CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of

thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 30 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms.

Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to

around 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent in the Jamestown area 70 percent in the Valley City area.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the morning, then showers and chance of thunderstorms in the

afternoon. Chance of rain, 90 percent. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. A 50 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 50s.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. Highs around 70.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.

.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

 

There is a chance of thunderstorms Friday night. The
likelihood of severe weather is low.

There are chances of thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday, but at
this time there is considerable uncertainty in the potential
strength of any storms.

There will be chances for thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The City of Jamestown informs motorists, that beginning Monday, August 26th through August 30th the block from 4th St SE to 5th St SE on 2nd Ave SE will be closed, in conjunction with underground utility improvements.

Motorist’s should use extreme caution in this area.  Please use alternate routes. 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police warns Jamestown Residents that a new convicted sex offender is living in Jamestown.

Jesse Owens Johnson, resides at 1530 6the Avenue, Southwest, Room 22, Buffalo Motel, Jamestown, ND

He presently has no vehicle.

Johnson is a 36 year old white male six feet three inches tall weighing 286 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair.

He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.

Offense: Possession of material, with 11 files on his computer containing child pornography, and chatting  with another person where they were exchanging sexual images of young children.

Conviction: April 2017 in Stutsman County District Court.

Disposition:  Four years, with 256 days credit, concurrent.

Offense:  Gross Sexual Imposition, sexually touching a five year old girl under her clothing.

Conviction Date:  April 2017 in Stutsman County District Court.

Disposition:  Four years, 256 days credit, concurrent.

Johnson is currently on GPS Monitoring.

Johnson is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.

This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.

Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.

Printed handouts of the demographics of Jesse Owens Johnson are available at the Jamestown Police Department.

More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov

 

Valley City    The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday held the final drawing in the StreetScape, Construction Cash Drawings, for $1,000 in Chamber Bucks.

The Chamber’s Event Coordinator, Mikayla Gustafson said all the entrants names were from the 15 weekly drawings, for $100 in Chamber Bucks.

The promotion was designed to help attract patrons to Downtown Valley City Businesses  during street construction.

As the project moved along the city blocks, affected businesses had the drawing boxes available to submit names to win the weekly $100 drawing.

Chamber, Executive, Kay Vinje said there were about 12,000 total entries.

The winner is Christine Marshall of Valley City.

 

 

Valley City   (CSi)  Representatives with the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame will be in Valley City on Tuesday, August 27, at 6pm in the Valley City Eagles Club.

Residents are welcome to attend and here more promoting getting more trustees in  eastern North Dakota.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Patrol and Wisconsin State Patrol, will be conducting a Border-to-Border enforcement saturation effort on Interstate 94, Aug. 26 through Sept. 1 leading up to the Labor Day holiday.

The focus of the saturation effort will be on aggressive driving behaviors.

Troopers will be watching for excessive speed; following too close; lane change violations; hands-free violations; failure to signal; and other aggressive driving behaviors.

Lt. Steve Fischer, SW Regional NDHP Commander, stated, “This doesn’t mean writing
more tickets—it means saving more lives. Through our enforcement efforts of focusing on aggressive behaviors, we remind drivers to share the road, be courteous, patient, and focus on safe driving practices.”

Capt. Bryan Niewind, SE Regional NDHP Commander, commented on the combined
efforts of neighboring states noting, “Border to Border initiatives allow our law enforcement agencies to work together and bring focus to high priority driving concerns that pose a risk to everyone on the road.”

All drivers are encouraged to team up with NDHP, the ND Department of Health and ND Department of Transportation as we all work together to achieve Vision Zero: zero motor vehicle fatalities and serious injuries on North Dakota roads.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys general from a dozen western states want the Trump administration to halt a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they say usurps states’ authority over their own water.

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the Water Supply Rule proposed in the waning days of the Obama administration could allow the Corps to charge for water drawn from reservoirs it manages.

Stenehjem and attorneys general from Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming sent a letter Thursday to the Trump administration asking to withdraw the proposal, which has lingered for nearly three years.

Stenehjem said Friday he thought the proposal had languished but attorneys general recently learned that it was still being reviewed.

“They have continued with it stubbornly and we are worried these rules could be implemented,” said Stenehjem, who is heading the effort. “The use and management of water that flows through states always has belonged to states. The Corps is clearly wrong and they need to take it back and undo it.”

