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WINTER STORM WARNING TILL 1-A.M. THURSDAY INCLUDES….
Valley City, Lakota, Mcville, Aneta, Tolna, Grand Forks, Cooperstown, Finley, Hope, Mayville, Hillsboro, Hatton, Portland, Valley City, and Fargo
Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 5
inches are expected. Storm total snowfall will range from 6 to
12 inches.
At 5-p.m., the National Weather Service reported the Valley City official Wednesday snow fall total at 13.1 inches.
Portions of northeast and southeast North Dakota.
.Heavy snow ongoing. Storm total snowfall of 6 to 9
inches is expected by Wednesday evening. Northerly wind gusts to 35
mph will create white out conditions, especially in open
country.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Plan on difficult travel conditions. Expect
significant reductions in visibility at times. Do not use cruise
control in winter driving conditions. Strong winds and heavy
snow may cause tree branches to fall, leading to power outages.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ THURSDAY…INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN AREA…
Portions of south central and southeast North Dakota.
This includes Fort Yates, Linton, Napoleon, Wishek, Ashely,
Ellendale, LaMoure, Steele, Jamestown, Carrington, and
Sykeston.
.Plan on slippery roads and reduced visibility, including during the morning commute on Wednesday.
Forecast…
.TONIGHT…Cloudy. Snow in the evening. New snow accumulation around
1 inch. Storm total 3 to 5 inches in the Jamestown area, 3 to 7 inches in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
Issued Wednesday afternoon
Travel Alert extended to include US Hwy 2 in in portions of northeast North Dakota
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) have extended the Travel Alert to include US Hwy 2 in the Michigan and Larimore areas due to snow/slush covered roads creating icy road conditions. A Travel Alert is still in effect for Valley City, Cooperstown, Edgeley, Ellendale and surrounding areas.
A Travel Alert means conditions are such that motorists can still travel in these areas, but should be advised of rapidly changing conditions. Motorists are encouraged to reduce speeds and drive according to the conditions. All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling. For road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the website: www.dot.nd.gov.
The NDDOT works hard to keep travelers informed of road conditions. However, the road conditions are not reported 24 hours a day but updated every day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time, including holidays. It’s important to remember that the conditions may vary from what is being reported.
Jamestown (KVLY) Jamestown is warning residents of an armed and possibly dangerous man who fled from officers Wednesday.25 year-old Levi Shawn Guthmiller is currently at large after fleeing an officer who tried to arrest him. It was in the area of Railroad Drive and 12th Avenue NE.
Assistant Police Chief, Major Justin Blinsky says, “We believe he’s either in the Southeast or Northeast part of town. We want residents to be aware that he is armed and possibly dangerous.”
Guthmiller is identified as wearing a dark colored jacket, white hoodie and blue jeans. It’s unknown if he’s been picked up by someone.
Guthmiller has several felony warrants out for his arrest. Guthmiller also ran from police near Spiritwood in September.
Jamestown (CSi) Tree limbs heavy with wet snow coming in contact with power lines have been causing power outages in Jamestown all day Wednesday.
Otter Tail Power Company, Jamestown Operations Manager, Charles Krebs says, Wednesday morning between 11:15 and 11:27, one such incident caused an outage from the post office area, to just west of Jamestown and north.
On Wednesday afternoon, another tree limb in the 200 block of 6th Avenue, Southeast, contacting a power line caused a separate outage in Southeast Jamestown starting at 2:45-p.m., from the area around the middle school, and south to 10th Street Southeast. Power was restored at 3:05 p.m.
He says when the tree limb contacts the power line a fault occurs which trips a circuit breaker that needs to be reset.
Update
Jamestown (CSi) A snowmobile on fire was called in to LEC at 11:48 am. five units of the Jamestown Fire Department went to 1404 Skyline Circle, where they found the snowmobile plus a pickup on fire in the driveway next to the garage.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuter says, the fire started in the snowmobile, and spread to the pickup parked next to it.
He says the owner was driving the snowmobile, parked it and went in the house where he heard a loud explosion from the snowmobile.
Reuther says the snowmobile and pickup were totaled in the blaze.
He points out that the homeowner closed the garage door, which helped to keep the fire from spreading to the home, which was not damaged.
No injuries reported.
The cause is undermined due to the total damage to the snowmobile.
Five city fire units and 23 fire fighters were on the scene about a half hour.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Voters on November 6, will decide if the 9-1-1 emergency phone service charge, should be increased monthly from $1 a month of up to $1.50 per month.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County Emergency Manager, and 9-1-1 Coordinator Jerry Bergquist said, a “Yes” vote means you approve the measure, a “No” vote means you do not approve of the increase.
He said if the measure fails, the additional financial burden will continue to be placed on the Stutsman County General Fund.
If the measure is approved by voters, based on 2017 revenues, and additional $130,00 in revenues would be generated to help operate the Communications Center, together with other funds.
He added that the county receives 85-cents to 90-cents for each $1.50 it collects which includes the 50-cents paid directly to the state.
Bergquist pointed out that the 9-1-1 funds produced from the current $1 fee on both landline and cellular phones has slowly been declining, resulting in less revenue to apply for dispatch equipment replacement.
