Lake II in McKenzie County, adding 200 million cubic feet per day of processing capacity.
Demicks Lake I will have the same capacity. But Oneok President and CEO Terry Spencer says it’s expected to reach capacity soon after it’s complete.
North Dakota produced 2.4 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas in July, exceeding processing plant capacity. Demicks Lake II is the eighth expansion or new plant expected to be complete in the next 1 ½ years.
In sports….
High School Volleyball…
Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran def. Hillcrest Lutheran, Minn., 25-12, 25-14, 25-21
Fargo Shanley def. Grand Forks Red River, 25-21, 11-25, 25-19, 28-26
Flasher def. Wilton-Wing, 25-11, 25-12, 25-22
Four Winds/Minnewaukan def. Larimore, 28-26, 24-26, 10-25, 25-22, 15-11
Harvey-Wells County def. Rolla, 25-18, 25-16, 25-15
Heart River def. Mott-Regent, 25-11, 25-9, 25-14
Hettinger/Scranton def. New England, 3-0
Lakota def. Rolette-Wolford, 25-19, 16-25, 25-21, 16-25, 15-8
LaMoure-Litchville-Marion def. Enderlin, 3-0
May Port CG def. Midway-Minto, 25-14, 25-13, 25-20
Nedrose def. Tioga, 25-17, 13-25, 25-21, 25-22
New Rockford-Sheyenne def. St. John, 25-16, 25-17, 25-19
New Salem-Almont def. Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky, 25-22, 25-23, 25-19
North Star def. Cartwright, Manitoba, 25-12, 25-13, 25-10
Oakes def. Barnes County North, 25-18, 25-14, 25-10
Park River/Fordville Lankin def. Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page, 3-0
Ray def. Stanley, 25-13, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22
Rugby def. Newburg-Westhope, 25-10, 25-15, 25-13
Sheyenne def. Fargo South, 25-10, 25-11, 25-10
Shiloh Christian def. Garrison-Max, 3-1
South Prairie def. Parshall, 3-0
Thompson def. Richland, 25-11, 25-16, 25-11
Trenton def. White Shield, 25-8, 25-23, 25-14
Velva/Sawyer def. Drake/Anamoose, 25-12, 25-8, 25-11
NFL…
MLB…
— Willians Astudillo had a career-high four RBIs, Tyler Austin added three and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3. Astudillo, playing in his 26th big league game, capped Minnesota’s five-run third inning when his two-out single drove in a pair of runs to give the Twins the lead. He also added a two-run double in the fifth.
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees have moved closer to hosting next week’s AL wild-card game with Thursday’s 12-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
CC Sabathia got his 246th win but was ejected in the sixth inning for hitting Jesus Sucre on a leg in retaliation for Tampa Bay reliever Andrew Kittredge throwing a pitch behind Austin Romine.
New York, which is now 98-61, moved two games ahead of Oakland, now 96-63, for hosting the Oct. 3 wild-card game. The Yankees hold the tiebreaker, which means another Yankees win or Athletics loss ensures the game would be in the Bronx.
The wild-card winner advances to a Division Series against AL East champion Boston.
Elsewhere in MLB:
—David Dahl homered for the fourth straight game, and the Colorado Rockies opened a one-game NL West lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that extended their winning streak to seven. Trevor Story and Gerardo Parra also went deep for the Rockies. Dahl hit a run-scoring triple and finished the series with eight hits and 11 RBIs.
— Julio Teheran looked sharp in his last audition to become part of Atlanta’s playoff rotation, pitching two-hit ball for six innings Thursday night in the Braves’ 4-1 loss to the New York Mets. The NL East champion Braves didn’t start first baseman Freddie Freeman and center fielder Ender Inciarte, and they were minus injured shortstop Dansby Swanson. Jason Vargas tossed seven shutout innings in his best start of the season for the Mets.