The Corps did not immediately respond Friday to telephone calls seeking comment.

The agency, in its request for comments on the proposal in December 2016, said the intent “is to enhance (the Corps’) ability to cooperate with interested parties by facilitating water supply uses of reservoirs in a manner that is consistent with the authorized purposes of those reservoirs, and does not interfere with lawful uses of water under state law or other federal Law.”

Stenehjem said the proposed rule has “implications for all states” but it would especially be harmful to the six reservoirs of the Upper Missouri River, including South Dakota’s Lake Oahe and North Dakota’s Lake Sakakawea, the biggest along the 2,341-mile river.

The Corps’ proposal, he said, could require “municipal, industrial and domestic users” of water from the reservoirs to “sign a water supply contract and pay the Corps for the water.”

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest retail trade group says that it would be unrealistic for U.S. retailers to exit China.

The National Retail Federation made its comment in response to President Donald Trump’s call Friday for U.S. businesses with operations in China to look for alternatives, as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies intensified.

The NRF noted that its members have long been diversifying their supply chains but finding alternatives to China would be costly and take years.

“It is unrealistic for American retailers to move out of the world’s second largest economy,” said NRF Senior Vice President of Government Relations David French. He noted that retailers’ presence in China allows them to reach Chinese customers and also develop overseas markets.

“This, in turn, allows us to grow and expand opportunities for American workers, businesses and consumers,” French said in a prepared statement.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reacting to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, President Donald Trump, who has relentlessly attacked Powell and the Fed for its rate policies, kept up his verbal assaults on Twitter:

“As usual, the Fed did NOTHING!” Trump tweeted. “It is incredible that they can ‘speak’ without knowing or asking what I am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have a very strong dollar and a very weak Fed. I will work “brilliantly” with both, and the U.S. will do great.”

Trump adds:

“My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powel (sic) or Chairman Xi?”

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining.

The court said Friday the tumor was “treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body.”

In a statement, the court said a biopsy performed July 31 confirmed a “localized malignant tumor.” The court said Ginsburg does not need any additional treatment but will continue to have periodic blood tests and scans.

The court said Ginsburg canceled an annual summer visit to Santa Fe but has otherwise maintained an active schedule during treatment.

Ginsburg, who is 86, has had several bouts with cancer beginning in 1999. In December, 2018, she had surgery for cancerous growths on her left lung.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he was saddened to hear of the death of billionaire industrialist David H. Koch.

Pompeo said in a tweet Friday that Koch was “a compassionate philanthropist, successful businessman, and a proud American.”

David Koch and his brother Charles Koch were major donors to conservative causes and educational groups. David Koch died Friday at age 79.

The Koch brothers became best known for building a political network dubbed the “Kochtopus” for its far-reaching support of conservative and libertarian causes and candidates.

The brothers are lionized on the right but have been vilified by Democrats who see them as the embodiment of fat-cat capitalism and the corrupting role of corporate money in American politics.

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers for men suing Ohio State University over alleged decades-old sexual misconduct by a team doctor say the number of accusers has topped 300.

Totals confirmed to The Associated Press put the group’s size in the same ballpark as the initial wave of plaintiffs who got $425 million from Michigan State University to settle claims related to imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar .

Over half the 300-plus men in the Ohio State matter are plaintiffs in federal lawsuits alleging officials knew about concerns about Dr. Richard Strauss but failed to stop him. The lawsuits are in mediation toward a potential settlement.

A law firm that investigated for the university said 177 men provided firsthand accounts of sexual abuse by Strauss. The list of accusers has continued to grow.

Strauss died in 2005.

 

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois health officials are reporting what could be United States’ first death tied to vaping.

In a Friday news release, the Illinois Department of Public Health says a person who recently vaped died after being hospitalized with “severe respiratory illness.” The agency didn’t give any other information about the patient, including a name or where the person lived.

Melaney Arnold, an agency spokeswoman, says the death is the first in the state that could be linked to vaping. The release also says the number of people who have experienced respiratory illness after vaping doubled to 22 in the past week.

In a Wednesday news release announcing 149 cases of severe lung illness nationwide that may be tied to vaping, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said no deaths associated with vaping had been reported.