In 2017 the revenue generated from the current 9-1-1 fee at $1 per land line and cell phone total $234,397, which only paid for 30 -percent in operational costs, with hardly any money set aside for equipment replacement, and greater burden place on other county general fund to make up the difference.
The LEC’s Dispatch Center is staffed with two dispatchers per shift 24 hours, seven days a week.
Bergquist’s appearance on our show was not meant to promote the increase, but only providing informational topics.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public Works announces that due to City utility repairs, there will be temporary water outages along 11TH Ave NE between 3rd St & 4th St NE beginning Thursday morning, October 11, 2018 for a duration of 4 – 5 hours.
11th Ave NE will be closed to through traffic during the repair work. Please use alternate routes and use extreme caution in this area.
PLEASE NOTE:
The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions.
Jamestown (NDFU) – North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) President Mark Watne Wednesday day called on the Trump administration to address the long-range impact on rural America of the ongoing trade war.
Watne says, “There is no ‘short-term pain’ in a trade war. Wars are made up of battles. The effects of this trade war and pain will be long term for agriculture.
He noted that former trading partners are making inroads with other countries to avoid trade with the U.S.
Brazil, for example, currently has eight new export elevators under construction
Watne adds, “Countries are using the trade war to their advantage and it’s impacting commodity prices.”
According to NDSU ag economics professor William Wilson, soybean prices normally would be about $13 per bushel this time of year without the trade war, instead of $7. With few shipments of ag commodities leaving U.S. ports and prices well below the cost of production, Watne said he is concerned about farmers’ ability to secure financing for next year’s crop.
Watne says, “No amount of rhetoric will secure an operating loan and no amount of direct assistance to farmers will restore trade relationships that have been lost. This goes well beyond the farm to agribusinesses and main streets everywhere.”
Watne recently asked U.S. Chief Agriculture Trade Negotiator Gregg Doud at a meeting in Washington, D.C., what a trade war win would look like for farmers. Watme adds. “His response wasn’t better prices or greater demand for soybeans or other commodities.”
Frustrated that few leaders are talking about the long-range impact of the trade war in rural America, Watne said reality is hitting home as more crops come off the field. Watne says, “I hope we don’t lose family farms in this process.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (CSi) – The North Dakota Insurance Department will be hosting a series of nine, statewide Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Events beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in Grand Forks. The events will provide Medicare beneficiaries of all ages with the opportunity to review, plan or shop for coverage options with the assistance of trained, volunteer counselors. This year, an additional event has been scheduled in Minot.
It is critical for beneficiaries to review their plan and make sure that it is the most cost effective option. Last year, SHIC volunteer counselors and staff were able to find more than $2 million in savings for North Dakota consumers.
Open enrollment for Medicare health or prescription drug plans (Part D) runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. It’s just as important for North Dakotans already enrolled in Medicare Part D to review their current coverage during this time as it is for those enrolling for the first time because they can determine what features of coverage matter most to them and shop for plans that meet their needs and fit their budget. For example, changes companies make to their plan’s 2019 formulary (list of approved medications) and the tier assignments may be extremely costly if an individual does not review and make changes to their coverage. Any of the medications covered by a plan in 2018 may not be included in the 2019 formulary; this will result in having to pay full price for the medication.
SHIC counselors will be visiting the following cities:
Valley City, Thursday October 18th, 9-a.m., to 4-p.m., at the senior center, at 139 2nd Avenue Southeast. 845- 4300.
Jamestown, Friday October 19th, 9-a.m. to 4-p.m., Gladstone Inn & Suites, 111 2nd Street, Southeast. 252-0700.
Update…
Update…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some American Indian leaders are opposing draft legislation that would allow tribes in North Dakota to collect a state sales tax on their reservations as long as it includes casinos.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member Ron His Horse is Thunder on Wednesday told the Tribal Taxation Issues Committee, headed by Gov. Doug Burgum, that revenue from the tribal casinos “is used for essential government services” on reservations and should be exempt.
His Horse is Thunder, the tribe’s former chairman, believed it to be no different than the tax-free status of North Dakota’s state-owned bank in Bismarck and a flour mill and grain elevator in Grand Forks that funnel most of their profits to the state’s general fund, which finances a variety of state programs.
“This is something we need to come to terms with,” His Horse is Thunder told the 10-member legislative panel.
Two years ago, the Legislature passed similar legislation that allowed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in southern North Dakota to impose state sales tax but the agreement was canceled by the state after the tribe exempted its casino.
The new draft bill, which would allow tribal leaders to enter into a tax agreement with North Dakota’s governor, comes largely in response to tribes’ concerns about dwindling federal dollars on the state’s five American Indian reservations, North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger said.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators decided Wednesday that they don’t have authority to wade into a dispute over the site of an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, eliminating a potential big roadblock for the $800 million project.
The 3-0 vote by the Public Service Commission was based on a technicality in state law and came after an administrative law judge told the group its hands were tied. It’s unlikely to end debate over whether the Davis Refinery site 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the park is too close to the state’s top tourist attraction.
