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From the National Weather Service…

…The flood warning continues for the following rivers in North Dakota…

From the National Weather Service…

…The flood warning continues for the following rivers in North Dakota…

1148 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2019

…The flood warning continues for the following rivers in North
Dakota…

Pipestem Creek near Pingree affecting Stutsman County
For the James River Basin including Pingree…Minor flooding is
occurring and is expected to continue.

. Pipestem creek crested Tuesday evening and has begun a steady
fall. Current forecasts suggest Pipestem Creek will fall below
flood stage late Thursday afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Safety message…Do not drive into areas where water tops the
roadway. Turn around…Don`t drown. Avoid driving on flooded roads.

 

The Flood Warning continues for
The Pipestem Creek near Pingree.
* until Thursday evening.
* At 11:15 AM Wednesday the stage was 11.9 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
late tomorrow.
* Impact…At 10.0 feet…Flooding at this level affects farmland, but
no major cities or roads. Water is out of the banks. Little known
about damage

FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7AM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   Thu    Fri    Sat    Sun    Mon

 

James River Basin
Pingree      11 11.9 Wed 11 AM  11.1   10.0    9.1    7.9    6.9

 

(Flood updates and Water Level Updates)

 

Forecast…

 

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in the evening in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny in the morning, then cloudy with a

30 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy.  A 40  percent chance of rain

showers in the evening in the Valley City area, 50 percent in the Jamestown area. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the morning.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight in the Jamestown area. Patchy frost after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the lower 50s.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with rain showers. Lows in the lower

40s.

.SUNDAY…Rain showers. Highs in the mid 50s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening, then

chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.

Chance of showers 60 percent.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the mid 50s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the

evening, then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the

upper 30s. Chance of showers 60 percent.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the upper 40s.

 

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Wind gusts near 45 mph are possible with these storms.

 

 

 

Valley City  (KFGO)   – The state bureau of criminal investigation is investigating a report of a sexual assault in the Barnes County Jail in Valley City.

A male correctional officer allegedly sexually assaulted a female officer while both were on duty in the jail.

The male officer has been placed on paid administrative leave as the BCI conducts its investigation.

No charges have been filed.

 

Bismarck  (CSi)  The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a series of public scoping meetings in North Dakota, in October seeking comments on the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply project.

A Jamestown area  meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 24, at 6-p.m., at the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center, basement in room one.

Other meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, at the Delta Hotels by Marriott — Overture Room in Fargo, and Wednesday, October 23, at the Ramkota Hotel — Cannon Ball Room at Bismarck. All meetings are at 6 p.m.

The intent of ENDAWS is to deliver Missouri River water as an alternative source to the Red River Valley Water Supply Project. The purpose of the public scoping process is to inform those interested or affected by the proposed action, as well as gather input regarding issues and concerns.

 

Bismarck  (KYFR TV) – A Valley City man has been arrested for attacking a man and woman and threatening to kill officers at a Bismarck bar.

Court documents say Bismarck Police responded to a call around 1:30 Thursday morning for a fight where a man and woman say they were attacked.

Police found 21-year-old Jakob Ashline and another man in a hotel parking lot near the bar.

As police attempted to arrest Ashline, he’s accused of pulling away from officers and telling them, ‘If I ever find you, I promise I’ll kill you.” He also tried to kick and get up while he was in handcuffs.

The other male was arrested but has not been charged.

The man and woman that were attacked had minor face injuries.

Ashline is charged with terrorizing, refusal to halt and simple assault. His bond was set at $10,000 and no contact with the victims.

Wahpeton  (KFGO) – A body has been found near the Bois De Sioux River in Wahpeton.

Police Chief Scott Thorsteinson says the body was discovered shortly before 11 a.m. Wed. in a wooded area.

Valley News Live reports that authorities have confirmed the body found is that of missing 49 year old Keith Pfeifer.

He was last seen on Sunday, Sept. 22. Authorities believe his death was self-inflicted.

The body has been sent to the UND pathology lab for an autopsy.

