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…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON…
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of snow possibly mixed with
rain in the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Special Session on Thursday evening unanimously approving a Resolution to declare a Flood emergency. All members were present.
City Administrator, David Schelkoph said the purpose of the Resolution is prepare paperwork in order to send to state and federal officials, in the event funds are needed in a flood fight.
He said the city’s action is not to increase fear in the community on possible flooding.
He said the projected flood stage on the Sheyenne in Valley City is 13 to 16 and a half feet adding the level depends on rainfall amounts and the progress of the snow melt.
He said major flood stage is 17 feet, moderate flood stage is 16 feet, and flood prevention action kicks in at 15 feet. At a river level of 16 feet, about 10,000 sandbags would be needed for additional protection.
He said city officials are preparing for any possible flooding as there is a significant amount of water in the water shed north of Valley City.
He added that Lake Ashtabula has significant capacity to handle inflows as of Thursday, at 1257.43 feet.
He said the previously projected flood impacts on the Sheyenne and Valley City is about two weeks ahead of what is actually occurring.
He said significant rainfall, in the next few weeks, or a rapid increase in snow melt, will change the flood outlook and any actual flooding that may occur.
He added that Valley City has been proactive in flood prevention in installing permanent flood mitigation and buying out homes in the flood zone.
He said a decision will be made on building flood walls if or when the river level reaches 12-13 feet.
Valley City hosted the meeting on March 18th, when Schelkoph said, North Dakota Emergency Management, and local authorities including the Corps of Engineers, are on the same page to mobilize their flood fighting efforts.
Then, the City Commission with a Resolution to request Emergency Flood Assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was tabled at this time.
Schelkoph said flood protection with the river level at below 15 feet would be able to be handled by city crews, above would require action by the City Commission to contact the Corps for assistance.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.
Valley City (CSi-AmericInn) – The AmericInn by Wyndham in Valley City has announced that it has been awarded the annual “Best of AmericInn” which recognizes the brand’s top performing hotels and their staffs.
In celebration of the achievement, Jeff Nathan, one of the hotel’s owners, accepted the award from AmericInn and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts leadership. Mici Loibl is the General Manager of the AmericInn by Wyndham in Valley City.
Nathan says, “Receiving this honor is a testament to the incredible work of our hotel teams in delivering top-notch hospitality day in and day out. Winning the hearts and loyalty of guests is all about maintaining a quality hotel and cultivating a staff that’s passionate about the details; we’ve succeeded on both fronts, and we’ll continue striving to set the bar even
higher for what it means to be a ‘Best of AmericInn.”
To be eligible for the award, hotels must demonstrate strong quality scores, outstanding guest reviews and an unwavering commitment to the Wyndham Rewards loyalty program and its members.
Jamestown (CSi) The dates have been set for the 122nd Annual, 2019 Stutsman County Fair, June 26–29.
The Murphy Brothers Exposition is back as the carnival.
Bands scheduled to perfore include:
Wednesday, June 26, Tripwire
Thursday, June 27, The Johnny Holm Band
Friday, June 28, IV Play
Saturday, June 29, Truvail.
James River Rodeo performances at the fairgrounds are Friday and Saturday.
Stock car races on Saturday evening, June 29 at Jamestown Speedway at the fairgrounds.
Gator Boys with education and shows of exotic animals and reptiles.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce announces the date for the next District 24 Legislative Forum, Saturday April 6, 2019, from 9-a.m., to 11-a.m., at the Valley City Eagles, Riverside Room.
The public is invited to hear comments from North Dakota legislators from District 24, followed by the opportunity to ask them questions.
RUTLAND, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the county highway crew member struck and killed near Rutland.
The patrol says 60-year-old Virgil Nogowski, of Gwinner, died Tuesday when he was struck by a minivan along Sargent County Road 10 where his crew was placing was warning signs along the shoulder.
Authorities say a Britton, South Dakota woman swerved to avoid the crew’s pickup truck and veered into the ditch. She was not hurt.
Bismarck (Gov. Burgum’s Office) – Gov. Doug Burgum will deliver remarks and sign a proclamation Friday declaring March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day in North Dakota during a ceremony at the Capitol honoring Vietnam War veterans.
The ceremony at the State Capital Memorial Hall, will include a reading of the names of North Dakotans killed in action during the Vietnam War. More than 15,000 North Dakotans left home to serve in the Vietnam War, and 198 never returned. State Sen. Richard Marcellais of Belcourt, a Vietnam veteran, also will deliver remarks. Also on hand will be members of the North Dakota National Guard, and others.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Minishoshe-Mandan Chapter will host a free lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. in honor of Vietnam Veterans Day at the Bismarck AMVETS Club, Roy C. Wagner Post #9, 2402 Railroad Ave., Bismarck.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Se
nate dealt Gov. Doug Burgum his first veto setback of the session, overriding his rejection of a bill to raise driver’s license fees for the first time in more than 30 years.
Senators voted 41-4 to override Burgum on Thursday. The legislation now goes to the House for an override vote.
The House and Senate easily passed the legislation that raises commercial and non-commercial driver’s license fees from $15 to $30.
Burgum says the increase in fees “imposes an unnecessary additional burden on our residents.”
The Legislature last raised the driver’s license fees in 1987. Several prior attempts to raise the fees have been rebuffed by lawmakers, who called it a tax increase.
The increased fees are expected to raise $5.5 million in a two-year budget cycle.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — It didn’t take long for a New York City councilman’s claim that he’s the world’s tallest male politician to draw some challenges.
