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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows 5 to 10 above. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10. South winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs around 30.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
On Saturday some passing clouds. Near average temperatures expected.
Dry conditions with a gradual warming trend will start the week. A
variety of disturbances will start to move through around mid-
week, with increased cloud cover but not much if any in the way of precipitation.
A slight cool down back to near normal highs in the upper 20s and 30s for late in the week.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society has two Giving Christmas Trees available for donations, to benefit the shelter and its animals.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 Board Member Jay Nitchke said the Angel Paw Tree is set up at the shelter. Those interested can pick a stocking, then fill it with toys and snacks, and return it to the shelter by December 22, to be distributed to the animals on Christmas Day.
Another Christmas Tree is at the Buffalo Mall, to accept donations of cleaning supplies and canned kitten food.
Jay pointed out that a water bottle is now available for a $15 donation to the James River Humane Society. The bottle fills at the top in a cap with water, and then drops back down into the container.
She said the bottle is handy for car trips or when walking the pet.
The bottle is available by stopping by the shelter, located off the I-94 Bloom Exit.
Current the shelter has 14 dogs available for adoption, along with 10-12 cats, of which are four kittens that came to the shelter, as part of the recent feral cat roundup program.
The Shelter is open 7-days a week. Call 701-252-0747 for more information.
On line visit jamesriverhumanesociety.org
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Administrator, Sarah Hellekson, has released information concerning the City Council approved utility rate adjustments.
At the October 1, 2018, meeting, the City Council approved the following effective January 1, 2019:
1. 5% increase for water and wastewater utility rates.
2. Late payment fee of $25.00 plus 1% of current overdue balance for services incurred in 2019 and for services incurred in 2018 when the payment for those services is due in 2019 or past-due in 2019. Utility bills are due before 5:00 PM on the 15th day of each month, or the business day closest to the 15th if the 15th falls on a weekend.
3. Garbage and recycling residential walk-up service fee of $20.00 per month per property. The service is available to residents upon request and if approved by the City Administrator. Drivers will retrieve, empty and return recycling and garbage carts, but may not enter structures. There is a three (3) month minimum for this service.
4. Standby or Base Charges per month for water per business or residential property or per living unit and residential garbage and recycling whether or not garbage and recycling is collected as system still exists.
5. Water reconnection fee of $100.00. The responsible party must schedule reconnect in advance per availability of city personnel. The amount due plus the reconnection fee must be paid in full (No checks will be accepted) before service is reinstated. If the service is disconnected due to a city project, water reconnection fee will not be required.
6. Non-sufficient funds charge of $35.00 – No checks accepted after first offense.
The City of Jamestown currently accepts cash, checks, money orders, credit cards, and the automatic pay plan for utility payments. Credit card payments are also accepted online at www.jamestownnd.org.
A drop box is located near the SE alley entrance at City Hall, 102 3rd Ave S.E., for your convenience. More detailed information is available on the City website at www.jamestownnd.org.
Valley City (VCSU) Peder Gjovik ’77 and Katie Hatt M.Ed. ’16 won national awards at the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) national conference, CareerTech VISION 2018, in San Antonio, Texas, on November 28.
Gjovik, associate professor and chair of the VCSU Department of Technology, was named ACTE 2019 Teacher Educator of the Year. Hatt, health careers instructor in the Grand Forks (N.D.) Public Schools and the Grand Forks Area Career and Technology Center, was named ACTE 2019 New Teacher of the Year.
The Teacher Educator of the Year award recognizes teacher educators who have demonstrated innovation in teacher education, leadership in improving Career and Technical Education (CTE) and commitment to preparing teachers to deliver high-quality CTE programs.
Gjovik’s recent work includes helping establish accelerated pathways to bachelor’s degrees and teaching credentials for graduates of North Dakota two-year colleges who hold technical-specialty degrees. He is currently involved in development of an online course to fulfill student-teaching requirements for distance technical-education candidates.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Prosecutors in northeastern Montana have dismissed a deliberate homicide charge filed against a North Dakota man in the death of his brother this fall.
