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…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT…
..TONIGHT…Cloudy. Widespread dense fog in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Patchy fog in the morning. Cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of drizzle. Highs in the lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow
possibly mixed with rain in the evening. Lows in the mid 20s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. 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 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
possibly mixed with snow in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
snow. Lows in the lower 20s.
.THURSDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 30.
There is a slight chance for freezing drizzle Saturday morning
before temperature rise above freezing. Precipitation chances
increase Saturday afternoon and continue off and on across parts
of the region through Sunday night. Light rain would be favored
Saturday afternoon, however a brief wintry mix of freezing rain,
sleet, and snow will be possible Saturday evening before
completely changing over to snow. A light glaze can`t be ruled
out. Snow amounts of less than 1 inch are possible Saturday night,
mainly in northwest Minnesota.
Flood updates and water level updates for the …
Sheyenne River Level Through Valley City
James River level through Jamestown.
Water amounts in the snow pack
The Latest Flood Warnings from The National Weather Service
https://ndresponse.gov/flood-region
Fire Danger Map for North Dakota
Roads….Friday Afternoon…
Bismarck (NDDOT) The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) along with the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) have opened ND Highway 1 at the ND/SD Border to one lane of traffic. Traffic at this location will be controlled with reduced speed signs and Stop & Take Turns signs. Motorists should watch for water and ice on roadway.
This roadway was temporarily closed recently due to water over the roadway from the James River.
The NDDOT encourages motorists to check road conditions before traveling due to rapidly changing conditions. For updated road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the Travel Information Map on our website at www.dot.nd.gov.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Jamestown man has been sentenced to serve more than 12 years in prison on child pornography charges.
Authorities say a search of Brent Braun’s residence found 21,000 files of child pornography and more than 1.2 million files of child erotica on several electronic devices. The materials allegedly included graphic sexual images of children as young as 2 years old.
The 44-year-old Braun pleaded guilty to charges of possession and distribution of materials containing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Peter Welte on Friday sentenced Braun to 12 years and six months in prison and ordered him to pay $46,000 to the victims.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Salvation Army’s 2019 Red Kettle Campaign is underway, with a kickoff event held Friday at UJ’s Harold Newman Arena.
Major Judy Lowder announced that this year’s goal is to raise, $139,000.
Bell ringing starts Monday, November 18th at six kettle locations, and then at Wal-Mart starting November 29. Volunteer bell ringers are needed at the Buffalo Mall, Depot, Cashwise, and Walmart, with the locations available for various shifts from 10-a.m., to 8-p.m.
All funds raised will stay within Stutsman County and supports assistance year ‘round.
Bismarck (NDDOT) The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) 2020-2023 Final Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is now available. The STIP is a four-year program of transportation improvements to be funded with federal highway and transit monies. Improvements include state and county highways, urban streets, roadway safety features, bikeways and busing programs.
An electronic copy of the Final STIP is located on the NDDOT website at www.dot.nd.gov by clicking on the Publications icon at the top of the page, then clicking on the “2020-2023 Final STIP” link under the Plans and Reports section. Copies will also be available for viewing at the district offices, or individual copies may be obtained from the NDDOT Programming Division upon request.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation is also requesting public comments as it prepares the 2021-2024 STIP. Public comments for any upcoming projects are being sought until December 16, 2019. In Bismarck-Mandan, Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks-East Grand Forks, urban area programs of projects are being prepared by the local Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO).
If you have any comments, or projects you would like to see in the near future, contact your district engineer, county engineer, MPO (Metropolitan Planning Office), BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs), or other appropriate agency.
Bismarck District Grand Forks District Bismarck/Mandan MPO
(701) 328-6950 (701) 787-6500 (701) 355-1840
Devils Lake District Minot District Fargo/Moorhead MPO
(701) 665-5100 (701) 857-6925 (701) 232-3242
Dickinson District Valley City District Grand Forks/East Grand Forks MPO
(701) 227-6500 (701) 845-8800 (701) 746-2660
Fargo District Williston District
(701) 239-8900 (701) 774-2700
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sen. Cramers Office)[11/14/19] —In association with World Diabetes Day, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have introduced bipartisan legislation—along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)—to create a national study to more fully understand the scope of the insulin affordability crisis in America.
Earlier this year, Sens. Smith and Cramer introduced bold, bipartisan legislation to bring down the cost of insulin and hold manufactures accountable for excessive increases in the price of the life-sustaining medicine. Now, the senators and a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues are working to expand the scope of studies on insulin affordability and its impacts on rationing.
The bipartisan Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act would direct the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study rates of diabetic
ketoacidosis—which took the life of Minnesotan Alec Smith two years ago after the high cost of insulin forced him to ration his doses. It would also direct HHS investigators to look into how high insulin prices make it more difficult for people with diabetes to adhere to their insulin prescriptions, and to calculate the amount of money Federal health programs could save if they didn’t have to treat Americans who need additional care because they are unable to afford their proper doses.
“We know that thousands of people are rationing their insulin and that some are paying with their lives like Alec Smith because we’re hearing tragic stories firsthand, and seeing Facebook groups pop up dedicated to helping Americans access insulin. We need to do more than just gathering piecemeal information and have the federal government fully behind addressing this crisis,” said Sen. Smith, a member of the Senate Health Committee. “Our bipartisan bill is about continuing to elevate this issue, fully understanding the scope of what we’re dealing with, and then developing solutions to help the Americans struggling to afford their life-savinginsulin.”
