CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Patchy smoke. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY…Sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest

winds 5 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 60.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Chance of showers in the morning, then

chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the

afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of precipitation

40 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with

slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.

Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of showers after

midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation

20 percent.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

 

Update

Jamestown,  (CSi)  The Jamestown Rural Fire Department with mutual aid from the Pingree Fire Department were called to battle a grass fire, that was consuming 80 acres of grasslands at Arrowwood  National Wildlife Refuge Management near Jamestown Tuesday afternoon.  The call came in at 1:56-p.m.

Rural Fire Chief, Brian Paulson says, four rural fire units and nine firefighters were on scene to fight the fire for about two and a half hours, assisted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The grass fire was accidentally started by a researcher.

No injuries were reported.

No wildlife was lost to his knowledge.

 

 

Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED TO  POLICE OFFICE CHRISTOPHER BURK BY MAYOR CARLSRUD.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

Approved payment of bills in the amount of $1,986,631.00

An Application for a Raffle Permit for Barnes County Ducks Unlimited on September 23, 2021 at the Eagles.

 

An Application for a Raffle Permit for Hi-Liner Booster Club from July 27, 2021-June 30, 2022 at Hanna Field and the Hi Liner Activity Center.

 

An Application for a Raffle Permit for VCSU Foundation from August 4th, 2021-June 30th, 2022 at Lokken Stadium/Shelley Ellig Field, W.E. Osmon Field Houser and Brockopp Brewing.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS: No One Spoke

Attorney General’s “A Citizen’s Guide to North Dakota Open Records & Open Meetings Laws” *A member of the public does not have the right to speak to the governing body at an open meeting. The public is only entitled to see and hear what happens at a meeting, and to record or broadcast those observations.

No personal attacks to persons present or not

No inflammatory language used during time that you have the platform

5 minute maximum or as directed by the chair

Thank you for participating in City Government.

 

RESOLUTION

Approved a Resolution Accepting Bids and Awarding Master Lift Station Upgrades. Project KLJ said the two bids were rejected. The Commission moved to approve the bids, and the moved to reject the bids.

The project will be rebid, later.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Approved the Policy Manual Change.  City Attorney Martineck said the 40 hours of sick leave time was amended for what they can be used for, as discussed at the Finance Committee Meeting.

Approved an Applications for Property Tax Exemption for Improvements at the following addresses:

As recommended by City Assessor Hansen:

 220 9th Ave NW   A fourplex with renovations continuing.

 

1049 5th Ave NW

1035 5th Ave NW

1019 5th Ave NW

Those consist of two fourplexes and an eightplex

 

645 12th St NW Renovations

715 12th St NW Renovations.

 

Approved was the  Preliminary 2022 City Budget.   Finance Director Richter said, budgeting meetings have been held.  She said the Mill Levey increase amounts to 4.46 Mills.  $100,000 needs to be replaced that is no longer available from CARES funds in the 2021 Budget.  There will be 30-percent in the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, as required.  A Public Hearing will be held on the budget, at a date to be determined, after property owners are notified.

 

Approved the Revised Road Maintenance Agreement with Valley Township Regarding 35th St SE.

 

Discussed was Offering for Sale Lots 63-3450012 and 63-3440047.  City Assessor Hansen said,  the appraised values  are fair.

The City Commission voted to table the offers, pending negotiations  between the city and the property owner.

 

CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT HIGLIGHTS:

Gwen Crawford said, meetings are continuing with Waterfront  Meadows developers.

She adds, the parking lot construction is continuing at Hannah Field.

She reminded residents that demolition projects require a permit.

 

CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS ADJOURN

City Assessor Hansen said she will attend the State Board of Equalization meetings in Bismarck next week.

 

KLJ updated projects in progress.

 

Commissioner, Mike Bishop welcomed Police Officer Burk to the Police Department.

 

 

Mayor Carlsrud has seen some improvement in not littering on the city streets.

He thanked those who have worked on the budget, and have been working outdoors in the heat.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 68 followed by replays.

 

 

 

Valley City   (CSi)   – Valley City Motorists should be aware that,  construction crews on Wednesday  August 4, will close  2nd Avenue Southeast from Main Street E to 2nd Street Southeast. and from College Street Southeast to 6th Street Southeast.

No parking will be  allowed on either side of the roadways. The roads will reopen following completion of the mill and overlay construction. Construction is anticipated to be completed by the end of the day.

Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s webpage http://www.valleycity.us/engineers/ when they are taking affect. If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact KLJ at (701)-845-4980.

 

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.

 

COVID- 19 stats,

Tues. Aug 3, 2021

10:45 – a.m.

Barnes

New Positives  1

Total Positives 1432

Active 4

Recovered: 1395

 

Stutsman

New Positives 4

Total Positives 3576

Active 10

Recovered  3484

 

 

Jamestown  (NDDoH)  The Jamestown area is being offered another Pop-up COVID vaccination clinic on Wednesday August 4 from noon to 7-p.m., at S&R Truck Plaza on Business Loop East in Jamestown.