A family member says Pfeifer had sent a text message to a friend on Sunday and he did not go to work Monday or Tues. His pickup was found at his home.

Police, as standard procedure, consider the location a crime scene while the investigation gets underway.

KIEF, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man who died in a one-vehicle rollover in Sheridan County.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Chris Becker, of Anamoose, died in the crash Monday about 10:40 p.m. on a gravel road about a mile south of Kief. The patrol says Becker failed to negotiate a curve and the vehicle ran off the roadway and into a ditch. Becker was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A Williston man who was charged in July with murder for killing a man when he ran into a group of people with his pickup truck is facing new charges.

Williams County prosecutors say 42-year-old Steven Rademacher was charged Wednesday with five felony counts, three for terrorizing and two for attempted murder.

Authorities say the incident started when Rademacher got into an argument with his neighbors on July 29. Rademacher got into his pickup and drove by at a high rate of speed, at which time members of the group yelled at him to slow down. Rademacher eventually turned around and accelerated into the yard, striking three people.

Dyson Bastion was killed in the collision and two others were injured.

Rademacher’s public defender was out of the office and not immediately available for comment.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday began studying the consequences of legalizing marijuana in the state, a move that comes amid a pair of proposed citizen-led initiatives that aim to make the drug legal for recreational use.

Despite presentations from law enforcement, regulators and backers of the proposed ballot measures, the interim Judiciary Committee got few definitive answers on their required study of the pros and cons of marijuana legalization.

Chief Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel told the panel some states that have legalized marijuana “are still trying to digest the data.”

“Exactly what the impacts would be (for North Dakota) are speculative at this point,” he said.

Bismarck Republican Rep. Lawrence Klemin, who heads the panel, said he did not expect the study to inspire legislation.

“The immediate objective is to produce a report,” he told the panel. That report is expected to be completed in about a year and after several additional meetings, he told reporters.

The study required by a bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature this spring also comes three years after lawmakers were caught off-guard by voters’ approval of medical marijuana, forcing a scramble to write rules implementing that law.

Division of Medical Marijuana director Jason Wahl shrugged his shoulders when asked what impact the approval of recreational marijuana might have on the marijuana sold as medicine.

“It’s hard to determine,” he said.

North Dakota voters last year soundly rejected a marijuana legalization initiative that also included a provision that would wipe out past pot-related convictions.

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An abortion rights group is challenging a new law in Oklahoma that would allow doctors who perform medication abortions to face felony charges for not informing women about the possibility of reversing the process.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court on behalf of a Tulsa abortion clinic and its owner, Dr. Alan Braid. The attorneys representing Braid are from the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights.

The measure requires medical providers to tell women who are taking medication to end their pregnancies that the process can be reversed after they take the first of two pills.

The lawsuit contends the claim isn’t supported by scientific evidence.

The law goes into effect Nov. 1. A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a similar law earlier this month.

on has delayed an Obama-era proposal that could allow the federal government to charge for water drawn from reservoirs it manages.

Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works R.D. James says in a memo Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will delay the Water Supply Rule “for a minimum of six months to better integrate input from stakeholders.”

Attorneys general from a dozen western states sent a letter last month to the Trump administration asking that the proposal be withdrawn.

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem headed the effort backed by attorneys general from Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Stenehjem says the rule usurps states’ authority over their own water.

SHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A North Dakota man arrested in Yellowstone National Park threatened to shoot as many as 20 people at an office in Idaho if his wife didn’t identify a man there he suspected of having “emotional affair” with her, according to investigators.

Park rangers arrested Joshua James Mjoness, 44, of Christine, North Dakota, at a picnic area on Sept. 18. He had a 9 mm handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition in his SUV, according to court records.

Evidence suggests Mjoness, a former school board member, was on his way to Boise, Idaho, Mark Trimble, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney for Wyoming, said Wednesday.

