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CSi Weather…
TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. East winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the afternoon, in the Jamestown area. Highs around 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20’s.
Late Friday night slightly cooler temperatures and more clouds
for Saturday.
All of western and central North Dakota dry Friday night through Saturday night.
Sunday through Sunday night, chances for light snow to the
area, especially across northern North Dakota. This warm front
will also bring in slightly warmer temperatures for Monday with
highs back into the upper 30s to lower 40s for western and south
central North Dakota.
Update…
(Valley City) A reported bomb threat Thursday afternoon at Valley City High School was NOT a credible threat, that, according to law enforcement.
KVLY Released information from Valley City Public Schools, informing parents of the situation.
KVLY reports, in a release sent out to parents by the Valley City Public Schools Superintendent, the school resource officer received the tip around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. That’s when the SRO alerted administrators and the Valley City Police Department.
Valley City Public Schools say they are following their threat assessment and crisis management procedures to determine the credibility of this threat. They say, they have no reason to believe this threat is credible. But the Superintendent claims, they will continue to work with SRO Sean Hagen and the local law enforcement to monitor and evaluate this situation.
The Valley City Police Department tells KVLY that the students were released at normal times shortly after 3-p.m.,Thursday and they do not believe there is an actual threat to the school.
Valley City Public School’s superintendent has released the following statement regarding the possible bomb threat at Valley City High School:
“This afternoon, Valley City Public Schools, with the assistance from School Resource Officer Sean Hagen and the Valley City Police Department, initiated our emergency response systems and immediately assessed a “bomb threat” using our threat assessment protocol, emergency operations plan, and the Building Emergency Response Teams (BERT). Our BERT teams were able to sweep the school buildings and made an assessment that there were no suspicious items or packages found anywhere in our school buildings. While the BERT team was assessing the school buildings, SRO Hagen was unable to receive any additional correspondence on the Tip411 line regarding the threat of a bomb in our schools. After concluding our investigation into this threat and deeming this threat not credible, all students were dismissed at the regular schedule at the end of the school day.
This situation continues to be under investigation. If anyone has any information you are encouraged to contact School Resource Officer Sean Hagen at the Valley City Police Department, 701.845.8181 or Josh Johnson at Valley City Public Schools, 701.845.0483.”
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular Monthly Meeting Thursday at City Hall. All members were present.
THE MEETING STARTED WITH THE SWEARING IN OF CITY ATTORNEY CARL MARTINECK.
THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY FIRE CHIEF SCOTT MAGNUSON BEING SWORN IN.
ITEMS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA:
Approve Monthly Reports from the Fire Chief, Building Inspector, Auditor, Municipal Judge and Public Works Accountant.
Monthly Bills for the City and Public Works in the Amount of $ 1,442,328.31
Raffle Permits for District 24 GOP, Sharp Shooter Showdown
PUBLIC COMMENTS No One Spoke
RESOLUTION
The City Commission approved a Resolution Approving Plat of Legacy West Townhomes Planned Unit Development Addition.
Approved was another Resolution Approving the Plat of Sorensen Subdivision. City Attorney Martineck said the city planning commission approved both Resolutions.
NEW BUSINESS
City Commissioners approved a Conditional Use Permit for Brockopp Brewing, LLC.
Approved was a Conditional Use Permit for Just Kidding Childcare Center, LLC at 913 Riverview Drive City Attorney Martineck said it was previously approved by the zoning commission, including a fence, and drop off area.
Approved was a Conditional Use Permit for First Church of the Nazarene at 320 Central Avenue South. City Attorney Martineck it’s the location of the former auditorium.
Also approved on a 3-2 vote, was awarding KLJ the Construction Engineering Contract for Streetscape I, Central Avenue from Main Street to 12th St N, Project No. UGP-SU-2-990(057) PCN 22043. City Administrator Schelkoph said one RFP was received from KLJ, and recommended approval with prior approval from the NDDOT. Interstate Engineering of Jamestown did not submit an RFP.
Commissioners Erickson and Bishop voted against the awarding.
Approved was accepting the building plan for Garage Addition at Transfer Station and accepting quote in the amount of $145,262 from Enterprise Sales. City Administrator Schelkoph said the addition will house three garbage trucks and a hook truck.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
(No report from David Schelkoph, he had no official information.)
CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS
City Auditor Richter reminded that the Retirement Open House for retired City Fire Chief Gary Retterath is Friday January 4, 2019 at the City Fire Hall from 2-p.m., to 5-p.m.
Mayor Carlsrud thanked the city street department for their work in clearing snow from the recent blizzard.
He added the electrical service in Valley City in December was on 99.9 percent of the time.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reports, a motorist sustained minor injuries,in a crash Wednesday evening about 8:45-p.m.,in the 2400 block of 82nd Avenue Southeast.