The Billings Gazette reports Valley County investigators have determined it was unlikely John Ersness of Sawyer, North Dakota, killed 62-year-old Corwin Ersness at his residence on Fort Peck Lake on Sept. 27.
John Ersness was arrested shortly after his brother’s body was found by officers responding to a call from Corwin Erness. Corwin said he was concerned that his brother was in the area. Officers found evidence of an altercation at Corwin’s house.
However, Sheriff Vernon Buerkle said a search of John Ersness’ vehicle and a partial autopsy don’t support the homicide charge.
Buerkle says Corwin Ersness’ cause of death is still being determined.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot officials are advancing efforts to decrease calls for parking ramp assistance and develop a faster response to incoming calls.
Minot Daily News reports that the move comes after a woman was trapped in a downtown parking ramp for one and a half hours on Nov. 13 while waiting for an emergency responder to discharge the barrier arm.
Minot Finance Director David Lakefield says the city is working with the equipment supplier to make adjustments so a person won’t be locked in the ramp for overextending their pass.
Lakefield said the city would establish a routine maintenance schedule for parking gear and look into acquiring standby equipment.
The city also plans to install a camera system for surveillance that provides security and helps detect equipment complications.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos, the first person sent to prison in the Russia investigation, has been released.
That’s according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser was sentenced to 14 days in prison this year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team recommended incarceration for Papadopoulos because they said he begrudged his cooperation and his lies harmed the probe.
Papadopoulos took a remorseful tone during his sentencing hearing, but he has since attacked Mueller’s investigation as corrupt.
Declassified documents show that Papadopoulos’ foreign contacts during the presidential campaign prompted the FBI in July 2016 to open a counterintelligence investigation. That investigation was later taken over by Mueller.
MARIB, Yemen (AP) — Former Yemeni prisoners have told The Associated Press of the brutal torture they suffered at the hands of Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Thousands have been imprisoned by the Houthi militia during Yemen’s four-year civil war. Many of them, an Associated Press investigation found, suffered extreme forms of torture — smashed in their faces with batons, hung by their wrists or genitals for weeks at a time or scorched with acid.
The Abductees’ Mothers Union, an association of female relatives of detainees jailed by Houthis, has documented at least 1,000 cases of torture in a network of secret prisons, including 126 who died of the abuse.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities say that at least 12 people have been killed in two attempted bank robberies.
Military police in the northeastern state of Ceara say the attempted heists began around 2:30 a.m. Friday in the downtown area of the city of Milagres.
The robbers at one bank had taken several people hostage when police surrounded the area. A firefight broke out, leaving several dead. Authorities have yet to identify the dead.
The mayor of Milagres told local media that two children, between 10 and 13 years old, were killed.
It it’s not immediately clear how the hostages were taken.
Latin America’s largest nation routinely is the world leader in total annual homicides. Ceara is one of the country’s most violent states.
Police initially said 13 had died.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy killed in a mass shooting at a Southern California bar was shot five times by a gunman who killed 11 others, but struck fatally by a bullet fired by a highway patrolman.
Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub says Sgt. Ron Helus died from a bullet wound that struck vital organs shot by a California Highway Patrolman who joined him in the gun battle Nov. 7 at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks.
Helus was among 12 people killed at the bar during the shootout. Gunman Ian David Long took his own life.
Authorities don’t know what drove Long to kill.
PARIS (AP) — A French government spokesman says members of the “yellow vest” movement will meet the prime minister on the eve of anti-government protests that authorities fear could turn violent.
Benjamin Griveaux says Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will listen to the protesters’ “questions” and “demands” Friday evening.
Griveaux says, “Our message is that we are listening to them.”
Benjamin Cauchy, a member of the “yellow vest” movement, confirmed on BFM television that he and other members will attend the meeting.
Last week, a planned meeting between Philippe and representatives of the movement collapsed amid threats from some demonstrators and after a request to broadcast the talks live was rejected.
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