Sheriff’s officials in eastern North Dakota used Mjoness’ cellphone records to track him to the Yellowstone area. Earlier that day, Mjoness texted and called his wife and her brother, saying if she sent a photo of the man he sought, “only two people would die rather than 20,” National Park Service Special Agent Jacob Olson said in a sworn statement.

Mjoness allegedly sent her a picture of the pistol with the message, “Up to you.”

Court records did not identify the man Mjoness sought or where in Boise he worked.

 

In world and national news..

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four House Democratic committee chairmen are saying that a rough transcript of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president “confirms our worst fears.”

The Democrats say the call was a “shakedown” because Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel said the call was a “betrayal” and they want to speak to those knowledgeable about the efforts to secure the political help and a decision to temporarily freeze military aid to Ukraine.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fully endorsed an impeachment investigation on Tuesday and six committees are investigating the president.

 

 

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition leader has rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s taunting demand for a no-confidence vote in the government, saying he won’t support a new election unless a no-deal Brexit is ruled out.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says Johnson should secure a delay to Britain’s EU exit — scheduled for Oct. 31 — and “then let’s have an election.”

And he called for Johnson to resign over his illegal suspension of Parliament.

He said Johnson “should have done the honorable thing and resigned” after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the prime minister’s attempt to shut down Parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Johnson says he won’t quit.

Johnson accuses his opponents of being scared of the verdict of the public for refusing to back an election.

 

PHILIP MORRIS-ALTRIA

Philip Morris, Altria end merger talks; Juul CEO steps down

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. tobacco giants Philip Morris and Altria are calling off merger talks and Juul’s CEO is stepping down with safety concerns over e-cigarettes intensifying.

The makers of Marlboro cigarettes said last month that they were in discussions to become a single company, more than a decade after splitting into two as lawsuits mounted.

Altria has exclusively sold Marlboro cigarettes and other tobacco brands in the U.S., while Philip Morris has handled international sales.

Philip Morris International Inc. CEO André Calantzopoulos said Wednesday that the companies will instead focus on launching IQOS in the U.S. IQOS is a heat-not-burn cigarette alternative made by Philip Morris.

Altria Group Inc. also announced that K.C. Crosthwaite will become JUUL’s new CEO, replacing Kevin Burns.

 

 

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Army is proposing new rules to significantly restrict eligibility for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, seeking to preserve a dwindling number of gravesites.

The Army says the new rules preserve the lifespan of the cemetery for another 150 years. Without new restrictions it says the cemetery would run out of space by the mid-2050s. More than 400,000 people are buried in the cemetery now, and 95,000 burial spaces remain.

Under the proposals, veterans who retired from active duty and were eligible for retirement pay would no longer be automatically eligible for in-ground burial. They would be eligible though for above-ground “inurnment” of cremated remains.

Those killed in action or who received awards such as the Purple Heart or Silver Star could still receive an in-ground burial. U.S. presidents and vice presidents also would retain eligibility.

 

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombia’s president is blasting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as a dictator who offers a safe haven for terrorist groups.

In his speech at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, Ivan Duque said he has proof Maduro is harboring criminals plotting against Colombia. He vowed to deliver a 128-page dossier to U.N. leaders outlining the evidence.

Duque said the document includes information on 207 locations inside Venezuela that are controlled by ELN guerrillas. He described the neighboring Andean nation as “fertile land” for the ELN to expand.

Maduro has denied supporting criminal organizations and accuses Duque of similarly allowing illegal armed groups to flourish.

A group of Western Hemisphere nations agreed to invoke the 1947 Rio Treaty providing a legal framework for more sanctions against Maduro on Monday.

 

LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) — Invasive swamp rodents called nutria are setting off alarms in California, ever since one was spotted in the state two years ago.

Nutria’s feeding and burrowing habits threaten the state’s wetland ecosystems, agriculture and water infrastructure. Government agencies are scrambling to tackle the problem before it’s too late.

Now with $10 million in state funding, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is preparing to deploy new tactics in its efforts to eradicate nutria and prevent environmental destruction.

The funding will allow the agency to hire 46 dedicated staff. It will also launch a program th