“50,000 North Dakotans need insulin to live, yet we struggle to understand why it is becoming so expensive and what we can do to change that. We need answers,” said Sen. Cramer. “This legislation is an investment in fixing the insulin affordability crisis.”
The Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act would require the HHS Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to conduct a study that examines the impact of the affordability of insulin on individuals who are insulin-dependent.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a bitter harvest for many Minnesota and North Dakota sugar beet farmers.
Nearly a third of the crop in some parts of the two states is stuck frozen in the fields — where it’ll be left to rot — after a wet October delayed the harvest until the weather turned too cold and the ground froze.
Insurance will cover only part of farmers’ losses.
Minnesota is the largest sugar beet-growing state in the nation, and North Dakota is the second-largest. The two states account for 60% of U.S. sugar beet production, and beets account for more than half of the sugar produced in the U.S. every year.
While sugar prices have risen on the commodity markets, experts say they don’t expect any impacts on consumer prices.
Fargo, N.D. (Valley News Live) An officer is injured and a suspect is in custody after shooting at police in downtown Fargo.
Fargo Police were called to the area by the Radisson Hotel and the old Police Station around 5th St. N. and 2nd Ave. N. for reports of a man with a gun around 4 Friday morning.
When officers arrived, the suspect, 54-year-old Henry Aiken, fired his gun toward them and then also shot into the Radisson lobby. Police say Aiken had a revolver with a laser attached.
Aiken then went into the hotel lobby where he was quickly arrested at gunpoint.
During that time, Officer Matt Ysteboe with Fargo Police was readying his patrol rifle and accidentally fired it, injuring his hand.
Police set up a perimeter blocking much of downtown for a couple of hours while they investigated.
Aiken faces a charge of aggravated reckless endangerment.
Officer Matt Ysteboe was taken to the hospital but is expected to be ok.
More…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Fargo police sergeant was hurt when he shot himself in the hand while hunkering down after a man fired a gun toward officers.
Fargo Police Chief David Todd says Sgt. Matt Ysteboe (YIS’-tah-boe) was preparing his rifle while taking cover outside a downtown hotel about 4 a.m. Friday when the accident happened. Todd says Ysteboe suffered a serious injury. No further information about Ysteboe’s condition was released.
Todd says the 54-year-old suspect shot a revolver with a laser in the direction of officers and fired additional shots in the Radisson Hotel lobby, where he was arrested. No other injuries were reported.
Ysteboe, who was the night shift supervisor on Friday, has been with the department since 2001. He was promoted to sergeant in 2016.
In sports…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has been suspended for at least the rest of the regular season and postseason by the NFL for swinging a helmet and striking Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head.
Garrett’s violent outburst in the final seconds of Thursday’s nationally televised game against the Steelers landed him the longest suspension for a single on-field infraction in league history. Tennessee’s Albert Haynesworth was suspended five games in 2006.
Garrett ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and clobbered him on top of the head, triggering a brawl between the rivals.
Steelers center Maurkic Pouncey was suspended three games for punching and kicking Garrett, and Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi was suspended for one game. He shoved Rudolph to the ground from behind during the melee.
The league said Garrett will have to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell before his reinstatement is considered.
The Steelers and Browns were also fined $250,000 each.
In world and national news…
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Doctors who treated two girls shot in the attack at a high school outside Los Angeles say both were in remarkably good spirits when they arrived at a hospital for treatment.
Dr. Boris Borazjani of Providence Holy Cross Hospital told reporters Friday that both girls were sitting up and “smiling and talking” while undergoing treatment after Thursday’s shooting at Saugus High School in in the city of Santa Clarita that killed two students.
Dr. Evan Valle added that “both girls were very stoic.”
Borazjani called gun violence like the shooting at the school “an unacceptable public health problem.”
The 16-year-old boy suspected of opening fire is in critical condition at another hospital.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump’s tweets criticizing former U.S. Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch as she testified before the House as part of its impeachment inquiry was “not witness intimidation.”
Trump has drawn criticism for tweeting early in Yovanovitch’s testimony that everywhere the career diplomat was posted “turned bad.”
Yovanovitch said the tweets were “very intimidating” to her and other witnesses.
But White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham says Trump did nothing wrong. She says in a statement that the tweets were “simply the President’s opinion, which he is entitled to.”
She’s also criticized the hearing as a “partisan political process” and “totally illegitimate, charade stacked against the President.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is reacting to news that his longtime friend and confidant Roger Stone was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering.
The president tweeted Friday, just minutes after the jury handed down its verdict in federal court in Washington.
He called Stone’s conviction “a double standard like never seen before in the history of our Country,” because his frequent nemeses, including Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and “including even Mueller himself,” have not been convicted.
“Didn’t they lie?,” Trump’s tweet said.
Stone was convicted on a seven-count indictment brought as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election tampering.
Prosecutors alleged he lied to lawmakers about WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed a House intelligence committee probe.
MILAN (AP) — The historic lagoon city of Venice exists on the edge of a double threat: As it sinks, the seas rise.
That danger became acute this week when Venice was hit with its worst flood in over 50 years, caused by a nearly 1.9 meter (6-foot) tide that sent waist-high water flowing through St. Mark’s Square and threatened the city’s medieval, Baroque and Renaissance art and architecture.
And yet, a corruption-riddled underwater barrier system that was supposed to protect the city still is not operational after more than 16 years of construction and at least 5 billion euros of public funds.
It was supposed to be working by 2011.
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