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CSi Weather…
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly 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. Areas of fog. Lows 15 to 20.
East winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the afternoon.
Highs around 30. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. A 60 percent chance of light freezing
rain and snow in the evening in the Jamestown area, 70 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
A period of freezing drizzle could possibly accompany fog Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Freezing rain/freezing drizzle Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.
At this time the precipitation should be light, however a few hundreths of an inch of ice would be possible likely making road surfaces slippery.
By Monday the precipitation will be exiting the region. The
remainder of the forecast period will be mainly dry and near to
above normal across the southwest and normal to below normal
across the northeast.
More active next week but the main weather systems track to the north and south of the state through mid week. A chance of precipitation late Thursday, next week.
Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office reports, a man is being sought for felony escape in Barnes County.
On December 29, 2018, Kyle James Bock had removed his GPS monitor and left custody.
The 31 year old Bock was on furlough prior to serving a sentence with the Department of Corrections.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Kyle Bock is asked tocontact the Barnes County Sheriff’s office at 845-8530, and remain anonymous.
Jamestown (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a crash Thursday about 1:41 a.m. a one vehicle rollover on I-94, 30 west of Jamestown, near Medina, injured a 49 year old Oklahoma woman.
Sgt. Ben Kennelly reports, 49 year old Jady Folmer, of Owasso, Oklahoma, was westbound driving a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche when she encountered a frost cover road surface, lost control and then attempted to apply the brakes when the vehicle entered the median and rolled onto its top.
Folmer was transported by Medina Ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
She was wearing a seat belt.
The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.
Medina Fire Department also responded to the scene.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Humane Society thanks the community for its support, in the Angel Paw Tree donations, and other gifts for the animals this past Christmas season.
On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, shelter board member, Jay Nitchke said donations given to the animals included blankets, and the Christmas stockings were filled with items given to the animals on Christmas day.
She added that donations of KITTEN food are still needed, and can be dropped off at Hugo’s or at the shelter.
On another topic, Jay said the animals birthing room is being remodeled.
She noted, in addition to several cats available for adoption, the shelter has a wide variety of dog breeds available.
The animal water bottles are still available at the shelter, for $15, to support the shelter’s operations.
Volunteers are always welcome with duties ranging from cleaning, to doing laundry, as well as socializing with the animals.
Monetary donations can be sent to P.O. Box 636, Jamestown, ND 58402.
Contact the James River Humane Society for more information at 252-0747, located off the I-94 Bloom Exit. Open everyday from 9-a.m., to 11:30-a.m., and 5:30-p.m., to 6:30-p.m., or by appointment.
On line: jamesriverhumanesociety.org
Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission discussed the pending Law Enforcement Center remodeling project, at this month’s meeting.
LEC Maintenance Supervisor Howie Peuser told commissioners that the lowest of two bids was from Nill Construction for $71,200. Iverson Construction’s bid was $105,800.
The planned remodeling would includes electrical work, a sprinkler system, HVAC Train, and re-carpeting.
The Nill Construction figure to complete the project was $114,273, under the projected cost $120,000 .
The bid was unanimously approved for Nill Construction.
An alternate on the application was for adding ballistics material, for the Jamestown Police Department and Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.
Police Chief Scott Edinger said City Attorney Leo Ryan would meet with city and county officials create an Memorandum Of Understanding to create a contract with the state to receive funding for the range obtained by the North Dakota Highway Patrol and North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, adding that there had never been an MOU between the city and county and there it needed to obtain funding
The commission approved the MOU request
Jamestown Marksmanship Education Range representative, Keith Domke asked about acquiring land near the fairground, to be used for a new indoor shooting range.
He pointed out that the Bureau of Reclamation is transferring land to public entities, and is interested in lots 2 and 3, owned by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Commission Chairman Mark Klose said the request could be granted, adding the commission would likely review it once the federal legislation is finalized.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When the winds howl and the bone-numbing cold sets in, scores of North Dakotans willingly become lawbreakers by warming up their vehicles without being in them, ignoring a potential $1,500 state fine and 30 days in jail.
“It’s ineffective. The people ignore it. Let’s get rid of it,” said Republican Rep. Daniel Johnston, who is sponsoring a bill that would make it legal for people to leave their vehicles running unattended, amending a statute that has been on the books since the 1940s that no one can remember being enforced.
“Simply put, the law goes against the will of the people,” Johnston told the House Transportation Committee Friday. “The citizenry of North Dakota recognizes this is a bad law.”