Sheriff Chad Kaiser reports, the 38 year old, female struck a utility pole to avoid an oncoming vehicle Wednesday evening
The woman was operating her 2010 Dodge Journey north bound when a dark colored pickup truck driving south appeared to cross the centerline. The driver braked and veered to the right to avoid the truck and struck a utility pole. The driver of the pickup did not stop.
She received minor head and neck pain but refused an ambulance or treatment.
The driver’s family arrived indicating that they would bring to woman to seek treatment if needed.
Jamestown (Interstate Engineering) Starting Monday, January 7th, 17th Street NE from 11th Ave NE to 12th Ave NE (ND 20) will be closed until further notice to connect to existing sanitary sewer lines from Jamestown Airport Business Park.
Traffic should be aware of construction operations in these areas.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL STEVE ALDINGER OR BEN AASETH, AT INTERSTATE ENGINEERING, INC. – (701) 252-0234.
Jamestown (CSi) Because of a time extension received from the local Homeland Security Training grant, Stutsman County Emergency Management is able to offer two additional training classes that may be of interest to the public and organizations.
Stutsman County Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist says, Both classes are: 1) led by outside instructors, 2) two days in length, 3) free of charge, and 4) scheduled to take place at the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center.
Course #1: G385 Evacuation and Re-Entry Course
This course will be start at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 28th and will end on Tuesday, January 29th at 5:00 p.m.
Primary Audience
Persons responsible for planning, implementing, and carrying out evacuations within a jurisdiction. This includes, but is not limited to: Law Enforcement, Fire, Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Elected and Appointed Officials, Volunteer Organizations, Public Health, Emergency Management, and people involved with emergency planning, response, and/or recovery efforts.
To register for the G385 Evacuation and Re-Entry Course, or if you have any questions, please contact by phone or email myself (jbergquist@stutsmancounty.gov) or Kim Franklin (kfranklin@stutsmancounty.gov). Registrations will be accepted until all seats are full or the close of business on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. When responding by email, please enter “RSVP Evacuation Course” in the subject line.
Course #2: NFPA 1600 – Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations
This course will be start at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, February 14th and will end on Tuesday, February 15th at 5:00 p.m.
Primary Audience
This includes, but is not limited to: Law Enforcement, Public Works, Emergency Medical Services, Government Administration, Fire Services, Public Safety Communications, Hazardous Materials, Health Care, Emergency Management, Public Health, Volunteer Organizations, and people involved with emergency planning, response, and/or recovery efforts.
To register for the NFPA 1600 – Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations, or if you have any questions, please contact by phone or email myself (jbergquist@stutsmancounty.gov) or Kim Franklin (kfranklin@stutsmancounty.gov). Registrations will be accepted until all seats are full or the close of business on Monday, February 11th, 2019. When responding by email, please enter “RSVP NFPA 1600” in the subject line.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum says North Dakota is emerging from a prolonged economic slump and is positioned to be a global leader in technology, and food and energy production.
Burgum told a joint session of the state House and Senate that the “world will need more and more of what North Dakota has.”
The upbeat state-of-the-state address was in contrast to the one the first-term Republican governor gave two years ago, where he cautioned lawmakers to control spending.
Burgum took office amid a sharp downturn in tax revenues due to prolonged slumps in oil and agriculture prices. The state’s current two-year budget was balanced last year through layoffs, and raids on state savings.
Much of his speech’s details were included in the two-year, $14.3 billion budget he proposed last month.
North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle (VAN’-duh-wall) wants state lawmakers to add one new judgeship in Bismarck and six additional court employees to help offset increased workloads due to previous budget cutbacks.
The chief justice made his appeal Thursday in his State of the Judiciary speech to a joint session of the North Dakota House and Senate.
VandeWalle says 55 positions were cut in the last session as state revenue fell. He says the entire court system has suffered.
VandeWalle also wants lawmakers to consider remodeling the state’s law library to make better use of that space. He says the many law books are available electronically, and the state no longer needs to maintain a large law library.
The chairwoman of the Spirit Lake Nation says tribal leaders and North Dakota lawmakers should work together for the future of all the state’s residents.
Myra Pearson told a joint session of the House and Senate on Thursday that “we have a lot of children who are counting on us.”
Since 1985, a tribal chairman from one of North Dakota’s five reservations has given a speech to the Legislature. It was scrubbed at the last session two years ago because of protests of the four-state, $3.8 million Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.
Pearson says North Dakota and its tribes have become a national leader in energy. She says it’s important to learn from both bad and good experiences and build strong relationships.
The pole fell on the driver’s side of the pickup, which was licensed by a well service company. Navarrete-Resendiz was declared dead at the scene.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A memorial fundraiser is set this weekend to help out the families of three people who died in an air ambulance crash in western North Dakota late last year.