“Our decision today is not about whether this is an appropriate location to construct a refinery,” Commission Chairman Randy Christmann said.
Meridian Energy Group in June got state Health Department permission to begin construction, and ground work at the site got underway in July . Health Department approval wasn’t based on the site but on a determination after a 1 1 ½-year review that the refinery wouldn’t be a major source of pollution and wouldn’t negatively impact the park.
The National Parks Conservation Association, the Environmental Law and Policy Center and the Dakota Resource Council are challenging that conclusion in court . The ELPC and DRC also filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission , challenging the site and asking the commission to order a work stoppage there.
Under state law, oil refineries with a capacity of 50,000 or more barrels need to obtain a site permit from the PSC, a process that involves public hearings and can take half a year or longer to complete.
Meridian initially told the media, investors and government officials that the refinery would have a capacity of 55,000 barrels, but the company later lowered the figure to 49,500.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators decided Wednesday that they don’t have authority to wade into a dispute over the site of an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, eliminating a potential big roadblock for the $800 million project.
The 3-0 vote by the Public Service Commission was based on a technicality in state law and came after an administrative law judge told the group its hands were tied. It’s unlikely to end debate over whether the Davis Refinery site 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the park is too close to the state’s top tourist attraction.
“Our decision today is not about whether this is an appropriate location to construct a refinery,” Commission Chairman Randy Christmann said.
Meridian Energy Group in June got state Health Department permission to begin construction, and ground work at the site got underway in July . Health Department approval wasn’t based on the site but on a determination after a 1 1 ½-year review that the refinery wouldn’t be a major source of pollution and wouldn’t negatively impact the park.
The National Parks Conservation Association, the Environmental Law and Policy Center and the Dakota Resource Council are challenging that conclusion in court . The ELPC and DRC also filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission , challenging the site and asking the commission to order a work stoppage there.
In sports…
UJ Men’s and Women’s Soccer on Wednesday in Jamestown, vs. Briar Cliff is Cancelled
In world and national news….
PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) — Officials in South Carolina say they are more concerned about tornadoes than flooding from Hurricane Michael.
The National Weather Service says tornadoes are possible across the Florida Panhandle, southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina through Thursday morning as Michael moves inland.
Beaufort County Emergency Management Division Commander Neil Baxley says the tornadoes can spin up fast with little warning in the rainbands of the weakening hurricane.
South Carolina saw 47 tornadoes in two days in 2004 as Tropical Storm Frances move north from the Florida Panhandle.
Baxley says the 1-to-2-foot (0.3 to 0.6 meter) storm surge predicted for areas like Hilton Head Island isn’t even enough to trigger a warning.
Along with tornadoes, forecasters are warning of flash flooding from heavy rain and trees and power lines knocked down by gusty winds.
TROPICAL WEATHER-HURRICANE STRENGTH
Turbocharged: How Michael got 55 percent stronger in 1 day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moist air, warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and ideal wind patterns turbocharged Hurricane Michael in the hours before it smacked Florida’s Panhandle.
Hurricane Michael’s wind speed increased by 50 mph in 24 hours, to 140 mph Wednesday.
University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy said the storm is making the “worst fears” of meteorologists come true: rapid intensification just before landfall on an area that has never experienced a storm this size before.
McNoldy said a key factor was that the water was 4 to 5 degrees warmer than normal, giving the hurricane extra fuel. Also, high atmosphere winds that can disrupt a hurricane were quiet, allowing Michael to gather momentum.
Recent studies show that Atlantic storms have been strengthening faster over the past 30 years.
LIMOUSINE CRASH-THE LATEST
The Latest: Lawyer says limo service operator isn’t guilty
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The lawyer for a limo service operator arrested in a crash that killed 20 people says his client isn’t guilty.
The attorney, Lee Kindlon, spoke to reporters Wednesday after Nauman Hussain’s arrest. State police said they charged the 28-year-old Hussain with criminally negligent homicide in Saturday’s crash in Schoharie (skoh-HAYR’-ee).
Kindlon says police “jumped the gun in charging him with any crime.”
Police called Hussain the operator of Prestige Limousine, but Kindlon says Hussain handled marketing and phone calls while his father ran the company day to day.
Prestige Limousine has come under intense scrutiny since the wreck.
State officials have said the limo failed an inspection and was declared “unserviceable” Sept. 4. Kindlon has said safety problems were corrected, though the state says that’s not so.
UNITED STATES-SAUDI-MISSING WRITER-THE LATEST
The Latest: Corker says evidence points to Saudi involvement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Corker says he has reviewed U.S. intelligence reports on the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist and critic and “everything” points to involvement by the government of Saudi Arabia.
Corker tells The Associated Press that information he has reviewed suggests that Jamal Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2, the day he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The Tennessee Republican, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he has also spoken with the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
Corker says he was told that closed-circuit TV from the consulate was live only and did not record. The senator called that statement “not credible” and he said it’s now up to the Saudi government to clarify the situation.
Corker says, “the Saudis have a lot of explaining to do because all indications are that they have been involved at minimum with his disappearance.” Corker said “everything points to them.”
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