Others don’t even realize it’s on the books, he said.
Donnell Preskey, executive director of the North Dakota Sheriffs and Deputies Association, told the panel that her group supports amending the law. No one spoke against it.
North Dakota’s law was put on the books nearly 75 years ago as a deterrent against automobile theft. Several states in recent years have enacted anti-idling laws in an effort to increase air quality.
National Conference of State Legislatures data shows nine states have laws to curb vehicle idling, and another 14 limit idling for certain vehicles, such as state-owned vehicles and school buses.
The group said idling wastes about 6 billion gallons of fuel annually, and 18 states have grants, loans, tax credits to encourage idle reduction.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With no shutdown resolution in sight, President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders agreed Friday to additional staff-level talks over the weekend during a White House meeting at which Trump indicated he could keep parts of the government closed for “months or even years.”
Trump met with the congressional leaders for the second time in three days amid an impasse over Trump’s funding demands for his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats emerged from the lengthy meeting to report little if any progress
“We told the president we needed the government open. He resisted. In fact, he said he’d keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or even years,” said Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Trump spoke more positively about the session, which lasted roughly two hours, calling it a “very good meeting.” But he confirmed he made the comment about the possible length of the shutdown.
“Absolutely I said that,” Trump said, but he added that he hopes it won’t be that long.
The meeting on the 14th day of the shutdown came after House Democrats muscled through legislation to fund the government but not Trump’s proposed wall. As the impasse over border funding dragged on, some GOP senators up for re-election in 2020 voiced discomfort.
But Trump dug in ahead of the meeting, writing in a letter to Congress, “Walls work. That’s why rich, powerful and successful people build them around their homes.”
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A decorated Navy SEAL is facing charges of premeditated murder and other crimes in the stabbing death of a teenage Islamic State prisoner under his care in Iraq last year and the shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians.
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher plans to plead not guilty to all the charges Friday during an arraignment hearing at Naval Base San Diego, his attorney, Phil Stackhouse, said.
The case stands out because of the seriousness of the allegations against an elite special warfare operator and because prosecutors’ case includes the accounts of fellow Navy SEALs, an extremely tight-knit group even by military standards.
Stackhouse said his client is being falsely accused by disgruntled SEALs who wanted to get rid of a demanding platoon leader. Gallagher was awarded the Bronze Star twice.
Navy prosecutors have painted a picture of a highly trained fighter and medic going off the rails on his eighth deployment, indiscriminately shooting at Iraqi civilians and stabbing to death a captured Islamic State fighter estimated to be 15 years old, then posing with his corpse at his re-enlistment ceremony.
If convicted, the 19-year Navy veteran faces life in prison.
At a two-day preliminary hearing at the Navy base in November, investigators said Gallagher stabbed the teen in the neck and body with a knife after he was handed over to the SEALs in the Iraqi city of Mosul to be treated for wounds sustained by the Iraqi Army and its prisoners during an airstrike in May 2017.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Joe Warpinski told the court that a SEAL medic told him he believed he had just stabilized the teen when Gallagher “walked up without saying anything at all” and started stabbing him.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ousted Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he would be interested in running for public office again, maybe even for governor in four years.
Walker spoke to The Associated Press from the vacated governor’s mansion as he prepares to be replaced Monday by Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers. Walker, a presidential candidate in the 2016 race, served two terms as governor before Evers narrowly defeated him in November.
Walker’s immediate plans are to hit the speaking circuit , advocating for conservative proposals and talking up the conservative agenda he enacted in Wisconsin. Walker said he also sees himself as President Donald Trump’s chief advocate in Wisconsin — comments that came just days after fellow Republican Mitt Romney, also a former governor, penned a scathing op-ed questioning Trump’s character.
Walker, who said he hadn’t read Romney’s column, defended Trump’s record and said no other Republican could defeat him in the presidential primary in 2020.
“Donald Trump, I believe, will be the nominee,” Walker said.
When Walker dropped out of the presidential race in 2015, he urged others to join him and unite to defeat Trump. He later endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz before finally backing Trump after his nomination was all but certain.
Walker acknowledged there are a “few things” he wishes Trump had done differently, pointing to “tweets and words” the president has used. But he praised Trump’s judicial appointments, his signing of the new tax law and his trade agreements that Walker said have helped Wisconsin’s dairy and manufacturing industries.
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