— Jon Lester combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, David Bote hit an early two-run triple and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on to open a one-game NL Central lead over Milwaukee heading into the final weekend of the season. The Cubs and Brewers already are assured of no worse than a wild-card berth. Chicago hosts St. Louis in the final series starting Friday while Milwaukee, which also has clinched a playoff berth, is at home against Detroit.
— Salvador Perez slashed a two-out RBI single in the 10th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Neil Ramirez (0-3) retired the first two hitters in the 10th before he walked Aldaberto Mondesi, who stole second and third to reach 30 steals on the season. Alex Gordon also walked before Perez hit Ramirez’s first pitch into left field to score Mondesi for the walk-off win.
— First baseman Ronald Guzman broke a tie with an RBI single in the seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. Guzman hammered reliever Zach Duke’s sinking fastball into the right-center gap, scoring Ryan Rua, who reached base on a one-out double.
— The opener of a season-ending, four-game series between the Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles has been postponed by rain. The game will be made up Saturday as part of a single-admission doubleheader.
MLB-NEWS
MLB strikeouts set record for 11th straight year
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has set a strikeouts record for the 11th consecutive year — and with four days to spare.
There were 40,196 strikeouts through Wednesday, topping last year’s 40,104 — the first season strikeouts reach 40,000. There were 32,189 in 2007, the last season without a record, and 30,801 in 2003.
This will be the first season in major league history with more strikeouts than hits. There were 40,098 hits through Wednesday.
— Cubs slugger Kris Bryant is out of the starting lineup for a second straight day with a bruised left wrist. Bryant was hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh’s Chris Archer on Tuesday. Chicago manager Joe Maddon says Bryant could be available as a pinch hitter on Thursday night and as a starter Friday against St. Louis.
— The Pittsburgh Pirates expect infielder Jung Ho Kang to join the club Friday and be active for a season-ending season at Cincinnati in what would be his first major league appearance in two years. The 31-year-old didn’t play in North America between September 2016 and June 2018 because of visa issues connected to three DUI arrests his native South Korea.
NFL NEWS…
— Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ injured left knee has apparently improved to the point where he can take part in a midweek practice. Coach Mike McCarthy says Aaron Rodgers would be limited on Thursday as Green Bay prepares to face the Buffalo Bills this weekend.
— Eric Reid is back in the NFL. The Carolina Panthers have signed the free agent safety to a one-year contract. Reid filed an official grievance letter with the NFL in October of 2017, alleging that team owners and the league colluded to prevent his employment due to his protest activities. Reid, along with quarterback Colin Kaeprnick, participated in protests during the playing of the national anthem before NFL games to highlight social awareness and racial injustice. Panthers general manager Mary Hurney told The Associated Press it was a “football decision.”
— The NFL and the Players Association say that concussion protocol guidelines were applied appropriately to Patriots safety Patrick Chung during New England’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 16. The league and NFLPA have released a joint statement saying it conducted interviews with all involved parties and reviewed game footage to make their determination
— Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor has returned to practice after sustaining a concussion and losing his starting job. Taylor practiced Thursday after being cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol. He got injured during the first half of last week’s game against the New York Jets and rookie Baker Mayfield came off the bench and led the Browns to their first win since 2016.
— The NFL is sticking with its officiating emphasis on quarterback hits, including those in which the tackler uses all or most of his body weight when falling on the quarterback. NFL football operations chief Troy Vincent says the powerful competition committee has clarified to game officials the techniques used in such hits, which have been a source of debate through the first three weeks of the schedule.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL…
NHL NEWS…
TENNIS….
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan State University gymnastics coach accused of lying to investigators has been ordered to stand trial in the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal.
A judge heard testimony and said there’s probable cause to send Kathie Klages to trial.
Klages is accused of denying that female gymnasts had ever complained of assaults by Nassar.
Defense attorney Mary Chartier says Klages was truthful when she told police that she didn’t remember complaints back in 1997.
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