Robert Cornegy Jr., a 6-foot-10 (208 centimeter) councilman from Brooklyn, was certified by Guinness World Records in January and honored for the distinction this week at a City Hall ceremony.
But North Dakota’s insurance commissioner, Jon Godfread, quickly stepped forward to say he will contest the title. Godfread, who played basketball at the University of Northern Iowa and played professionally in Germany, says he’s 6-11¾ (212 centimeters).
Brad Sellers, a former Ohio State and Chicago Bulls star listed at 7 feet (213 centimeters), also says he has a claim. Sellers is the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
Godfread says he didn’t know “being a tall politician was a thing.”
In sports….
Valley City (VCSU) The No. 9-ranked Valley City State softball team will play its first home games of the season this Sunday on the VCSU football turf.
Valley City State will host conference rival Dickinson State University for a four-game series Sunday and Monday at VCSU’s Lokken Stadium. Doubleheaders on both days are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. VCSU athletics will be offering free hot cider for all fans at the home openers on Sunday.
Valley City State is currently 24-1 overall this season and is ranked No. 9 in the latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released this week. The Vikings are 4-0 in conference play after sweeping a four-game series from Dakota State last week.
Dickinson State has a 13-10 overall record and is 3-1 to start the North Star Athletic Association schedule. The Blue Hawks are perennial contenders in the conference and were picked to finish third in the NSAA Preseason Poll. Dickinson State won the NSAA Tournament championship last season and has won four out of the five NSAA Tournaments played since the conference was formed in 2013-14.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. official is praising a British government report detailing security risks posed by Chinese telecom giant Huawei (HWAH’-way).
The report issued Thursday by a top British spy agency identified “significant technical issues” in Huawei’s engineering and warned there is “only limited assurance” the risk can be managed.
The American official described the findings as a “stark assessment” confirming previous U.S. warnings of security risks associated with using Huawei technologies. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. argues Huawei could give the Chinese government backdoor access to snoop on internet users worldwide. The U.S. has pushed the U.K. and other counties to ban the company as they develop plans to build new high speed fifth generation, or 5G, mobile networks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has told the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that he would testify before his panel.
That’s according to a Justice Department official familiar with a Wednesday call between Barr and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat who runs the committee.
Democrats are anxious to hear from Barr about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report. They want to see the full report and the evidence that goes with it. Barr told Nadler on the call that the report is more than 300 pages.
Barr released a four-page summary of the report on Sunday and is expected to produce a public version of the document in the coming weeks.
— By AP writer Eric Tucker
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is heaping scorn on Attorney General William Barr, saying his letter about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was “condescending.”
Barr’s four-page summary of the Russia probe said special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.
Pelosi said she found Barr’s decision to write the letter “arrogant.” Congress, she said, doesn’t need Barr “to be our interpreter of something that he should just show us.”
The Democratic chairmen of six House committees have demanded that Barr release the Mueller report to Congress by Tuesday.
Pelosi also defended House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who faced calls Thursday from Republicans to resign over his comments that there was significant evidence the president and his associates conspired with Russia.
Pelosi said the Republicans are “scaredy cats” afraid of a “patriotic leader.”
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government has barred opposition leader Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years.
The announcement by the state comptroller on Thursday increases pressure on the leader of the National Assembly, who is staging protests in an attempt to force President Nicolas Maduro from power.
The government cited alleged irregularities in the financial records of Guaido, who has said he expects more efforts by Maduro to derail his U.S.-backed opposition movement.
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump says the FBI and Department of Justice will review the case of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago.
Prosecutors offered little explanation and infuriated Chicago’s police chief and mayor this week when they dropped charges against Smollett related to making a false police report. Yet prosecutors still insist the actor faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in January.
Trump tweeted early Thursday: “FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in Chicago. It is an embarrassment to our Nation!”
Smollett’s attorney says two brothers who claim they worked with the actor to stage the attack are lying. Investigators alleged Smollett staged the attack with the hopes of gaining attention and advancing his career.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The nation’s ban on bump stocks took effect this week, and there are signs that owners destroyed tens of thousands of them or handed them over to authorities as required.
Bump stocks are attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire rapidly like machine guns. They were outlawed after they were used by the gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas in 2017.
The largest supplier of bump stocks turned in its entire remaining inventory to be destroyed. That was some 60,000 devices, worth millions of dollars.
How many of the estimated half-million devices believed to be in circulation in the U.S. are still around is anyone’s guess. Anyone in possession of a bump stock from now on can be charged with a federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Salah al-Hiblu, the owner of a tanker that was temporarily hijacked by migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, says his brother, the tanker’s captain, was asked to rescue the migrants by the Libyan coast guard.
Speaking Thursday from Tripoli, the Libyan capital, he said the tanker was coming in empty from Turkey and heading to Tripoli.
He received a call Wednesday from the Libyan coast guard asking him to contact his brother Nader to save migrants who were in trouble in the Mediterranean. He called his brother, who then rescued 108 migrants.
Al-Hiblu said the tanker kept heading to Tripoli when the migrants “used force” against his brother and told him either to go to Italy or Malta. He says “the migrants told him we are not leaving or going back to Libya. We already left Libya to go to Europe.”
Italy and Malta refused at first to let the tanker dock in their ports. But a special operations team from Malta boarded the tanker on Thursday, took it back under control, and escorted it to a Maltese port.
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