COVID vaccinations will also be available at the UJ Block Party in Downtown Jamestown on August 25.

 

 

Jamestown  (CVHD)  Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing has resumed.

Unit Administrator Robin Iszler says testing is Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to noon.

She points out that there will not be testing the week of August 9, 2021.

Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 or see your healthcare provider.

 

 

 

Update

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department fire units along with the  rescue, along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office,  and Jamestown Area Ambulance Service were called out at 4:08-p.m. Monday to a vehicle semitractor trailer crash, on Highway 52 six mile north of Jamestown, at Mile marker, 260, near Agri-Cover.

The Highway Patrol said it was  the property crash, only.

The person trapped in the car was out of the vehicle when the units and rescue squad arrived on scene.  Seat belts were in use, and the airbags wee deployed.

The Jamestown Rural Fire Department also responded to the scene to clean a diesel fuel leak from the semi.

Jamestown Fire and Rescue was on the scene about a half hour.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism continues working on expanding  photographs and videos for their promotional use of the city.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director, Searle Swedlund said, he welcomed and conducted a Jamestown Tour for the video crew from a company hired from Bismarck, shooting video of various locations in Jamestown including the Pipestem area Two River Activity Center, Frontier Village, and motels.  He said the crew was impressed with what Jamestown has to offer, and continues to grow the tourism experience.  He noted that the updated photos and videos will added to the bank of promotional tools.

On another topic Searle pointed out in the first half of July this year there was a 26 percent increase in visitors to Frontier Village from numbers in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.  He added that plans are being discussed for next year at Frontier Village.  He said the Railroad Parkette at Frontier Village is awaiting the arrival of the rail cars and track, to be installed.

He added that the Walk of Fame pavers have been installed on First Avenue, as part of the Road Diet improvements, with more information on the historic figures highlighted in the pavers to be released.

Searles said on Monday this week the Welcome to Jamestown Banners have been installed on Mill Hill, a cooperative effort of Tourism, and the Jamestown Beautification Committee.

He said, locally officials continue to work on the presentation of Bison World, to state officials this fall requesting state funding toward the project, in Jamestown.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Police Chief Scott Edinger says Tuesday August 3, is National Night Out.

National Night Out promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.

The community is invited to gather at McElroy Park from 6-p.m. to 9-p.m to enjoy  food and activities.  Jamestown Police, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, Jamestown Fire Department, and many other departments will be present for the free event.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An ethanol producer wants to figure out if the geology is right in eastern North Dakota to store carbon emissions underground, as is planned in the western part of the state. Midwest AgEnergy is hoping to build a system to capture the carbon dioxide emitted from its Dakota Spirit ethanol plant east of Jamestown, about 100 miles from the North Dakota-Minnesota border. and bury it in rocks a few thousand feet below the earth’s surface. That process, known as carbon storage or sequestration, has gained huge interest among the state’s ethanol and coal industries, mostly in central and western North Dakota. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the rock formations become shallower as they extend east toward Jamestown and the Red River Valley.

 

Bismarck  (NDDOT) – A public input meeting will be held August 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The American Legion Hall in Ashley. The meeting will utilize an open house format with a formal presentation at 6 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss proposed improvements to the North Dakota Highway 11 corridor from ND 3 to east of Third Avenue Northeast in Ashley. The city will also provide information on a separate city sewer line improvement project.

Representatives from the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), City of Ashley, and Civil Science will be on hand to answer questions and discuss concerns.

If unable to attend the public input meeting, written statements or comments must be mailed by August 25, 2021, to Jay Meacham, consultant project manager, Civil Science, Inc, 531 West Villard Street Suite 1, Dickinson, ND 58601 or email comments@civilscience.com with “Public Input Meeting” in the e-mail subject heading.

The NDDOT will consider every request for reasonable accommodation to provide:

  • an accessible meeting facility or other accommodation for people with disabilities,
  • language interpretation for people with limited English proficiency (LEP), and
  • translations of written material necessary to access NDDOT programs and information.

To request accommodations, contact Atiana Beck, Civil Rights Division, NDDOT, at 701-328-2978 or civilrights@nd.gov. TTY users may use Relay North Dakota at 711 or 1-800-366-6888.

 

Valley City  (VCSU)  Valley City State University would like to invite clubs, organizations, groups, and the Valley City community’s businesses to participate in the 2021 VCSU Marketplace, August 25, 2021- 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the McFarland Lawn.

 

New and current VCSU students are invited to learn what the Valley City community and university has to offer! Your display can promote your club, organization, group, or business. You’ll have an opportunity to build connections with both incoming and existing college students, which could lead to future involvement or business! We encourage you to find creative ways to incorporate prize drawings, coupons, or free products into your display to engage students. This year, we’re expecting approximately 200 incoming freshmen, and hope to draw in older students participating in Welcome Weekend.