Nurse Bonnie Cook, paramedic Chris Iverson and pilot Todd Lasky died in the Nov. 18 Bismarck Air Medical crash in Morton County. Authorities believe the Cessna 441 turboprop broke up in midair. The investigation into the cause is ongoing.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that a three-on-three hockey tournament and a silent auction with a freewill lunch are scheduled Sunday at the Starion Sports Complex in Mandan.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) called for kids to join her as she was sworn into as House speaker.
Dozens of youngsters gathered around Pelosi on the dais as she raised her right hand as took the oath of office. She’s the first woman to hold the office, and now she’s also the first woman to return to it.
Pelosi said on Thursday: “I now call the House to order on behalf of all of America’s children.”
Pelosi invited her grandchildren to come to the speaker’s podium, and then said other children in the chamber were welcome to join them.
Many members of the new Congress brought their sons and daughters and grandchildren along with them for the opening day of the new Congress.
It was reminiscent of the scene eight more than a decade ago when Pelosi was first elected speaker. She had served as speaker from 2007 to 2011 before Republicans took back control of the House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) isn’t ruling out impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, depending on findings by the special counsel investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
Pelosi was elected House speaker Thursday and told NBC’s “Today” show, “we’ll have to wait and see what comes” from Robert Mueller’s (MUHL’-urz) probe of contacts between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.
Democrats have taken the majority in the House, where the Constitution says impeachment proceedings must begin. Pelosi previously called impeachment a “divisive activity,” and Democrats were cautious about mentioning the “I” word during the 2018 midterms for fear it would backfire politically.
But Pelosi did not shy away from it Thursday. She said, “We shouldn’t be impeaching for a political reason, and we shouldn’t avoid impeachment for a political reason.”
It’s unclear that a sitting president can be indicted. Justice Department guidelines suggest he can’t. Pelosi calls it “an open discussion.” She adds, “Everything indicates that a president can be indicted after he is no longer president.”
Trump has denied any wrongdoing in the campaign or with his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance violations.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A review by The Associated Press has found an unprecedented public reckoning is underway in the nation’s Roman Catholic Church since the release of a shocking grand jury report in Pennsylvania four months ago.
Nearly 50 dioceses and religious orders across the U.S. have publicly named more than 1,000 predator priests, and 55 more dioceses say they plan to release names in the next few months.
The AP also found nearly 20 local, state or federal investigations, criminal or civil, have begun since the report and could lead to more names as well as fines or court-ordered safety measures against the church.
Victims’ advocates say more people are coming forward, too.
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.
The official China Central Television says Thursday the lunar explorer Chang’e 4 had touched down at 10:26 a.m.
The far side of the moon faces away from Earth and is relatively unexplored. It is also known as the dark side of the moon.
The pioneering landing demonstrates China’s growing ambitions as a space power.
ROME (AP) — A North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016 says a fellow envoy who reportedly has gone into hiding in Italy came from a family of diplomats, with both his father and father-in-law serving as ambassadors.
Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who defected in 2016, said he worked with acting North Korean Ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil for more than a decade at North Korea’s Foreign Ministry.
Thae said in an interview with South Korean TV on Thursday that the Italian embassy was critical for North Korea because it handled negotiations with the World Food Program over food aid to the North and was a hub for smuggling luxury items to the North Korean elite.
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday that Jo went into hiding with his wife in November before his term in Italy ended. His whereabouts are not publicly known now.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s foreign affairs ministry has formally asked the United States government through its embassy for a thorough investigation into a Jan. 1 incident in which U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop crossing migrants.
In a statement Thursday, the ministry said it lamented any violent acts along its border. It reiterated its commitment to the safety of migrants.
In the first hours of the new year, about 150 migrants attempted to breach the border fence in Tijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that agents fired gas at migrants throwing rocks. It said it was investigating.
But an Associated Press photographer at the scene only saw rocks thrown after agents fired gas as migrants scaled the fence.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) says “there’s no amount of persuasion” President Donald Trump can use to get her to fund his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Pelosi says the partial government shutdown stemming from Trump’s demand for wall funding has nothing to do with Democrats. She said in an interview that aired Thursday on NBC’s “Today” show that Democrats want the “Trump shutdown” to end but she’s unwilling to fund Trump’s wall.
She added: “There is no amount of persuasion he can use.”
Pelosi says negotiating with Trump is difficult because he “resists science, evidence, data, truth.” The California Democrat adds, “It’s hard to pin the president down on the facts.”
Pelosi responded to criticism from Trump that she took a trip to Hawaii over the holidays, while he canceled his planned visit to Florida because of the shutdown. Pelosi says, “The president may not know this, but Hawaii is part of the United States of America.” She says she was available on 24 hours’ notice.
Trump has said the shutdown will last “as long as it takes” to get the wall funding he wants.
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