CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light rain and freezing rain after midnight in the Valley City area. Not as cold. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest

winds 15 to 20 mph.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds

10 to 20 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 30s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs around 60.

 

Cooler and windy conditions Saturday. Wind 25 to 40 mph. Meeting wind advisory criteria looks possible.

A mix of rain and snow is expected in northern areas but light amounts only.

Sunday will also be cool, with highs in the 30s. This will be

followed by a dry warming trend through next week as highs warm

into the 50s and 60s.

 

Update:

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department’s Hazmat team was called to the James Valley Area Vo-Tech Center, Friday afternoon about 1:14-p.m.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says a small amount of mercury spilled in a classroom when a thermometer broke.

He says the instructor gathering the mercury into a container with an index card and  the toxic substance will be properly disposed of by the State Health Department.

The counter on which the mercury spilled was cleaned with soap and water.

During the spill students were evacuated from the classroom as a precaution.

He says when the call came in all fire fighters were called to the fire hall as policy mandates, and two firefighters were dispatched to the scene, and 19 remained at the fire hall on possible standby but were not needed at the scene.

 

Jamestown  (CSi Oct 12)  Jamestown Public Works has issued  a notice that due to new alley construction between 9th and 11th Ave SW, and between 15th and 16th St SW, the City of Jamestown requests that you place your garbage and recycling containers street side for the week in order to be collected.

Garbage carts should be placed out for pick up by 7:00 a.m. Trucks WILL NOT return to the area due to missed garbage placed out after the scheduled garbage route has been completed.

If you have any questions regarding garbage pickup please contact the Engineering Department at City Hall 252-5900.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works reports that due to City utility repairs, there will be temporary water outages along 11TH & 12th Ave NE between 4th St NE & 2nd St Pl NE beginning Monday morning, October 15, 2018 for approximately all day.

12th Ave NE may be closed to through traffic during the repair work. Please watch for signage & use alternate routes and use extreme caution in this area.

PLEASE NOTE:

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions.

PLEASE CALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 252-5131 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

 

 

 Jamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission has released the September 2018 boarding numbers and year to date figures through September this year.

The report shows the Jamestown September boardings at 880 compared to 969 in September of 2017, down 9.1 percent.

Through September this year Jamestown Regional Airport had 9,246 boarding, compared to 9,848 boardings through September of 2017, down 6.1 percent.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce 2018 Energy Luncheon is set for Tuesday October 16 at noon at the Jamestown North Dakota Farmers Union headquarters.

The Guest Speaker will be Jeff Haase Great River Energy’s Leader of Member Technology and Innovation, providing leadership for GRE’s conservation and energy efficiency programs as well as demand response and distributed energy resources technology, strategy, development and operations.

Tickets for the luncheon are $10 for Chamber members or $12 for non-members, available on line at jamestownchamber.com or can be picked up at the Chamber office at the Center for Economic Development in Downtown Jamestown.

Sponsors include: The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, Great River Energy and The North Dakota Farmers Union.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown area Coats for Kids registration and distribution, location is the Jamestown Salvation Army Thrift Store at 210 Business Loop West, from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 252-0290 or visit http://salvationarmy-north.org/community Jamestown.

Registration is required before shopping.

Register at the Salvation Army Office at 320 1st Avenue North Monday, October 15, through Friday, October 19, from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.

Winter clothing items for children and adults, were collected at the Salvation Army and Ave Maria Village in Jamestown.  Items include, crocheted hats and many scarves and mittens were donated this year along with coats and snow boots.

Deacon Ken Votava, at Ave Maria, says more coats than ever were collected this year as part of its mission work.

 

 

NEW SALEM, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 79-year-old New Salem man who died in a crash on Interstate 94 in Morton County.

The Highway Patrol says the pickup truck that Karl Freadhoff Jr. was driving was rear-ended by a sport utility vehicle about 10 miles east of New Salem when Freadhoff’s truck slowed for an unknown reason.

The pickup came to rest on its roof in the ditch. Freadhoff died at the scene about 6:30 a.m. Thursday.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota corn and sugar beet production is expected to be down slightly this year, while the soybean crop is forecast to be up just a bit.The federal Agriculture Department’s latest estimates put the state’s sugar beet crop at 6.43 million tons, down just slightly from last year, and the corn crop at 426 million bushels, down 5 percent. The soybean crop is projected to be 247 million bushels, up 1 percent.Sunflower production is pegged at down 3 percent and the dry bean crop down 11 percent, while canola production is projected to be up 19 percent to a record 3 billion pounds.Alfalfa hay production is forecast at up 43 percent from last year’s drought-plagued season, with other hay production up 33 percent.

 

 

In sports..

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jimmy Butler was not with the Minnesota Timberwolves for their Friday morning shootaround in Milwaukee, a few hours ahead of their preseason finale.Butler has demanded a trade but returned to practice with the team on Wednesday, a session that featured the disgruntled star verbally challenging teammates and coaches.Coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday that Butler was not suspended and was doing conditioning work in Minneapolis.Asked if Butler would play in Minnesota’s regular-season opener at San Antonio next Wednesday, Thibodeau said: “The situation remains fluid.”

 

In world and national news…

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a car smashed into a tree felled by Hurricane Michael, killing two people and bringing the total death toll from the storm to 13.

McDowell County Emergency Management Director William Kehle says the accident happened about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Marion, located in mountainous McDowell County.

State emergency management spokesman Keith Acree said the 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man died after being airlifted to a hospital. His age was not immediately released.

Authorities say the death toll in the state now stands at three.

 

 

 

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) — Two Gulf Coast communities barely 20 miles apart saw drastically different sides of Hurricane Michael’s fury.

Rex and Nancy Buzzett returned Thursday to their waterfront home in Port St. Joe to find several feet of storm surge had smashed through the windows, blown out the brick walls and spilled their belongings outside. Many of their neighbors’ homes were gutted, too.

The town of Apalachicola sits just 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the west. But its historic 19th-century homes survived largely unscathed.

Floodwaters swamped Judy Stokowski’s gift shop. But her home was undamaged. The golf cart she uses for guided tours even started up after weathering the storm.

 

 

 

ALIAGA, Turkey (AP) — Members of the Christ Community Church in Montreat, North Carolina, are overjoyed at Turkey’s release of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson.

A Turkish court on Friday convicted Brunson on terror-related charges but released him from house arrest and allowed him to leave Turkey. The decision is expected to ease strained U.S.-Turkey relations.

Debi Forester, the church’s communications director, says the church’s Rev. Richard White has been with the Brunson family in Turkey for a day or two. The U.S. Consulate is handling Brunson’s travel arrangements to return to the United States.

She quotes White as saying the group is “all just shouting ‘Hallelujah!’ and doing the happy dance.” She says the church will have a welcome home party for Brunson sometime.

The court sentenced Brunson to a little more than three years in prison, but since the 50-year-old North Carolina native has already spent two years in detention, he won’t serve more time.

 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has gotten a handle on a security breach affecting nearly 30 million accounts, but it hasn’t ruled out the possibility of smaller-scale efforts to exploit the same vulnerability.

Facebook is offering a website for people to check if their accounts have been accessed, and if so, exactly what information was stolen. It will also provide guidance on how to spot and deal with suspicious emails or texts. Facebook will also send messages directly to those people.

Facebook says it has already fixed the vulnerability, which stemmed from three distinct bugs in Facebook’s code.

On Friday, Facebook pinned the number of accounts accessed at 29 million, fewer than the 50 million it initially believed were affected when it disclosed the breach two weeks ago.