 

It’s recommend anyone not fully vaccinated wear a mask at their booths, to promote the health and safety of all those attending.

 

–       The Marketplace will start at 6 p.m. and run until 8 p.m.

–       The booths will be on the front lawn of McFarland, near the gazebo. We would like booths to be set up by 5:45 p.m. and stay for the duration of the event. We will provide tables, but chairs must be brought individually.

–       In the event of inclement weather, we will have the event indoors.

–       This year, there will not be a full picnic accompanying the Marketplace.

 

Forms can be emailed to kari.stricklin@vcsu.edu or mitchell.silkman@ndus.edu faxed to (701) 845-7123, or mailed to:

Kari Stricklin/Mitchell Silkman

VCSU Student Center

230 Viking Drive SW

Valley City, ND 58072

RSVP by August 18th, 2021

 

(AP)  Manufacturers from California and North Dakota have announced plans to locate facilities in separate locations in North Carolina, bringing nearly 500 jobs. California pharmaceutical giant Amgen says it plans to build a manufacturing facility in Holly Springs and create more than 350 jobs after it landed an incentive package from the state and local governments on Tuesday. The N.C. Economic Investment Committee says Steffes, a manufacturer of equipment used in oil exploration and agriculture, is investing almost $21 million into updating a facility in Shelby. The initiative will create 130 new jobs between 2021 and 2025.

 

 

OKLEE, Minn. (AP) — Criminal charges against a northwestern Minnesota man allege he fatally stabbed his wife following numerous fights during a deteriorating relationship. Eric Reinbold, wanted on two counts of second-degree murder, remains on the run. The 44-year-old Oklee man is accused of stabbing his wife, Lissette Reinbold multiple times in the neck, torso and upper extremities. She was found by her children lying in the driveway of her home on July 9. A medical examiner’s report says the victim died of a loss of blood.

 

 

In sports

PlayNorthStar.com  – The North Star Athletic Association football head coaches had selected Dickinson State (N.D.) as the unanimous favorite to win the league title for the seventh consecutive year, the conference preseason poll was announced Monday by the conference office.  Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team in the preseason poll.

The Blue Hawks collected six first-place votes and 36 points.  Dickinson State won their sixth straight North Star football conference title last season by going undefeated 9-0 record.  DiSU qualified for the NAIA Football Championships Series (FCS), falling to eventual national runner-up Northwestern (Iowa) in the opening round.

Dickinson State was ranked No. 11 in the final NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 national poll last spring.

Valley City State (N.D.) picked up its final first-place vote in the poll, recording 31 points.  The Vikings received votes’ recognition in the final NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 national poll after going 5-2 record in the league.

Waldorf (Iowa) was third with 25 points, followed by Dakota State (S.D.) fourth with 22 points.  Mayville State (N.D.) finished fifth with 14 points, while Presentation (S.D.) was sixth with 11 points.

Iowa Wesleyan, located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, joins the North Star Athletic Association as an associate member in the football conference.  The Tigers placed seventh in the coaches’ preseason poll with eight points.

To earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Football Playoffs, a team need to be in the ‘Top 20′ in the national poll and win the conference title.  The NAIA FCS playoffs are set for Nov. 20 with the opening round games, followed by quarterfinals round on Nov. 27 and semifinals round on Dec. 4.  The NAIA FCS championship game is set for Dec. 18 with the location to be announced on a later date.

The North Star football season gets underway on Sept. 18 with Waldorf visiting Valley City State, Dickinson State traveling to Mayville State and Dakota State hosting Presentation.  Each team is scheduled to play a total of eight league games, while Iowa Wesleyan is scheduled to play a total of six NSAA conference contests.

IWU is set to make their North Star Athletic Association debut at home versus Valley City State on Sept. 25.

 

Jamestown  (JRMC)   — Challenging doesn’t even begin to describe the last year or so – especially for individuals battling cancer at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

That is why the support for Golf “FORE” Good and the JRMC Cancer Center meant so much.

JRMC Foundation Director Lisa Jackson, says, “More than 100 golfers and volunteers raised $18,570 for cancer care in this region.  The funds support this community on their cancer care journey. They also eliminate travel. Since the cancer center opened in 2019, it’s saved more than 500,000 miles for individuals from 35 communities.  Despite the challenges of this year, never once did we close or quit caring for the region. The support from these golfers and our sponsors protected JRMC’s financial health while we cared for the community’s physical health.”

The JRMC Cancer Center opened in June 2019, in partnership with Sanford Health. The center offers chemotherapy and other infusions in its six sun-lit and spacious infusion bays. The space also includes exam rooms, a consultation area and space for nurses and staff. The community raised $1.7 million of the $1.9 million needed to build the space.

Thundering Saints of Valley City and the JRMC Orthopedics & Sports Medicine team served as the title sponsors for the event.

Rocky Gabel, Valley City, created the Thundering Saints motorcycle group in memory of his late wife, Debbie. Debbie died of ovarian cancer in 2009. She was 52.

He says, “I want people to have care, close to home. I’m not sure people know — all of the charitable gaming from Thundering Saints in Valley City is given to organizations that help those battling cancer. I’m just so happy I can help.”

Golf tournament winners listed in this story at CSiNewsNow.com under celebrate.

For more information on the tournament, contact Jackson at (701) 952-4880 or ljackson@jrmcnd.com. For more information about the JRMC Cancer Center, visit www.jrmcnd.com/cancer.

 

In world and national news…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An ethanol producer wants to figure out if the geology is right in eastern North Dakota to store carbon emissions underground, as is planned in the western part of the state. Midwest AgEnergy is hoping to build a system to capture the carbon dioxide emitted from its Dakota Spirit ethanol plant east of Jamestown, about 100 miles from the North Dakota-Minnesota border. and bury it in rocks a few thousand feet below the earth’s surface. That process, known as carbon storage or sequestration, has gained huge interest among the state’s ethanol and coal industries, mostly in central and western North Dakota. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the rock formations become shallower as they extend east toward Jamestown and the Red River Valley.

(AP)  Manufacturers from California and North Dakota have announced plans to locate facilities in separate locations in North Carolina, bringing nearly 500 jobs. California pharmaceutical giant Amgen says it plans to build a manufacturing facility in Holly Springs and create more than 350 jobs after it landed an incentive package from the state and local governments on Tuesday. The N.C. Economic Investment Committee says Steffes, a manufacturer of equipment used in oil exploration and agriculture, is investing almost $21 million into updating a facility in Shelby. The initiative will create 130 new jobs between 2021 and 2025.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a Pentagon officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the building, and a suspect was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene. More details about the violence were expected at a Pentagon news conference. The incident occurred on a Metro bus platform that is part of the Pentagon Transit Center, the Pentagon Protection Force Protection Agency tweeted. The Pentagon was locked down for more than an hour after the incident.

 

(AP)  New York is the nation’s first big city to announce it will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for indoor diners and gymgoers. And state and local governments and large employers aim to fight vaccine hesitancy by clamping down amid a surge of the delta variant. Meat processer Tyson Foods said it will require all of its U.S. employees to get vaccinated, one of the first major employers of front-line workers to do so. Unionized auto workers will have to go back to wearing masks in factories, offices and warehouses beginning Wednesday because of the delta variant. The decision was made by a task force representing General Motors, Ford and Stellantis and the United Auto Workers.

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is refusing to back down from his position on mask mandates even as the state again broke its record for COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Republican governor insisted Tuesday that the spike will be short-lived. He expects hospitalizations to drop in the next couple weeks, after the summer heat and humidity ease and Floridians spend more time outdoors. With the much more contagious delta variant now spreading exponentially, Florida hit 11,515 hospitalized patients Tuesday, breaking last year’s record for the third straight day. That’s 11 times more than the number hospitalized in mid-June. About 2,400 patients are now in intensive care.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has briefed House Democrats on the administration’s efforts to prevent widespread housing evictions after a moratorium lapsed. The White House is pressing state and local governments to more quickly push some $47 billion in federal housing aid to renters and landlords. But lawmakers protesting outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday said more needs to be done. They want President Joe Biden to extend the eviction ban. The White House has said the administration is doing all it can under legal constraints. It is calling on states to provide protections for renters. Some 3.6 million Americans face possible eviction.

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is being sued over a law that puts public schools and their districts at risk of legal consequences if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not reflect their gender at birth. The federal suit filed by the Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday is the latest seeking to overturn a long slate of bills targeting transgender people that Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed into law earlier this year. The Human Rights Campaign filed the lawsuit on behalf of two transgender students who are currently enrolled in Tennessee schools. The suit alleges the “bathroom bill” violates Title IX, the 1972 federal law that protects against sex discrimination in education.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees. State Attorney General Letitia James announced the findings Tuesday. The investigation, conducted by two outside lawyers, found that the Cuomo administration was a “hostile work environment” and that it was “rife with fear and intimidation.” Cuomo faced multiple allegations last winter that he inappropriately touched and sexually harassed women who worked with him or who he met at public events. Cuomo remained defiant Tuesday following the investigation’s findings, saying that “the facts are much different than what has been portrayed” and appearing to reject calls to resign.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. It is the first big city in the U.S. to impose such restrictions. The new requirement will be phased in over several weeks in August and September. It s the most aggressive step the city has taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by the delta variant. Data shows that about 66% of adults in New York City are fully vaccinated.